Review of Death Game

"Death Game" - A Review

The DVD of this is a terrible, terrible DVD, but... You should endure that. A 40 year-old Seymour Cassel plays George, a happily married man with two children. The kids are visiting their grandparents out of town, when one of them gets sick and wants his mommy. So Mom goes, leaving Dad at home all alone. The next night during a storm, a couple of girls named Agatha and Donna (Sondra Locke and Colleen Camp) ring George's doorbell, asking for directions to a party they're supposed to go to. They seem to be in the wrong end of town, so they ask if they can wait with George until their friend picks them up. He says sure, and they proceed to take turns having showers and drying off. The two girls, now not wearing much, seduce the happily married man, and we're treated to a really poorly edited threesome montage that's full of awkward disolves and unsexy shots of Cassell trying to look as hot as possible. Cut to the next morning, and surprisingly the girls are still there. Their demeanor's changed a bit too. Donna is declaring her love for George, and the Agatha seems to have forgotten her manners while eating breakfast. George tells them that they have to leave, and threatens to call the police if they don't. Needless to say, since the title of the film is "Death Game", things don't go well from then on. While definitely not a masterpiece, "Death Game" has enough really fun and oddball stuff in it to make it well worth the 90 minutes. Seymour Cassel is far from a good actor, but Locke and Camp deliver performances that are off their rockers. From the opening credits which are displayed with children's drawings and a sweetly creepy song about a "dear old dad" teaching a little girl life lessons, to it's hilariously grim ending; it's a gem that deserves to be watched and have its flaws forgiven. -jeff. whatsaninternet.blogspot.com

Posted on 02/13/08 by: Jeff. 02:33 PM