I have no idea how to even start discussing this movie, other than to tell you that it's all over the place narrative and insane concepts make it a film that seems created for a target audience of one - me.Written and directed by Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli and based on the book by David Wong, this film feels nearly impenetrable and like the kind of movie that you need to be on soy sauce, the drug from the film, to comprehend.Coscarelli found the story by accident. He says, "True story: I received an email from a robot on Amazon.com, and it told me if I liked the zombie book I just read, that I would like John Dies at the End. I read the little logline, and it was just amazingly strange. I thought, 'Well this might even make a good movie.' Plus, it had arguably the greatest title in motion picture history."The film begins with David Wong pondering whether an axe he has used to kill a skinhead who keeps coming back from the dead is the same axe because it has a new head every time. Immediately, you know that this film has no interest in slowing down or worrying if you're not getting it.David goes to meet Arnie Blondestone (Paul Giamatti, Private Parts), a reporter who wants to know about the strange events that make up David and his friend John's lives. It turns out that awhile back, David saved his friend Amy's dog, Bark Lee, after he bit a Jamaican drug dealer.Later, John is given the soy sauce drug by that very same drug dealer. Soy sauce opens the mind to things no one else can see, as well putting whoever uses it into alternate realities. That's proved right away when a past version of John begins calling Dave and guiding him. Then the syringe full of the drug bites Dave and sends him through a whole bunch of other timelines.Soon, Detective Lawrence Appleton questions John and Dave, because everyone that was at the drug dealer's house has either disappeared or died violently. The reporter says that everything is a lie at this point, but Dave shows him a monster that convinces him to stay.What follows is an adventure that includes celebrity exorcist Albert Marconi who gives the boys an LSD bomb to stop Korrok, an ancient biological superintelligence that has become a god inside another reality that prefers to communicate via cartoons, as well as a side journey to a future where John and Dave are the messiahs that will free Earth from a deadly plague. However, our heroes want nothing to do with any of this, preferring to play basketball.And what happens with that newspaper interview? Does John die at the end? Can a dog save reality? I really don't want to spoil any of this for you.I was completely entertained by this movie, but it's one of those ones that I have trouble telling others about. There are long stretches of talky dialogue that demand that you pay attention to the film. This isn't background noise, but something that demands to be experienced. For those looking for something original and willing to make the commitment, I can offer no higher recommendation.

Seriously this is the worse movie I have EVER seen. I've seen my share of bad movies but this is much, much worse than anything else I've ever seen in my entire life. I don't know what I just watched because it wasn't anything even remotely coherent or close to acceptable in any way shape or form. The "plot" (for lack of a better word) was a complete mess and all over the place. Honestly, a fifth grade pot head could write a better story with more substance than this....BLAH! Even for a B movie the special effects were dreadful and the acting was appalling. To those of you who gave this a 10 star rating (or anything higher than a 5 at best) please seek out professional help. I can't believe some of the reviewers actually compared this to Stephen King. Hilarious! What are you people smoking? King has written better material on his toilet paper. To the rest of you who haven't seen this I suggest that you avoid it like the plague. I got it for free and I still don't feel like I got my money's worth.

Having read the original novel, I rushed to this movie with high expectations, and the end result is hit and miss for me. First off, there are several noticeable, if not substantial, plot changes, compared to the book, which may be a bummer if you are keen on the faithfulness of cinematic adaptation. Personally I was not particularly bothered, however, I did find the pace of this movie to be rather rushed, which is understandable, considering the run time is merely 100 minutes or so. I think the genius of the original book definitely warrants the length of a TV-series to do it justice on the big screen, as the book is relatively long, to say the least.Having said that, I have to commend the filmmakers for accurately recapturing the nuances of the flavor of the novel, which was why so many people gravitated towards John Dies at the End in the first place. The choices of which parts to keep and which parts to ditch were overall well thought out; The humors were there, with dick jokes galore in the book deliberately toned down a notch to achieve a perfect balance; the gore effects were top notch enough to get your blood pumping; and the acting is actually quite decent, especially Molly, or as in this movie, Bark Lee, who gave a very believable performance. In a nutshell, the movie version of John Dies at the End is guaranteed to be a joy ride, as long as you look past the faithfulness issues.

This film delivered right from the confusing start to the pure joy of the ending (credits started to roll and they kept adding more to the movie as if they didn't want it to end, I certainly didn't want it to) Like a Kool Aid Acid Test refresher course in science fiction and horror, its B-Movie madness but with triple A acting.Having never read the book it was all new to me and I must admit to even now scratching my head about how some of it tied together. But who cares? Its not high budget, its not glossy Hollywood but it certainly was made by people who care about film, about treating the audience as if they deserve something better than an identikit investment project.The acting deserves a big mention, I didn't recognise anyone apart from of course Paul Giametti and Glynn Turman but there wasn't a dud in the whole cast.Too many times I find movies these days with characters who I don't like or care for but this film was acted with devotion and an unbelievable dedication to making sure that the audience would enjoy every second.Much respect for the big chance taken in making this movie and for putting so much care and attention into it.I've given it a ten as film making like this should be respected and encouraged whenever possible. Its far from perfect but at the same time, in its genre, it is a king.