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The Knackery 2010 DVDRip XviD-AVCDVD

George Clarke"s Battle of the Bone was a testament to true independent film making. Working completely outside of anything that would even remotely resemble a "professional" system such as Hollywood, Clarke infused Battle of the Bone with an energy that few film makers can accomplish with such a limited budget. The Kung-Fu zombie flick was energetic, action-packed, wholly entertaining, and even contained a commentary that was relevant to the film"s country of origin, Ireland. It was a tremendously accomplished film for such an inexperienced director. 

The Knackery in many ways is noticeably superior to Clarke"s previous film. The same energy flows through the entire picture, only this time it is backed by a much more technically sound production. The action is more polished, the editing is tighter, and there is nary a dead spot to be found. For those that are familiar with, and enjoyed, Battle of the Bone you will most certainly not be disappointed. For those that haven"t seen Battle of the Bone (buy it at Yellow Fever Productions), The Knackery is perhaps a better, and more accessible introduction to the Irish film maker"s works, and succeeds despite a significantly smaller budget (of roughly £100) than Battle of the Bone and a four-week full production schedule. 

To search for any sort of tangible story arc within The Knackery is to defeat the point. But for those that are curious – Six people are drafted as contestants on a reality TV show which pits man vs. man vs. a horde of zombies. It"s that simple, and reasonably so, as the plot doesn"t exist so much to push the story from point A to point B, but more to set up the film within the first ten minutes for an hour of non-stop action through the rest of the film. Describing the action as non-stop is perhaps the most fitting descriptive term, as once the action starts it rarely slows down. 

When Clarke does decide to slow the action down, just for a moment, he does so to provide the audience with some brilliantly well-timed comedy. Considering that the film derives its humor from so many different comedic themes, it is quite surprising that nearly all of the comedy genuinely works. From Alan Crawford"s fantastic performance as the television host with a remarkably obtuse accent to the "elevator" music that plays over the feed that is provided to the television audiences, there are so many comedic elements, both blatant and remarkably subtle, that had the film had no action or horror elements, it could have succeeded on comedy alone. 

But, although there is an ample amount of comedy on display within The Knackery , the film is first and foremost an action film. That being said, the action sequences are incredibly well accomplished considering that everyone involved has no formal martial arts training. The action sequences are a result of years of Kung-Fu film watching, and in what I choose to imagine as a very similar situation to Splinter learning the art of ninjitsu from Oroku Saki by mimicking his masters actions in his cage, I picture George Clarke mirroring the actions of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen and many other legends in the world of Kung-Fu cinema in his very own living room. Then, as Splinter passed down his learnings to his Turtles, Clarke passes what he knows down to his actors and Team Bacteria stunt crew. Throughout The Knackery you see various nods to some of the martial artists that influenced George Clarke, and you realize that George Clarke has a genuine understanding and passion for what he"s doing, and believe me, this is a huge factor in The Knackery "s overall success. 

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