A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion?
"Recommended by PhineasPoe
Watched May 16th - Netflix Streaming -
1st Viewing
"My name is David Wong - I once saw a man's kidney grow tentacles, tear itself out of a ragged hole in his back and go slapping across my kitchen floor - but that's another story."
- David Wong
I sometimes like mind bending acid trip movies - this is not one of those times - John Dies at the End was completely incomprehensible to me, it had a promising opening, but after that I had no idea what was going on - it had"
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Attention to all filmmakers who think that all movies about "big ideas" and parallel universes have to be obtuse and boring, and can't be freakishly entertaining and have a fantastic sense of humor: see this movie, yo. John Dies at the End is a triumph because it does everything right- it penetrates the dark depths into which our minds and our dreams can take us... but it does so with a constantly solid dose of humor... and yet the"
"First Viewing
Netflix Streaming
I really wanted to give this a higher rating, but I just did not understand why they needed to remove so many things from the novel in the transition to film. Why did they need to change character names, or write out characters all together that easily could have fit? I know it's cliche to complain about books being better, but this film is way too toned down in scope and humor, and that's a damn shame because the interaction between the two main characters is"
"Gloriously weird. It makes no excuses and offers no reason for its existence. You're either in for the ride or you're not. The cast completely commits and director Don Coscarelli was a perfect choice for this adaptation of Cracked writer David Wong's novel.
It's problem really may be that it's just too weird to sustain interest throughout. While there's a lot of interesting ideas, it just drags at points. It probably could have lost 15-20 minutes and just tightened up it's "plot" a little. Ulti"