Bomb Squad [Import]

DISCLAIMER: I am not connected to this film which is why I didn't vote a "5". It is sad when the makers of the film have to shill their own product in an attempt to make a substandard project look good. If watching a quality low budget film is your thing try "Primer."

The film opens with 3 men in ski masks (and no gloves) robbing a guarded building of its glow sticks. On their way out they encounter the evil Wraith, a man in a black cloak hoodie and a cheap demon voice echo enhancer...oooooh scary, Darth Maul move over. These guys all have special powers, i.e. stop bullets, create fire, create lightning, and influence people with their glow in the dark contacts.

The movie shifts to 8 years later. Two of the Freeman kids visit super dad in prison and he imparts some of his power to them who in turn touch their siblings who also get power, turning them into a mini "Fantastic Four" to the dismay of their doting mother. It is during their visit he recaps the plot, leaving a lot of stuff out so we feign interest. The acting was extremely bad. The plot reminded me of something I saw in an X-Men movie, with Uncle Sam hunting down the mutants. Bianca Freeman (Erin Kupay), who appears she might of had a year of drama studies, is the closet thing to an actor in this film. The title "Bomb Squad" is from a virtual game one of the pimply faced boys play. He wanted to call his group the "Bomb Squad" with cool, if not meaningless nicknames, but no one else wanted yo go along. So they weren't really called the Bomb Squad except to one kid...but hey what else are you going to call it? "Stolen X-Men Script" Who's going to watch that?

The bad dialouge, acting, and filler material dragged down the film. These are things that a writer-director has control over and don't cost a dime more. Your ten year old might like it.

No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.

If you came into this movie looking for a blockbuster then you already set yourself up for disappointment. This isn't a movie you watch for the sake of being critical -- that'd be like shooting fish in a barrel. Watch it to have fun. Watch it with a group of friends. Riff track it. At the very least know what you're getting yourself into. I'm happy to give props for effort, and with that in mind, this movie made me cringe, laugh, and cover my eyes. It was exactly what I expected: Bad. And with that in mind, it's the next movie on my list for 'Bad Movie Night.'

The Bomb Squad was a very good start to possibly a better series. I give the creators 4 stars. There are things that they need to do to make it a great show but they started out with a good story line. I will not list the things that they need to work on due to the SOOOOO many have done so. I will just add that they have a great rough draft on something that could be an amazing series. Keep up the good work folks and those that read the reviews check out the show before you fall in with the nay sayers.