Starring: Sam Kellerman, Jade London, Matt Miwa, Beatrice Beres
Director: Lee Demarbre
Country: Canada
UK Distributor: Dekkoo
When Ottawa-based drag detective Crunch (Kellerman) decides to track down a stolen painting, a high-camp farcical caper ensues, involving mobsters, zombies, ghosts, ninjas, puppies, musical numbers and androids. Obviously.
An uber-kitsch homage to John Waters and Midnight Madness, this feels like the feature-length version of a Drag Race acting challenge. With Crunch played by three actors (also London & Miwa) with her identity switching each time she’s hit by a car (because that makes perfect sense?), big hair, big heels and huge makeup don’t even attempt to hide the deliberately bad acting.
This is, of course, extravagant pastiche, with supervillains, henchmen with stupid names and weapons made primarily from dildos. With a ludicrous script, absurd plot and a high-gloss, high-res veneer, fans of transgressive tasteless tack will absolutely love this film. For the rest of us, this is gaudy and cheap nonsense.
A Z-movie that’s all fur coat and no knickers, it’s trying so hard to be fun, but is actually just a director chucking everything he can find at a wall and hoping that something sticks. And none of it does.
UK Release: Out now to watch on VOD on Dekkoo
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