Ever since having two of the best days of my life at the 2007 Foree Fest (where I got the unbelievable opportunity to meet the great man himself,over 2 days!)I've always been on the look out for any films featuring Ken Foree,and with this movie having the added bonus of Kelly Hu and Devon Sawa in the other lead roles this seemed like a good choice for my next Foree viewing. The plot: On their way home,friends Quinn and Nick decide that since they have spent most of the day going round Mexico to gather up some cheap drugs which they can sell in the US,both of them are deserving of a nice break. Almost driving past,Nick and Quinn's eye's light up when they spot a strip club in the middle of nowhere.Entering the club,both are thrilled to find that they and two other,strange people (one being a man who looks to be in a permanent trance,and the other one being a beautiful,but deadly looking woman)are the only customers in the club!.Soon,the boys are starting to get really close to the main stripper of the club,who kindly invites Quinn to a 'private' show.Being led to the outside of the building,Quinn is gripped by the woman,who suddenly starts to bite him.Pushing her away,Quinn makes the discovery that the stripper is not a woman,but in fact a demon!.Rushing to kill Quinn off,the demon is stopped in its tracks by the (now) sword and gun welding other customers,who start to make Quinn suspect that this is a far from normal strip club.View on the film:Whilst Mitch Gould's (who has also performed stunts,for the Twilight and Power Rangers movies!) screenplay does take a huge amount from the second half of the Robert Rodriguze film From Dusk Til Dawn,the film still has quite a few good moments of its own,which help to make it into an enjoyable,bite-size homage.For the first half an hour of the film,Gould and director Jeff Burr use the movies strip club setting to create a nice sleazy,spooky feel,with it being very easy to see that,although,Nick and Quinn think they have discovered a paradise,the emptiness of the strip club suggest that something nasty may be hiding inside the building.Sadly for the second half of the film Gould and Burr seem to just go round in circles until the very end,due to all the moments of building up tension and characters having been completely used up in the first half an hour.Thankfully,the great cast make sure that even the films plodding moments are never less than likable,with Devon Sawa showing a good comedy side to his performance,Kelly Hu giving the film a cool touch of sleekness.Along with Hu and Sawa,the high light of the film,is easily Ken Foree's terrific performance as the secret Ninja/demon assassin Leonard,who lights up the film in every scene he's in,from the mysterious stranger at a bar,to being the ultimate Demon killing machine. Final view on the film: A likable riff on From Dusk Til Dawn,with a sagging screenplay that is saved by a very entertaining cast.

"Devil's Den" is a rather fun and extremely enjoyable effort.**SPOILERS**Coming back from Mexico, Quinn, (Devon Sawa) and Marcus, (Steven Schub) stop off at the Devil's Den strip club to test a new drug on the strippers before they distribute it. When they realize that the club is actually home to a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that rely on human flesh to survive, they are attacked with Caitlin, (Kelly Hu) Leonard, (Ken Foree) and Candy, (Karen Maxwell) also able to survive the experience with him. Unable to escape, their attempts at trying to destroy the creatures are unsuccessful and only lead to the group continually retreating without making much of a dent against them. Finally able to get a hold on the situation and discovering a method of killing the creatures, they finally set off to destroy them before the creatures can escape into the world.The Good News: There was a lot to like in this one, and it's a lot of fun as a result. One of the main things it does right is containing a boatload of action that makes for an incredibly entertaining film all the way around. The first instance, where the guy is lead down the dark hallway into the alley, the playful banter before it turns a little more violent, is off-set with the fun gunfight to be had before the reinforcements show up, leading to a race to hold them off while they try to break in, and when that turns into the massacre in the main hall, it gets even better. With the turning creatures, the fighting with the patrons leading to the destruction of the furniture, the mass deaths of everyone, the general chaos of the situation and the different fighting methods used to hold the creatures at bay are just a lot of fun, and with the extreme splatter used as well as some timely jokes, it makes for a winner of a sequence. More fun is had, both in the action and comedic-sense, of the two ideas of a famous movie samurai would handle the situation, with one putting it where it would be a massive slaughter, the other saying it'd be more controlled and precise, only for them to have it ruined by the telling of the realistic scenario that would unfold, which is pretty funny as well as adding in the action for the re-tellings. Beyond all the action, several of them are actually somewhat suspenseful, as the one into the main tunnel where they find their den, with the foggy atmosphere, rocky walls and inability to notice them initially, then trying not to wake them up makes for a rather chilling experience, and once the mayhem starts when they spring an ambush on the group and the retaliation starts, it gets a lot more fun. That it leads to two big action scenes, the brawling martial-arts fight in the forest outside and the attack in the dance-room are what make it especially fun. The outside sequence even has the moment where the true revelations and allegiances are revealed, and it's a lot more inviting than expected which adds nicely to this one. That the main fight in the den is the film's highlight is no surprise, what with the extreme martial-arts on display, the comedy of his commentating on it and the general sense of fun it elicits. Another plus is the deaths in here provide plenty of blood and gore, with decapitations, scratches, ripping and tearing into the body, impaling with swords and much more, along with the feasting on remains seen from time-to-time. Combined with effective ghouls and a lot of nudity, this one's really enjoyable.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot to this one that didn't work. One of the bigger complaints is that there's a lot of comedy that doesn't quite work, mainly the recurring gag with the squirrels. It'd be nice if it was actually played up or even explained, but all it does with it is simply have him voice his uncertainty about the creatures and then never do anything with it, and it grows old without anything done with it. The severed head still coming around and making threats is another issue, mainly due to the fact that it's just not all that good of a gag. It's been done numerous times and really has most of the steam taken out of it, so for it to be constantly replaying in this makes for some stretches that aren't so great. The last bit of lame comedy is the film's fighter telling the stories about the movie actor coming into their situation and how he would handle it. While the film's realizations of those scenes provides some nice action, they're completely flat due to the constant talking-over of the scene and how wrong each of their stories are, feeling theirs is the actual method. It's not that funny, despite the joke giving the film some nice action. The scene where the one reveals the back-story whole laying there injured and supposedly dying is also a problem, since there's not a whole lot it can do with it, the scene serves no purpose and is highly clichéd, appearing so regularly it's totally unrealistic and doesn't really need to be there. The last issue some might have is the rip-off of the storyline appearing quite frequently in other films, but it's not a big issue at all and isn't a big hamper to it like the other scenes in here.The Final Verdict: A lot of fun with only a few minor, barely worthwhile complaints against it really works well for this one, and it's one of the better entries in the genre. Give it a shot if you're into these kinds of films, a fan of the cast or want a good party-film, though those looking for more serious material should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity

Wow! This one's bad! I can't say I've sat through crap like this in a while. Strictly for Ken "Dawn of the Dead" Foree, and possibly Zoe "Grindhouse" Bell completists only, "Devil's Den" is the brainchild of stuntman/writer Mitch Gould, who should definitely stick with stunt work. Directing chores fell to Jeff "Stepfather II" Burr, who had his name removed from the project, but forgot to do the same with the laughably pretentious making-of featurette included on the DVD. Tough luck for him. The plot is slim to none: two dolts smuggling Spanish fly (???) stop at a fleabag strip joint that turns out to be populated by bimbo ghouls. A bloated Foree, who's obviously taking a paycheck, plays some sort of government agent who tracks down monsters, and Kelly "The Scorpion King" Hu is a government assassin. Devon "Final Destination" Sawa plays the dolt who survives the initial ghoul attack, and spends the rest of this yawner proving that he badly needs some cosmetic dental work. The gore is unremarkable, the naked boobies are few and far between, and the screenplay would give Syd Field apoplexy; mediocre is far too generous a term for this cheapo "From Dusk Til Dawn" ripoff. If this direct-to-video bomb really cost $1.5 mil, I'd sure like to know where the money went. Probably the catering service. You've been warned.

The best way to describe this movie is fun. If you are looking for something to scare you, it won't, in point of fact it won't even try. If you are looking for a well scripted, entertaining little story that takes a couple of unexpected twists, and keeps you laughing along the way, then this is a definite must see.It is a low budget movie but the production value is actually pretty good. The strip club it mostly takes place in is pretty cool looking, nothing on the scale of From Dusk 'til Dawn, but considering the budget it is better they didn't even try. The action was fast paced and well choreographed, Devon Sawa and Ken Foree were quite funny, and the chemistry between them was outstanding.Unfortunately, my favourite moments would be considered spoilers and I cannot mention them, but suffice to say, with all of the low budget, and big budget drivel that passes for horror today, this one is quite a little gem.Cheers