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By DREW NEWTON
At first glance, it's
"Silence of the Lambs" meets "Misery." At second
glance, it's "Deliverance" meets "Silence of the
Lambs" meets "Misery." At third glance it's
"Psycho" meets "Deliverance" meets "Silence of the
Lambs" meets "Misery." And that's the way it goes.
You'd think that borrowing from so many movies was
director John D. Hancock's major sin. But it's
not. The biggest problem is that "Suspended
Animation" is so bizarre, it's almost unmatchable.
Just bear with me: Hollywood animator Tom Kempton
(Alex McArthur) is on a snowmobiling vacation in
the wilds of Northern Michigan when he gets
separated from his buddies. He soon finds himself
the prisoner by two cannibalistic sisters, Vanessa
(Laura Esterman) and Ann (Sage Allen). He escapes,
and becomes obsessed with tracking down Vanessa's
long lost adopted daughter, and with turning his
narrow escape into an animated film. It then,
that's when the story gets really weird.
It's all way over-the-top, and pretty disgusting
too. Interesting as a curiosity, the constant
twists and turns and the less than lucid story did
not sustain my interest for long.
Extra features consist of a 6-minute
behind-the-scenes featurette and two photo
galleries. The Dolby Digital 2.0 audio is O.K.,
but the image is as weird as the film itself: It
is framed on all four sides, with an aspect ratio
of about (guessing here) 1.80:1. Don't know why.
Otherwise the image is O.K. too. |
