Ozone (1994)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Disappointment for a huge fan!

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This is the weakest of JR Bookwalter's films because it strays from his style of fast, humorous action scenes. Bookwalter tries something more ambitious, moody and suspenseful and he fails. But its still typically watchable in its cheesiness. This is more drab looking and boring than his other films though. There are scenes where the black leading man is locked in cages, forced into a Mandingo fight and a zombie sniffs him and says, "You smell like a brother...". It might be a string of racist jokes or JR made a film thats a metaphor for smalltown racism. So Bookwalter tries to be artsier here and its appreciated, but he forgot to make it entertaining as he was NEVER scary or thoughtful director.

Goofy, cheap gore-flick from Ohio's own JR Bookwalter(The Dead Next Door) has cop, Eddie Boone(James Black)tangling with the malformed agents of a drug pushing monster(..once a human being who evolved into what looks like a talking protoplasm, with a pig's head)who has created a drug called Ozone which turns your body into something quite grotesque. This monster who sits in a swivel chair ordering his posse, whose faces bulge these bulb-like warts, to commandeer Eddie, wishes to use him as the next step in an evolutionary ladder with Ozone providing the change. Most of the film displays Eddie's nightmarish night of dodging the villains while suffering bouts of hysteria caused by part of the Ozone drug that was injected in his arm when he lost his partner on a drug bust gone awry.Lots of outrageous gore for fans of the ultra-violence. A druggie's head explodes when he ingests too much of Ozone. A human body dissolves into a skeleton. A head is crushed under the tire of a driving car. An arm is severed with the wound bleeding. A female gives birth to Eddie's demon baby! The monster of the film is a badly designed costume, with the actor's voice mechanically altered. When Eddie and Justine(Lori Scarlett), the female he is seduced by who is in league with the monster, transform momentarily into these hideous beasts(..a severe case of mutation) while embracing for a sexual encounter. The director depends heavily on the morphing process utilized in Terminator 2. When humans begin to transform, their faces and skin often bubble! Eddie's world, presented in the film, is basically a series of run-ins with the monster's zombie agents, and his escapes. A lot of the film has Eddie working through the city under siege much like Snake Pliskin in Escape from New York. Close encounters, staying one step ahead when all hope seem lost. The special effects are as low budget as it gets, but there's a charm to Bookwalter's films that might rub off on those just seeking a flick to consume 90 minutes. It has enough insanity, I believe, to please an audience looking for such over-the-top grue and strange characters.

This isn't a great movie, but it's also not really a terrible movie. I found it pretty enjoyable, to tell the truth. The effects are obviously cheap, but when you consider the budget these people were probably working with, I think the film came out rather well. The major players act better than most in low-budget horror films, and the storyline, for the most part, makes sense. A few seemingly pointless scenes are thrown in here and there, but overall it isn't too hard to follow. I liked the movie, and if you enjoy horror movies and can appreciate a fairly well-made low-budget film, Ozone is worth checking out.

It took me three days to watch this film because i had to stop it so many times i dont mean to insult the director or the actors but i dont think they even tried its a very bad film i wouldnt even waste your timeThe picture on the back sold it to me dont be fooled its not good leave it alone go for a walk outside or take a nap its just not worth it