Reign of the Gargoyles (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Ayton Davis

Writer:

Chase Parker (writer)

Release Date:

24 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their aircraft is attacked by Nazi-controlled mythological Gargoyles. |

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Gargoyle | Fictional War | WWII | Explosion

Cast

Joe Penny	...	Gus
Wes Ramsey	...	Will
Sean Mahon	...	Deacon
Julia Rose	...	Sophie
Billy Lush	...	Chick
John Ashton	...	Commander Latham
Brad Beyer	...	Porter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dejan Angelov	...	B-51 Pilot
Ryan Spike Dauner	...	Adjutant (as Ryan Dauner)
Evgeni Gospodinov	...	Lt. Mueller
Vlado Mihailov	...	Karel
Milos Miroslav	...	Nash (as Miroslav Emilov)
Stoyan Mladenov	...	Finn
Bryan O'Duffy	...	Col. Sears
Boris Pankin	...	Lieutenant Eyepatch
Johnathan Sparcino	...	Sobczek
Raicho Vasilev	...	Germen Soldier
Julian Vergov	...	Schrieber
Rushi Vidinliev	...	Van Horn
Lina Zlateva	...	Anna

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Fujicolor) | Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Concrete Productions

Trivia:

For most of the flashbacks, footage from another Sci-Fi Channel film "Dragon Storm" was used. The film was tinted sepia.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The B-17, unlike the later B-29, was not pressurized. The B-17 pilot, early in the film, says they are flying to 20,000 feet - and yet the crew is not wearing oxygen masks. These are required if you fly much above 12,000 feet.

Fun In Spite Of Itself

The animation here is HORRID, and the story is lacking, but the performances are what drives this Sci-Fi Channel original. The dialog is hokey, but the delivery is about as good as it gets. These guys at least make you believe they and their situation is meaningful ... at least to them. Most of these movies are done with an almost tongue-in-cheek delivery as if the film not only does not take itself too seriously, but the actors are making FUN of it while, at the same time, drawing a check for doing it.

This dreck-fest at least showed some heart. There are a couple of places where the performances made you forget (if only momentarily) that this was a typical "B" flick.

All in all? It was enjoyable, in spite of itself, and showed some real heart. Tom Penny was an asset this time. While it is NOT fit for Friday/Saturday night viewing, it is still more fun that first imagined.

It rates a 7.2/10 on the "B" scale, which is around a 4.6/10 on the "A" Scale, from...

the Fiend :.