Review of Defcon 2012 (2010) by Gabriel Arthur P — 03 Apr 2016

Prepare -- to be confused! The opening scene features some voice-overs by actual PC speech bots. Could they not afford to speak into a mic? We see some computer graphics apparently filmed two inches from a computer monitor.

Could they not afford rendering to digital output? Do they even own the graphics they use? Skipping directly to the end credits to find out what HALO mod they were filming, you can discover attributions to "Donut Acquisition Specialist", "Coffee Addiction Specialist", and the mysterious "Rotosoping" [sic].

You also find out that the soundtrack is a playlist of obscure cybergoth EBM. Jumping back to see if maybe such an uber-cool musical accompaniment is justified, WONDER OUT LOUD why the live action sequences -- which resemble fancy Shadowrun or Rifts LARP taking place in an abandoned shopping mall doubling as a Laser Tag gym -- were also filmed the same two inches from a computer monitor, often through monochrome filters.

I honestly think this film has some merits: if there's a satellite channel targeted at a stoned teenage graver audience, this is prime time. Until that future day comes (sometime near the end of the world, presumably), you can be content to purchase this at Wal-Mart in a package titled "The Road Fury Collection: 5 Movies".

Let's... hit the road!