My Name is Bruce – Review
by john on Mar.08, 2009, under Reviews
Imagine this scenario: You are emo. You’ve decided to take a short break from cutting yourself (a laceration vacation, if you will) and have grown bored. So you meet up with your friends to vandalize a spooky graveyard. In the process you release the undead guardian spirit of Chinese miners. What do you do?
Well, if you happen to be a fan of fine, B-grade horror movies, you call Bruce Campbell. Those of you who don’t know who that is, he holds the fine distinction of making every movie better had he been cast in it. Seriously. He made Spider-Man 3 tolerable. And just think of the joy Across the Universe with a Boomstick would have given us.
So yeah, this is pure, unadulterated cheese. Actually, it is a little adulterated. The beheadings to runtime ratio is large, even for a B-movie horror flick. But this cheese stars Bruce Campbell as Bruce Campbell. Not even the awesomeness of Jack Black infused with Chuck Norris could touch that.
Now in order to get the greatest appreciation of this, it’s best that you see at least one movie where Mr. Campbell does not play Ash. Understand that at least one viewing of Army of Darkness is required just to succeed at life. For enjoyment of My Name is Bruce, I recommend Bubba Ho-Tep. But it doesn’t really matter. Alcohol helps, too.
Grade: A
