Duck - Carbine High Massacre (1999)

A gruesome and grim satirical portrayal of two teenage social outcasts and what lead them to open fire on their fellow students and teachers before killing themselves. This cruel and gory film, the first made about the high school shooting phenomena originally screened Halloween 1999 was considered so controversial it landed the filmmakers in jail! Creating a nation wide Media extravaganza for FOX, ABC, CBS, Court TV and Entertainment Tonight!

Horrible and Completely Pointless Film

This has to be one of the worst films I have ever seen. I literally had to force myself to sit through the entire thing, as I just wanted to turn it off and try to forget that I'd wasted $17.99 on this piece of garbage after the first 10 minutes or so. There is also nothing controversial about this film other than the fact that it's a bad parody of the Columbine scenario.

Making a film based on Columbine is one thing (I happen to enjoy all the others I've seen) but this one serves absolutely no purpose other than to try and spark controversy. The entire film is like a live-action episode of South Park based on Columbine. The film makers were obviously just trying to draw attention to themselves by mocking a pretty serious event rather than produce anything of good quality - I guess you could call it the Hollywood equivalent of a temper tantrum. I also find it funny that none of the cast use their real names, just bad screen names. I guess they knew how bad this project was even while filming it.

The tagline of the film is also rather deceiving. It states "The controversial film that landed its filmakers in jail!" Well, sorry to rain on anyone's parade, but the film itself did not land anyone in jail. The two filmakers were imprisoned due to the fact that they were in possesion of weapons on a school campus while they were filming, not because of the film itself.

In closing, stay away from this one. It's just a horrible film that tries to make some kind of joke out of Columbine and fails miserably. Do not buy this. Use that $17.99 to take your wife out to McDonald's, go to the mall and buy that new CD or game you've been wanting, donate it to good will, anything is better than investing your money (and time for that matter) in this abomination of filmaking. January 9, 2008

Fantastic!

I love this movie.I owned it on VHS for many years before buying the DVD.
I think it is a truly misunderstood and underappreciated film.
For all the people who are offended, you should look deeper and listen to the filmmakers own words and understand what the film is about.
It is a social commentary and a social criticism on how the media, schools, Parents and the community at large handles the aftermath of such a shooting.I thought it was wonderfully done. There is also another message that the film puts across. A very important one.That constant abuse and ostracism can drive people to such desperation and hopelessness that they feel the only way out is to destroy themselves and others. The film never condones such an action.Just presents an understanding of it. Bill Hellfire,Joey Smack and Misty Mundae were perfect in their roles and Smack and Hellfire did a fine job in the producing and directing aspects.
Although Misty had done other things before, this film is where her career really took off.

As far as the DVD itself, the print is some darker than the VHS, but the sound is improved over the VHS version.
A few minor characters are cut out of the DVD version (The Priest, Gun rights spokeman,ect), but that doesn't disrupt or take anything away from the story at all.
And the special features are excellent.


February 26, 2007

LIke a bad High School play put to film

This "movie" shows what wrong with the home video market. That anyone can make a movie. There's nothing redeeming about this movie. Satire? I don't think so. Social commentary? I don't think so. The writing is awful. The direction is well, I wonder if there was one. And the acting is so bad, it makes Vin Diesel look like an Oscar winner. Do yourself a favor, if you want to see a real movie about the problems with school violence, pick up a copy of "Elephant" by Gus Van Sant. August 20, 2006

Not A Review Just A Comment

Thats the thing with movies though people get so worked up over it they post messages on message boards. It is entertainment no one will force you to watch. You can't sue someone over being tasteless. It may have crossed a line but thats the thing isn't it?? It got your attention and publicity and isn't that all they are looking for?? If no one responded they would still be where they are with nothing and working at WAL-MART, but I look at it as entertainment not a learning experience. An experience horrific as it may be is still an experience which we can learn from and when we have the chance to really say something then we can say it. April 2, 2006

Yes, it's exploitive, but not in any good way

Made by a sort of "clique" of film folks in New York, the fact that you have even heard of this "home movie" is proof that in our culture, how you wrap something is far more important then it's actual substance. It really was shot with a cast of under 20 "actors" (maybe less)and peopled with misfits clearly working without scripts. It's just poor folks. Save your money. They pick a subject that polarizes folks, generate some free publicity, and voila, you have to read about their crappy movie on Amazon. It could have been shot in your backyard (maybe it was, are you home ALL the time?). February 17, 2006

More reviews at Amazon.com ...