2007 · horror · action · comedy
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Directed by Jon Knautz1h 25m2007
As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold his interest. After unleashing an ancient curse, Jack's Professor undergoes a transformation into something not-quite- human, and Jack is forced to confront some old demons... along with a few new ones.
Our read: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive horror · action · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured horror / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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