The Wicker Man is one of those movies I always planned to watch but never did. Once the re-make came out I figured it was high time for me to check it out. Well now that the re-make has come gone, and supposedly sucked I've finally gotten around to seeing it. The results? Lukewarm.
The Wicker Man is about a police officer investigating the disappearance of a little girl on a rural island off the coast of Scotland. He finds the island inhabited by pagans, penis worshipping pagans no less. The officer is a devout Christian in a land of mysterious heathens. Can you smell the conflict? The head pagan is played by Christopher Lee and as we all know, Christopher Lee is the best bad guy ever. But even with that credit the film still suffers from being so painfully 70s.
The film has many musical interludes of crazy hippy music and it really hasn't aged well. Overall the film succeeds in being interesting but never achieved scares from this viewer. In the end the main character is trapped in a huge figure made of wicker, hence the title. And as a friend of mine noted, What the hell? He's a full grown man trapped by wicker. Ever heard of punching or kicking? I mean being trapped by an overgrown wicker basket, that's just pathetic.
Gore - mild
Nudity - some, but they're hippies so it doesn't really count.
Overall - 6/10
The Wicker Man is about a police officer investigating the disappearance of a little girl on a rural island off the coast of Scotland. He finds the island inhabited by pagans, penis worshipping pagans no less. The officer is a devout Christian in a land of mysterious heathens. Can you smell the conflict? The head pagan is played by Christopher Lee and as we all know, Christopher Lee is the best bad guy ever. But even with that credit the film still suffers from being so painfully 70s.
The film has many musical interludes of crazy hippy music and it really hasn't aged well. Overall the film succeeds in being interesting but never achieved scares from this viewer. In the end the main character is trapped in a huge figure made of wicker, hence the title. And as a friend of mine noted, What the hell? He's a full grown man trapped by wicker. Ever heard of punching or kicking? I mean being trapped by an overgrown wicker basket, that's just pathetic.
Gore - mild
Nudity - some, but they're hippies so it doesn't really count.
Overall - 6/10
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