Brutal Relax (2010)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

the audience applauded

Lack of good storyline.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

"Brutal Relax" is a Spanish 15-minute horror comedy short film from 2010 that includes virtually no dialogue at all though, so you won't need subtitles, even if you don't speak Spanish. Sound effects and music (an English song) are far more dominant here. I am surprised to see how many people wrote and directed this fairly short film about a man who just wants to enjoy his summer holidays away from his stressful worklife at home, but the one thing he did not expect were the undead invading the beach where he is residing. Oh well.. a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do right? Especially if it is such a hunk like José María Angorrilla. Maybe Spaniards will know some actors here, but I really didn't. The trashiness of the entire thing perfectly symbolized by the kissing girl near the end is sometimes worth seeing, but also only for so many minutes and the film we have here certainly isn't finding the right balance with regards to anything. Or maybe it is simply the wrong season to watch it I'm not sure. I was not as well-entertained here as I hoped I would, even if the main character is kinda fun and makes it okay at times. All in all, a thumbs-down. Watch something else instead.

This total gem of a horror short may be a mere quarter of an hour in length but it's so big and packed with mad stuff that it has the feel of a damn safari, a real freaking trek, and a great one! It takes but a few minutes to get going(whatever doesn't?) and then it becomes a complete blast, with some of the most hilarious and colourful gore-gags and insane action that I've ever seen in a horror short, and most horror movies for that matter.. Okay, so the plot, or lack thereof, and concept and setup of it is so simple, but in this instance such macabre genius and hilarity itself. It's all about one Mr. "Olivares", a pretty much ordinary-looking mustachioed Joe who is a recently discharged psychiatric patient, who is advised by his nervous doctor to avoid any stress at all costs and to take a nice vacation somewhere where he can unwind, and wouldn't you just know it, the one idyllic beach that he chooses to relax at just happens to be invaded by scores of some kinda bloodthirsty green sea zombies which look like something out of the old Scooby-Doo cartoon, and they immediately get to tearing the helpless sunbathers to bits, and Mr. Olivares during the middle of all this, he is seemingly oblivious to the havoc unfolding around him, or perhaps because he's not quite all there in the head he doesn't care too much, as some of them were kind of assholes to him earlier - but what does cause him to snap and become a one-man zombie killing machine, is when his beloved Walkman cassette player breaks down, at which point he unleashes the beast and launches an all-out assault against the offending slimy sea-scourge and the short becomes a complete lunatic gore-fest! And he is seriously mad, no not just angry, as in "as a Hatter". He proves to be quite the artiste when it comes to the fine technique of bodily destruction, and a way more vicious monster than the actual monsters are! In fact, post-credits you can see that he's erected an impressive monument out of all the leftover monster parts! Heads are splattered, limbs are torn off and used as battering implements(a classic!), and perhaps best of all the bloody skeleton of a child is used in a nun-chuck-like fashion to combat the ghoulish hordes! It's amazingly gross, and to top it all off, it has an absurdly-cute ending where after everything that happens there's just one beautiful girl left alive and he steps up to her and she leans over to kiss him for saving her life I guess, but he only wants her to take some souvenir snap-shots as, bloodbath or not, he continues to enjoy his jolly-holiday! Last damn thing that I expected to happen.. I love how there's stuff going on constantly in the background of every scene. And it's really beautifully shot too, with the ever-present gorgeous backdrop of the sea contrasting crazily with all the carnage and adding to the bizarre appeal of it. Outrageously entertaining and infectiously exuberant, it all adds up to one perfect storm of ridiculousness, and is a tour-de-force of bad taste horror done good. It never takes itself seriously, and I can seriously appreciate that. Salut, what a romp!!!

A man goes to his doctor and told what he needs in life is to relax more . Taking his advice the man goes to relax on a crowded beach and take in the sea air . As it turns out he couldn't have picked a worse day for a beach trip because monsters swarm out of the water and attack everyone There's something unsettling about the seashore . When I lived on the Isle of Bute I spent many a sad , lonely day trekking the coastline . There's no more beautiful sight than staring across a calm blue sea on a hot Summer day . . The opposite can hold true as well . Standing on a deserted shoreline you become aware of just how alone you are and a primeval instinctive fear overtakes you almost as if an ancient terror is about to make its presence seen , a feeling not helped if you've seen the classic DOCTOR WHO story from 1972 The Sea Devils , a story that had a much bigger impact than Spielberg's famous shark film a few years later I came in to this short thinking I'd be watching a serious horror film . The freeze frame avatar showed a bikini babe covered in blood so jumped to the conclusion this was going to be a gore-fest . Make no mistake this is gore ridden splatter-punk make up driven horror but one with its tongue very firmly in cheek . Think of the early works of Peter Jackson where you're invited and encouraged to laugh at the on screen mutilation and you've got the idea . One other work I was instantly reminded of was of another Spanish short called FIST OF Jesus and low and behold both films had the same director Adrian Cardona which comes as no great surprise since both shorts are identical in feel and execution . If you've seen either film you've seen both of them which isn't really a criticism but you would perhaps think the director might try something different in future shorts

what starts as a quiet day on the beach for olivares turns into a nightmare for all the other su worshippers.reminding me of an episode of Dr who for sickos this is one of the funniest gory shorts you will ever see.what makes this excellent is the contrast of the brightly lit med beach and daytime location to the extreme violence taking place.the unlikely creatures emerging from the sea make a welcome change from psycho torture porn killers,and the true hero is the nutter everyone is laughing at at the start of film.just because this is a comedy some of the effects are truly horrifying.overall anyone who loves all out splatter will love this gory masterpiece .