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Cast: Pete Punito, Steven F. Zeigler, Mark Strano, Miranda Allgood, Damon Gregory
Skeptical of the government's intentions, and driven by a personal tragedy, renowned geneticist, Dr. Gino Conti, sabotages a government project and creates a human-reptile hybrid using his own DNA. He soon discovers fatherhood is an extraordinary challenge when his scaly surrogate son has anger management problems, martial arts moves and some adolescent issues that include eating the neighbors. It's hard enough to be a teenager especially being a half-human and half-reptile hybrid! What's a father to do?
"Lizard Boy" is Director, Paul Della Pelle's debut feature film, he also co-wrote the script with Bruce Brown. The film is an action/comedy/horror that also takes aim at science and asks the question, how far is too far when it comes to cloning and other genetic experiments. We get to meet the doctor's reptile son who they named Carlo early in the film then by using flashbacks along with present day we are brought up to speed on how exactly this Carlo was create, as time goes on and as Carlo begins to kill more people police and those in charge of the lab begin to take notice which leads to action packed, ultimate showdown at the end, the film tosses in a few nice twists as well. The use of flashbacks in the film work well with the present day happenings and it never takes any of the momentum away from the film, the pace is steady which never allows the audience to become bored of the story.
"Lizard Boy" never takes itself serious, sure there's plenty of action and even some gore but the film is a comedy at heart. I found the film to be very funny at times and thought it was an original take on the genre. The whole idea of the lizard boy sets up some hilarious situations. If you go into the film with an open mind then I think you will have as much fun as I did watching it. The cast did a terrific job, each and everyone in the film looked like they had a fun time making it and it translates back to the audience. "Lizard Boy" may not be for everyone but Indie fans who are always looking for something a bit different to watch should eat this up. I don't know about anyone else but a lizard boy doing martial arts and some wire-fu gets high marks from me. I had an enjoyable time with this one and look forward to what this promising new director has up his sleeve next.
The DVD comes with Special Features that include:
Trailer
Still Gallery
You can order the DVD HERE.
Released by Cinema Epoch
*** Out Of *****