Based on Ed Wood final script which took him 10 years to write, the film opens as Billy Zane's character is injecting a nurse in the mental ward he is locked up in before stealing her clothes and escaping. He holds up a loan office, killing the manager but escaping with the loot. He comes across a funeral with an odd assortment of mourners and thinks that a coffin would be a good place to hide the money. The coffin lid slams shut, locking his money inside, and throwing him into an open grave, knocking him unconscious. Zane then tracks down the mourners and dispatches them in an attempt to find his money. While Billy Zane’s over acting is understandable for a silent film the childish slapstick humour and dodgy sound effects are annoying. The only things that makes the film vaguely interesting are the eclectic soundtrack spanning from drum and bass to punk and a cast including Ron Perlman, Christina Ricci, Tara Reid, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Tippi Hedren, most of whom however are entirely wasted.
1.5/5
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