Starring - Sean Cameron Michael (The Mummy, Blood Drive), Donna Cormack-Thomson (Monster Island, FDR), and Joe Vaz (Resident Evil, The Watch)
Release Date - 2024
Genre - Horror
Tagline - "Melt the rich"
Format - Streaming (Online Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
When I was in high school I snagged a copy of J. Michael Muro's 1987 cult classic Street Trash on VHS from the local video store that was going out of business. I was able to get it with a few dozen other horror titles I had never seen before. I was excited for this one as I had heard about it several times in the message boards at UHM and a few people had images from it in their signatures. The movie would turn out to be a personal favorite of mine and one I've collected on several formats since then along with several shirts. A few weeks back I received a press release stating that the film had received a reboot/loose sequel from South African filmmaker Ryan Kruger who brought us Fried Barry sometime back. I was really looking forward to this one so I quickly reached out for a review link. I'm glad I did because this one was a lot of fun.
The film is set in the future where South Africa is split into three groups. The first is the wealthy who control all major resources. The second is those that work for the wealthy and the government who are able to afford basic amenities. Then you have the third group which is the homeless. The friction between the three groups. The wealthy want to completely eradicate the homeless and the towns mayor has used his resources to come up with a serum that turns the homeless population into puddles of goo that can be cleaned off the streets. The homeless are forces to band together and fight back against the government or face death.
I was caught off guard by the news of a new Street Trash flick. However, I'm not one of those genre fans that become upset when they hear a movie is getting a reboot/remake/sequel. Honestly, I kind of look forward to these films. It gives me something else to enjoy if they are done right. I went into this one with an open mind and I was pleasantly surprised by what I was greeted with. It's a great reimaging of the classic and if it doesn't sit well with you then you still have the original to revisit. The acting in this one is a lot of fun. You can tell a lot of time went the characters which gave the cast a lot to work with. They all do a fantastic job bringing them to life on screen and every scene is well acted. I loved the cast and the characters they portrayed. The story for this one is a mixture of Taeter City and the original Street Trash film. We have a class war in the future where the rich want to remove the poor from their city. The government use a special serum called "v" to melt them. While it's not Viper alcohol like the original film, it still works especially when you add it to the dystopian future. I would have like to see a bit more of the original brought into this story but I understand the need to update it and make it more modern. Finally, this film is an ooey gooey mess from start to finish. The original is known for it's amazing effects and imaginative deaths so it had some pretty big shoes to fill... which it does. The deaths in this one are just as wild and messy as the original with fantastic practical effects that sends it over the top. Fans of the red stuff will truly appreciate this one. Overall, Street Trash is worthy of it's name. While it is a big change over the original it still follows the same premise with homeless people melting. It's a messy film that a lot of gorehounds will truly appreciate. I highly recommend it.
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