WAR MACHINE

WAR MACHINE (Advanced review copy) - Modern day Military action with a grindhouse flick feel, and the spirit of a Spaghetti Western, would be my first impression of director, Rene Perez's latest effort, War Machine. Those of you familiar with Perez's previous work can expect more of the same high caliber, take no prisoners action, but what makes this film truly stand out from his other film's, is the exploration of Perez's abilities as a writer..

War Machine is a full length feature chronicling the formation of a special ops group, thier task, to defend the world from a rising threat, the terrorist organization known as, ASP. Sound familiar? It should, because the characters in War Machine are based on a certain 80's cartoon and toy juggernaut named...well, I think You know whom I'm referring to.

The film follows it's main character (played by Robert Amstler) as he travels to the carribean to hook up with the other members of his team where ASP, and it's ominous hooded leader, (He'll look familiar) plan to load up numerous vessels with small arms, explosives, etc. to ship to American shores. Stopping ASP will be no simple task for the newly formed strike force, as they meet opposition in the form of the hooded leaders personal army, ninja bodyguard, and sabotage expert.

A beautiful paradise quickly becomes a living Hell as the opposing forces fight for control of the free world.

Unlike Perez's last effort, Silent Enclision, this film is both full feature length, and features dialog throughout. Perez's abilities as a writer show great promise.

The film has a simple action movie plot, but Perez takes it one step further by letting you get inside the mind of the films chracters, letting you see what makes them tick, what drives them. Perez's characters are familiar to those of us who know that, "Knowing is half the battle, but War Machine is no carbon copy, instead Perez's film takes an existing property, much like a Fan Film, and slightly modifies it here and there to make it his own while remaining faithful to the spirit of the source material. However, the film is not without it's flaws..War Machine drags on in some parts, and occasionally dialog is hard to make out, or lost in a fog of heavy accents. These are minor gripes, but I feel they were worth noting.

War Machine is a very fun film overall, featuring all of the things that make an action flick so darn enjoyable (Awesome hand to hand combat, plenty of gunplay, swell lookin' gals, and top notch stunt work). Perez has come a long way as both writer, and director with the release of this film, making him one to watch in the world of Independent cinema. Check this one out!

*This film will be released soon, until then visit iDic Entertainments website and check out some of Mr. Perez's previous films, as well as music videos for his band, iDic. iDic supplies the soundtrack for War Machine.