The Deviants (1994) (DVD Review)
Directed By: John Mikulak
Starring: Nick Stavrides, Matthew Healy, Matthew Myers
Rated: UR/Region: 0/1:33/Number of disc: 1
Available from Troma Entertainment
What do you say fellas…ready to blast off? Words to live by, according to six blissfully reckless friends who come together for a lost weekend wedding reunion of drinking, bowling, fighting, snorting, puking, screwing, writing bad novels, getting spanked by a psychotic preacher, hailing extraterrestrials and finally…learning that it takes more than a few days to achieve total world domination!
The Deviants is a raw film. It is many things both good and bad, but the good seems to overpower the bad and the film becomes a rather fun time if you simply leave your brain at the door and take it for what it is. Here, we are tossed into a wild world, a world very fitting for a Troma release with characters very fit for a Troma environment. From there we follow this group on a trip and the fun and madness unfolds. Despite all the hardships that plaque most films with such a budget, The Deviants, make the most of what they have and they offer up a far better time than you might expect. Basically it is a crude comedy, but it plays off like a Tarantino movie from hell on some aspects.
I’m not sure if we are supposed to like these characters or not. I’m not sure I could say I even enjoyed them, but they do what they do and it ends up being more funny than not and it makes you want to stick around to see what happens next in the same way that you can’t turn away from a car crash on the side of the road. I don’t mean that as an insult, because I get the feeling that is just what the director here had in mind and in that he sure accomplished what he set out to accomplish. In the end I wouldn’t call The Deviants a classic by any means, but it is good enough for what it is supposed to be and makes for a fun time regardless of the obvious flaws.
- Deleted Scenes
- Blooper Reel
