Gotta love these straight-to-video
films. No really. This was actually pretty darn good.
I'll give you 1 guess as to what Pop.
436 is about. Yep, you got it. A small, out of town town's population
is 436 and never changes. NEVER!
Steve Kady (Jeremy Sisto) is sent to
investigate why the town's population hasn't changed for the past
century and slowly discovers its gruesome secret. If anyone stays
overnight, they become 'one of us' and someone has to 'disappear' to
keep the numbers right. They do this by holding a summer fayre
ordeal, with the 'host' being hanged as the main attraction. The
story isn't anything amazing, it's your usual deep south town that
keeps to itself, so the sets aren't anything big and clever; the cast
are pretty convincing, even with having to switch between being
nicey-nicey and eerily suspicious; and the scripting doesn't make
anything sound forced. The biggest surprise for me was Deputy Bobby
Caine. After only a few lines he became a very sincere and likeable
character, and by the end of the movie, my favourite. But something
kept making me wonder who he was. He seemed familiar, so after I'd
finished watching I head over to IMDB to check him out. It turns out
that he's none other than FRED DURST! Most singers that turn to
acting can't quite hack it, but this was different. He was able to
give the emotional range needed to pull it off that others lack. I'm
not saying that he should become a full-time actor, but he should
give the big screen a try, especially if his performance here is
anything to go by.
The ending came as a shock to me,
though looking back, I could have figured it out if I had played
detective and analysed the movie instead of enjoying it. There is an
alternate ending that I would very much like to see, but can't find
it anywhere. So if anyone knows of it, let me know!
A movie that shows that not all
staight-to-video releases are bad. - 4 tow trucks out of 5
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