Review of Cut (2013) by Steve M — 05 Oct 2005

Cut.

Starring: Molly Ringwald and Kylie Minogue.

Molly Ringwald stars as a scream-queen and TV actress who returns to finish a slasher-flick that saw production stop after one of the actors went nuts and murdered the director and tried to kill her. As the new crew of film-students (including one played by Kylie Minogue) looking to make a name for themselves start production in an isolated area on the outskirts of one of Australia's big cities, some one dressed in the costume of the film's burn-scarred mad killer starts butchering them, one by one.

If most of that summary sounds familiar to you, then that's because there's nothing new that this film brings to the table--other than having Ringwald in a rather amusing role as an actress whose demands and ego outstrips her starpower. What's worse, the film, probably in an effort to offer what the script writer felt was deep and insightful commentary, presents us with the rather foolish notion that the film and all its prints are cursed--whenever they're screened, the shears-weilding killer manifests himself in the real world, brought forth by all the "creative energy" put into making the film. Why are the prints cursed? Who knows? The film doesn't even bother to provide us with the slightest clue or hint until one of the characters starts ranting about it.

While refeshingly light on "stupid character syndrome," and filled with a cast of attractive and seemingly talented Australian actors and actresses, not to mention the always enjoyable Ringwald, the script is both so tired AND ludicrous that "Cut" is a must-miss unless you're a hardest of hardcore slasherflick fans.

On a final note, I saw a reference somewhere that this film was planned as the first of a trilogy ala "Scream." Although there are worse films that have spawned sequels, it looks like we're not going to see our first Aussie horror franchise emerge from "Cut.".