River of Darkness (2011)

- written June 8th, 2011

Summary: When unspeakable evil falls on a quiet river town, Sheriff Logan (Kurt Angle, Warrior, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night) is thrust into a chilling nightmare of death and mayhem. Confronted by a series of horrific murders, each more brutal than the last, he soon learns the community’s seedy past has spawned a vile evil … one that has risen from purgatory to exact revenge. Under relentless assault by the spirits of two old river squatters, the Jacobs Boys – Kevin Nash (The Punisher, The Longest Yard) and WWF, WCW and ECW’s Psycho Sid Vicious – the town explodes into a battlefield of zombies and blazing guns. It’s up to Sheriff Logan to unravel the shocking mystery and condemn “The Boys” back to the bowels of hell. In this all-out, heavyweight beat-down, only one man will remain standing.           Overall: I will say I’m a big fan of the wrestling greats but frankly wasn’t expecting much from the film. Wrestlers playing serious characters…not always believable. I will say there wasn’t any true stretch for the characters they did play so it wasn’t like I can argue they weren’t believable. I think the major issue is just that, there was no challenge here and as such it wasn’t very interesting.           Comparison: The Mist meets Harper’s Island

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