Combat Shock (Two-Disc Uncut 25th Anniversary Edition)
by Buddy Giovinazzo
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Actor: Asaph Livni, Mitch Maglio, Nick Nasta, Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica StorkDirector: Buddy Giovinazzo
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-07-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Troma
DVD Reviews of Combat Shock (Two-Disc Uncut 25th Anniversary Edition)
DVD Review: A Memorable, No-Budget Film...Surprisingly Well-Done and Well-Made
Summary: 5 Stars
Combat Shock is a no-budget film directed by Buddy Giovinazzo released under the Troma label. I've never watched a film by Troma, but I know what films they're associated with. When titles from their company include The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo & Juliet, I didn't expect much from Combat Shock and it took me a while to get around to watching it. It's a surprisingly well-made film that is both bleak and effective...Think of Taxi Driver without a budget and with even less optimism.
Ricky Giovinazzo (who also did the score and went on to be involved with the scores of just about every film you can name) stars as Frankie Dunlan, a Vietnam veteran and former P.O.W. living in squalor in New York. The film opens in Vietnam as Frankie talks of the nightmares that haunt him every night. He lives with his wife and child, who is hideously deformed due to the chemicals he was exposed to in Vietnam; he has no job and can't afford to feed himself or his family and he owes money around town.
The film works quite well in it's strange, low-budget way. Frankie's baby doesn't look human (it conjures up memories of Eraserhead), but it doesn't look laughable either. I found the film's score to be too '80s, but it actually fits the tone of the film. Obviously, Hollywood was fond of Giovinazzo's musical skill.
The film has the grainy, gritty look of a cult film but Combat Shock actually has a relative impact. It's a dark story with a few scenes (most occurring at the end) hat are incredibly unsettling. Certain aspects of the film aside, there is a certain amount of realism in the film too...Combat Shock is a film that will surprise you. It looks and feels like an exploitation film, but works as a gritty, violent, and disturbing look at post-traumatic stress disorder. It's an uncompromising film that you won't easily forget.
GRADE: A-
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