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Another hangnail injury leading to death and dismemberment.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

It’s the brick’s fault in Terror At London Bridge<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1985, aka\u00a0Bridge Across Time<\/b><\/i>). Specifically, when Jack the Ripper is shot and falls off the bridge, he takes a brick of the bridge with him into the water – and his spirit managed to transfer into the brick at the same time.<\/p>\n

But where’s the bridge? It’s now located in Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA (true story<\/a>), all of it except the missing brick – and now it’s been found and sent over to LHC. Bad things are about to happen in this tourist trap as Jack comes boiling out of that brick. And I do mean that literally – or Jack is highly carbonated. But he’s definitely decaf.<\/p>\n

I generally figure a story can have one incredible plot mechanism, and so this qualifies. But now the local police have to figure out what’s happening to the women, and, well, it’s scattershot, between a detective, formerly of the Chicago Police Department, suffering PTSD after having shot a 14 year old boy to death during a burglary in his former life, to the detective’s assistant who has no life, apparently, outside of being an assistant, to the papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 victims, there’s really no character with which to empathize. The Sheriff (or Chief, I forget now) has nothing, the detective might have a former relationship with some lady, but we’re not really sure, the assistant has a bit of gumption at the end, and the possible former girlfriend shows she can run like mad from Jack. There’s a mysterious fellow who wants to blow up the Bridge, but all we find out about him is a generic “mental illness.” He could have been interesting, but instead he’s consigned to the metaphorical loo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But that’s about all. Oh, wait – I did appreciate the fact that clubbing the detective upside the head actually did result in a severe concussion and left him ineffective – and with a terrific headache – for several hours. It’s a sporadic attempt at enhancing the tension in the film.<\/p>\n

And I noticed one attempt at a head feint – always important in detective stories, if not horror stories – but I’d guessed it was coming, so it was ineffective. Otherwise, it’s really just about the screaming and the slashing and the running.<\/p>\n

And, as my Arts Editor observed, “This is baaad acting.” And a bad story.<\/p>\n

Boring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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