Anarchy Parlor (2015) Reviews

Initial Thought: Robert Lasardo was in a local film festival and signing autographs a poster was in the background for this. I told myself I would check it out when it came out because I enjoy the actor. With all the comments I have seen about it this sounds like Hostel with tattoos.

Characters/Acting: Robert LaSardo is my main reason for seeing this. We also got a few actors from Gage's Raze who are here of whom Tiffany DeMarco was the most memorable of the ones in this. The acting isn't awful, but it could be better. As usual LaSardo is creepy as hell and quite entertaining. His girl Uta is nice to look at, but her personality can be a bit too much. Jesse was a weird character he started off pretty cool and then randomly flipped out. It seemed like a complete change of character and a bit unnecessary if you ask me. The most annoying character though is Kevin's girlfriend. She just seemed so over the top to me.

Story: It seems to be on the likeness of Hostel just with the whole premise revolving around a tattoo parlor. I liked the music throughout especially the Lithuanian rap group in the beginning. I have to say that was different. Okay I did not see that twist coming, but it totally made sense given how much a jerk he becomes when searching for Amy. The whole premise is actually kind of interesting and different. That ending was something I didn't expect. We got that whole Stockholm Syndrome thing happening here. A few of the death scenes were pretty good especially the one in the alley and one near the end.

Directing/Writing: Devon Downs takes his first step here with a slightly more experienced Kenny Gage. The both are directing for the first time, but only Gage has experience in the writing department with a movie called Raze. If his skill from that is anything to go by I am sure I will enjoy his directorial debut. Not a bad go for their directorial debut, but it could have used a few tweaks here and there.

Final Thought: This has flaws sure, but it is a well thought out lore. I feel like there were some plot holes. I guess some things were just left to the imagination. It leaves an opening for a sequel which I wouldn't mind checking out. I would like to see how the story can progress with how everything ended.