Even parallel lines have a twist
2006, UK, Colour, 89 minutes
Directed by Ellison Wayne. Written by Artie Ore
Starring Mykalah Ash, Chad McCath, Candi Streed
More slop in the direct-to-DVD-psych101-puzzle-torture-pig's trough. In this iteration a mute killer, The Wordsmith, is kidnapping (despite having no arms) people who he's heard using his most despised verbal construct; the tautology. For The Wordsmith cannot speak, thus he is revolted by people rubbing his face in it by saying the same things twice. So he subjects his victims to a series of tautological word games, with a matching gruesome death for those who fail. And thus he makes himself feel better.
Watch out for – the ending which the filmmakers have to, by their own rules, fudge
Quote – "If Romita and Bolero are burned to death in succession one after the other, who should die former, who should die first, who later, and who last so the Bolero may live?"
Reviewed by R.P. Thunderunk
