POINT 'DREAD': There's another big movie coming out this week, though it's gotten about one one-thousandth the publicity of Mr. Gibson's Opus. It's "Broken Lizard's Club Dread," the follow-up to that troupe's brilliant 2002 comedy "Super Troopers," and it co-stars Bill Paxton in addition to the rest of the usual troupe. Because it's opening against 'The Passion,' an ingenious preview in Newsweek has labeled 'Club Dread' "the Anti-'Christ'," and quoted one cast member as saying that if 'Dread' somehow beats out Gibson's film at the box office, they will be "bigger than Jesus." Another point in 'Club Dread''s favor- it's unlikely anyone will die while watching it, which is more than I can say for Mel's movie.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 26, 2004 12:13 AM