Disaster Movie (Lionsgate)
The Title Says It All
Disaster Movie is a comical jab at all the movies that have been hits so far this year. We get take offs on 10,000 B. C., Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, High School Musical, Enchanted and many others. What is amazing is that in having so many targets, not one single joke hits. Disaster Movie ends up being a disaster of a movie.
The main characters are Will (Matt Lanter) and Amy (Vanessa Minillo). She is in love with him but he has commitment issues. On the day that disasters seem to be springing up everywhere he finally decides he does love her. Now all he has to do is get to where she is and declare his love
Along the way to get to her he joins up with his friend Calvin (G Thang) and his friend Lisa (Kim Kardashian). Later they meet up with the princess from Enchanted (Nicole Parker). She is the most annoying character in the film and being the worst in a terrible movie means she was really bad.
Carmen Electra makes an appearance early in the movie but wisely leaves quickly. Kardashian also leaves early, but that idiotic princess stays around forever. Of course Will and Amy are there to the bitter end.
The film is generously given a PG-13 rating. There is so much profanity and gross humor it could have easily been an R.
You could excuse a lot of the trash if any of it was remotely funny. But it isnt. The jokes fall flat and the actors are inexcusably bad. You know you are in trouble when you miss Carmen Electra after she leaves because she brought a little class to the film.
One other thing, by trashing so many of the movies of this year, this movie makes you actually have more respect for them. Compared to this trash they were all classics. So maybe Disaster Movie had a purpose after all.
I scored Disaster Movie an end of the world 2 out of 10.
