Necessary Evil

USA 2008
produced by
Eric Feldman, Nick Plantico, Scott Robertson Price, Annette Stone (executive) for Art of War Films, Lenz Films
directed by Peter J.Eaton
starring Kathryn Fiore, Eric Feldman, Lance Henriksen, Gary Hudson, Danny Trejo, Tarri Markell, Aaron Fors, Donald Agnelli, Steve Seagren, Allan Kolman, Greg Collins, Evan Elliot, Daniele Gaither, Samson Ghaffary, Carolyn Hennesy, Julia Howard, Nick Plantico, Richard Riehle, Andrew Rowe, Michael J.Sana, Robert Seymone, Mirelly Taylor, Tessa Germaine
written by Eric Feldman, Christopher James Harvill, music by Brad Segal, special effects by Action Unlimited

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Cop Russo (Eric Feldman) tries to solve a kidnapping case that has something to do with a case his father (Greg Collins) worked on 15 years ago, when he was killed in the line of duty. The kidnapped boy turns up soon enough, but a trail that Russo decides to follow even against the express orders of his superiors, leads to all powerful Phenix Pharmaceuticals.

Pregnant investigative reporter Deborah (Kathryn Fiore) is trying to dig up some dirt on Phenix Pharmaceuticals, a company she thinks is conducting human experiments at their insane asylum to develop biological weapons under the guise of developing a new pregnancy medication called Reficul.

Phenix Pharmaceuticals is of course every bit as evil as it can be, as it is run by Sanders (Gary Hudson), a man who has supernatual powers since being touched by a demon (which is kept in the asylum's basement by the way) and Doctor Fabrian (Lance Henriksen), your typical mad scientist (who later turns out to be the devil though). And by the way, Reficul is Lucifer spelled backwards, not that I'm sure why.

After much to and fro, both Russo and Deborah come face to face with Fabrian in his insane asylum, and it's revealed that Deborah is not only the daughter of Sanders who has been given a set of fake memories, but she has also been the girl whom Russo's father had been looking for 15 years ago when he was killed. Plus, she has inherited her father's supernatural powers. Faced with his own daughter, Sanders switches sides and tries to help her against Fabrian, but by now, Fabrian has stripped him of his powers and has made sure Deborah is going to kill him. Still, Fabrian gets his just desserts, and even the demon in the basement is taken care of ... and after all those years, Russo returns Deborah to her real mother.

Everything is fine it seems, Russo and Deborah become a couple, she has her baby, and they life a happy life in suburbia ... only their baby seems to have supernatural powers, and in the guise of the mailman, Fabrian is looking after the tot.

Admittedly, this synopsis doesn't make too much sense, but then again, neither does the movie as such, it's nothing more than conspiracy theory cinema at its worst, in which a single silly idea is blown up to feature length size without noone even caring about plausible plot development, more-than-one-dimensional characters, or even a proper story to tell. The whole thing is just a convoluted mess that seems to lead to nowhere and comes to a (half-hearted) finale at a rather deliberate point within its storyline. Definitely not worth your time and money.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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