Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan

I'M A LUMBERJACK, AND I'M NOT OKAY
Sgt. Hoke(Thomas Downey) is in charge a group of first time teen offenders at a camp in the woods of Minnesota. The hormonal teens camp outside. One of them in the group earns the wrath of a giant (about 15 to 40 feet depending on need) who attacks them. This is a fairly straight forward teen slasher film with the slasher being slightly different.

The special effects were bad. The CG Babe the Blue Ox was comical. The 1890's clothes looked modern. People chopped in half, blood spray. They attempted to create diverse personalities, but it fell flat as the acting fell short.

Parental Guide: F-bombs, near sex, nudity (Jill Evyn) There are worse Red Box rentals.

One Brilliant Scene Of Bad Movie Magic Can't Save The Rest Of This Low Budget Lunacy
Anyone that watches a SyFy Channel original movie on occasion knows that they rarely offer real chills. That doesn't mean that some of the films don't have a demented sort of charm. Grade A cheese, the best of the bunch tend to be hysterically unapologetic creature feature schlock. And who doesn't love bad B-movie mayhem? I certainly do and there aren't enough genetically mutated monsters to satisfy my cravings. However, sometimes there are movies that fail to accomplish even "dumb fun" and these can be painfully uninteresting. Unfortunately "Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyon" falls into this category. Late in the movie, a story is recounted that shows why Bunyon turned into a crazed axe wielding maniac. That scene is so supremely silly and terrific, it just demonstrated how mundane the rest of the movie was. Let's just say that I'll never think of Babe the Blue Ox in quite the same way. But this demented 5 star scene can't save the lack of creativity in the rest of the film...

no thief like a bad movie
I will sometimes purposefully watch a B movie. So I can be good with low budget,bad acting and a weak plot at times. This was way beyond terrible. I just recently watched Dark Waters which was a really bad flick. But in comparison was a blockbuster. Don't go anywhere near this little number. You could shoot a better video drunk in the dark with an old VHS recorder. And that's probably how they did it.

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