The ABCs Of Death (2012) 6/10

Directors : Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Marcel Sarmiento, Angela Bettis, Noboru Iguchi, Andrew Traucki, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Yudai Yamaguchi, Anders Morgenthaler, Timo Tjahjanto, Ti West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Helene Cattet, Simon Rumley, Adam Wingard, Srdjan Spasojevic, Jake West, Lee Hardcastle, Ben Wheatley, Kaare Andrews, Jon Schnepp, Xavier Gens, Jason Eisener, Yoshihiro Nishimura
Running Time : 130 mins

This movie brings us a series of 26 short stories focussing on the subject of death, directed by a variety of directors from around the world.

This is an interesting anthology that starts off strong but then starts to get a little boring in the middle. Some of the standout sections include D Is For Dogfight, a story with a twist in which a man is forced to fight a dog to the death, K Is For Klutz, an animated segment where a women tries to get rid of an embarrassing turd, C Is For Cycle which is interesting but could have been better, X Is For XXL in which a fat women has enough of being ridiculed about her weight, N Is For Nuptials where a man’s infidelity is revealed by his new pet bird, and B Is For Bigfoot which really should have been longer. Saying that, some of the worst segments were I Is For Ingrown, which confused me because the name didn’t feel connected to the content, S Is For Speed which just reminded me of Bitch Slap, P Is For Pressure which felt like the ending was tagged on to get a P word, and F Is For Fart which was just stupid. Because these are so hit and miss, my overall ranking for this movie has dropped to a six, though some segments are easily 8s or 9s.

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