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faust love of the damned | Year: 2001 Classification: Horror Directed: - Brian Yuzna Faust: Love it, hate it, or both OK, here's my thoughts on the movie adaptation of the famed gothic-horror-erotica comic book: In order for a movie to truly capture the essence of Faust: Love of the Damned, the movie would have to be a freaky XXX adult movie. No ifs ands or buts about it. This version was either rated R or UNRATED. I think it would have been much better if it was Japanese animation! I've read the comics and quite frankly, David Quinn, the author of the comics, couldn't put every detail into the film script: some stuff was added, some was left out, and some was a jarbled confusing mess! The movie could have been a WHOLE LOT BETTER, but if you read the comics, you'd probably figure that if Faust was made true to the comic, it would have been probably banned in 80 countries around the world (or probably even more!). The only character I felt they at least got partially right was Clare, M's "wife" (the woman with the two-toned hair). Many reviewers felt confused as to why M melted Clare. Well, in the comic, Clare insults M's authority and basically tells him that without her he's nothing. Well, M shows her who's the boss!(...) She was just melted, but M revived her after she learned "humility". That's about it. Jade, I felt so-so about. Goodness, they really messed up John!!! In the comic, he's portrayed as a sympathetic, yet dealy insane, kinda guy. His love for Jade comes through in the comic. But in both movie and comic, the costume is downright laughable! So Faust came out before Spawn but I really couldn't stop laughing at John's costume which is a crazy funny hybrid of Spawn/Wolverine and Batman!!!! Even as I type this review, I start cracking up! So remember folks,Faust: Love of the Damned is just an extremely poor adaptation of an EXTREMELY ADULT comic that depicted bestiality (Clare did a snake for Christ's sake and demons!), devil worship, blood drinking, loads of dismemberment, gratuitous sex, cannibalism, gay sex and the list just goes on and on! Like Spawn......but not good. This is the story of a resurrected artist who is reborn to kill evildoers every where!...or any one that happens to be in the same room. When they showed the guy at the embassy with two long claws growing out of each of his hands, I thought he was a Wolverine rip-off. Things got worse when we see what he looks like fully formed...I didn't know what the hell he was. He's like a devil, but he looks more like a Batman wannabe at a comic book convention; you'd think the devil would have given him horns that didn't shake like rubber. His special powers include jumping on top of stuff and acting like he's flying, and licking cops in the ear. Reading the other reviews, it would seem this is based off a comic series. So I would like to ask those comic fans...just what WAS this movie about? This reminds me of anime films that are based off manga and begin the story in the middle of the series. There was a pact with an evil being, then suddenly a conspiracy where all the big-wigs in the town are behind evil, and some how this "Faust" guy is the one being that can stop all evil...though I don't know how he can save people when he keeps killing them! How many cops did he kill that thought they were just doing their job? And again...why did he LICK THEM? "Hellboy" is coming out tomorrow. I used to have reserved feelings about that, but after watching this any superhero movie I see will appear to be the greatest film ever. Damned bad. This flick fails in every aspect. The plot is jibberish. The acting non-existant. The special effects laughable. The action still-lifed. Ranks up there with CAPTAIN AMERICA for worst comic book movie of all time. DAREDEVIL was better than this mess, and that's saying a lot. If you enjoy good comic book films (even the smaller, independant type), avoid this tripe at all costs. If you like the darker, more violent heroes watch the excellent BLADE again and revell in the fact that good, bloody horror/action films still need writitng and acting to entertain. FAUST: LOVE OF THE DAMNED is so damned bad it qualifies as anti-entertainment. Buy Faust Love Of The Damned at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Faust Love Of The Damned Search with the Priority Search Engine on Faust Love Of The Damned This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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