L'Indestructible

Poster tagline: INHUMAN! INVINCIBLE! INESCAPABLE! THE SCREAM THAT SHOCKED THE SCREENS WITH 300,000 VOLTS OF HORROR!!! I wouldn't say Lone Chaney Jr. outdoes the others here acting-wise, as everyone here writes, rather, it’s a sad sight of a once horror star. In the whole film, except for the beginning, he doesn't utter a single sentence (as the script told him "the volts destroyed his vocal cords"), every now and then he knocks down a cop or a gangster, or picks up a car with his own hands, otherwise he's always slightly hunched over, hands in his pockets, and close-ups of his face that looks like he's constipated and pushing out something unpleasant. As I’ve said, a sad sight. I appreciate that most of the film takes place in interesting L.A. locations instead of boring sets, and the finale is appropriately explosive (literally), but otherwise this straightforward revenge flick doesn't offer much entertainment. Perhaps the only amusing fact is that Chaney, like a proper indestructible man, survives being hit by a Panzerfaust and grilled by flamethrowers, which may fry his face, but his shirt remains intact. (maybe so the star wouldn’t show his love handles, who knows) (08/02/2018)