Necessary Evil (2008)

Director:

Peter J. Eaton

Writers:

Eric Feldman (writer)
Christopher James Harvill (writer)

Release Date:

31 December 2008 (USA)

Plot:

A scientist is testing a demonic drug on people in his secret lab. A cop and a female reporter try to stop him. |

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Donald Agnelli	...	Albert Fielding
Greg Collins	...	Michael Russo
Drue Delio	...	Mental patient
James DuMont	...	Officer #1
Mark Casimir Dyniewicz	...	Interrogator #2
Evan Elliot	...	Ronald Benjamin
Eric Feldman	...	Russo
Kathryn Fiore	...	Deborah
Aaron Fors	...	Stephen Green
Daniele Gaither	...	Gail
Tessa Germaine	...	Young Deborah
Samson Ghaffary	...	Sgt. Greco
Joe Guth	...	Mental Patient
Carolyn Hennesy	...	Carole Fielding
Lance Henriksen	...	Dr. Fibrian
Julia Howard	...	Tammy
Gary Hudson	...	Sanders
Justin Kelly	...	Undercover Detective
Allan Kolman	...	Dr. Logan
Mike Kurzhal	...	Soldier
Tarri Markell	...	Helen Green
Orlando McNary	...	Desk Sergeant
Laura Molina	...	Mental Patient
Ramsey Moore	...	Evil Clown
Pasquale Pinto	...	Soldier
Nick Plantico	...	Jake
Patricia Prata	...	Police officer
Kyle Rea	...	Drooling Mental Patient
Richard Riehle	...	Capt. Parsons
Bertrand Roberson Jr.	...	Menacing Guard
Andrew Rowe	...	Avery
John Russel	...	Interrogator #1
Steve Seagren	...	Marcus Green
Robert Seymone	...	Hummel
Mirelly Taylor	...	Princess Salme
Danny Trejo	...	Barro

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content, some language and brief sexuality.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18

Company:

Art of War Films

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Uninteresting plot, characters, and execution. Even Scientologists would find this hard to swallow... and they believe in a guy named Xenu.

I pride myself on being able to watch terrible movies and still finding them enjoyable. Unfortunately, Necessary Evil defeated any chances of viewing pleasure. Generally, I feel some connection to at least one of the characters in the film. This is one movie that I can say that I couldn't find any connection and instead just had spite. Was it wrong for me to wish that the "heroes" of the film would die? Probably, but they were just that uninteresting that I couldn't care less about what happened to them.

The writing would have made a better novel than a movie. I understand the film had multiple plot points, but conveying them with a narration was perhaps the wrong tool to move along the story. I think they chose narration because it slowed the movie down so they could a hit an hour and a half of viewing displeasure. To make matters worse the movie was already plodding along at such a slow pace that drawing it out was a completely unbearable addition.

It's sad to think the most interesting part of the movie was watching the seconds tick by when I'd hit the display button on the DVD player. As far as thrillers go "Necessary Evil" was about as thrilling as cottage cheese.