The Devil’s Rejects

Controversial for its gratuitous use of exploitative violence and gore "The Devil’s Rejects" is ultimately unredeemable for its wrongheaded attempt at glamorizing a band of cocky and detestable serial killers. Writer/director Rob Zombie’s vaguely kindred sequel to his slapdash "House of 1000 Corpses" finds the satanic ‘Firefly’ family of quasi cannibals forced on the lam after a bloody showdown with cops attempting to bust up their serial killing enterprise. William Forsythe takes on thankless acting duties as the film’s temporary protagonist Sheriff Wydell before a third act bait-and-switch substitutes the serial killers as the would-be ‘likable’ characters the audience is expected to empathize with. "The Devil’s Rejects" is a fascist piece of neoconservative filmmaking that should be ignored with a vengeance.

Rated R, 101 mins. (F) (Zero Stars)