Ooga Booga (2013)

Disturbing yet enthralling

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Devin (Wade Forrest Wilson) just passed his medical examines and is on his way to a great life as a doctor. Through a number of unfortunate circumstances his soul is transferred into a doll due to a short in a convenience store "Slurshy" machine. With the aid of his girlfriend Donna (Ciarra Carter) they seek to avenge his death against the racist cop Mike White (Gregory Niebel) and the drug dealers who work for him.The title is racist as well as the doll with a bone through its nose. This was acknowledge within the film as well as other racist stereotypes. The film makes some of its characters deliberately racist. The dialouge, script, and brief gore effects are all light, campy, Troma style. The acting was also bad, most likely by design also. Amber Strauser, former cheerleader, opens the film as a "Daisy Duke" hostess for a kid's program.Karen Black and Stacy Keach which headline this film have minor roles. For those who are immature enough to enjoy the Troma style films, they might find some enjoyment in this low budget feature.Parental Guide: F-bomb, brief rape, nudity (Ciarra Carter, porn star Siri of "Gazongas 7"...I think you get the idea.)

I went into this with my roommate, expecting a hilarious adventure of racism that we could laugh at and make light social commentary of. What we got instead, was perhaps the worst film we've ever seen. Not only does it try to combat racism by being incredibly racist, it also skims over rape, sexism, and a number of other topics. Every white character in the film is a racist, save for one of the cops whose wife is an African American, and a white hooker whose sole purpose is to show her tits on screen. The first 15 minutes surround a character who isn't in the film again - and is mentioned once in the ending. He isn't a villain. He is the star of a supposedly famous kids "TV Show" called Hambo. The character Hambo doesn't go by any other name, seemingly having adapted the character as his own persona for some reason. His only friend is the main character - a young African American who used to watch Hambo as a kid - and he is incredibly racist towards him. I don't know how either of them met. I don't know how they've stayed friends. None of it makes any sense. Also, the main character is a doctor. This is used only for sympathy. He doesn't use any medical skills at all throughout the film. He also, as Ooga Booga, kills multiple innocent people solely because they are racist. I can't describe the plot to anyone. It doesn't make sense. A majority of the film follows a plot point that doesn't connect or matter very much to the main point. Ooga Booga and his story are in the film for around 35 minutes of the 1 hour 50 minute long film. A majority of the scenes make no sense. There is no reason for them.The rape that was glossed over - the female lead didn't react to it after it happened. She went home, got in the shower, at which point Ooga Booga the puppet jerked off to her in the shower. Ooga Booga doesn't act like Devin, the kind young physician. Ooga Booga is a different person altogether. To put it simply: This film isn't worth watching. It provides few laughs - and even most of those are drowned out by how angry you will be for it's intense racism.

I was really looking forward to this movie. I usually love the 'so bad its good' type movie like The Room, and ThanksKilling, but this movie was kinda terrible. The preview to this movie is really misleading into making you think it'll be good for a few laughs, but please don't waste your time. The first 20 minutes are almost pointless about some drunk actor named Hambo, then we finally get to Devin's story. Devin is a young African American man who's about to go to Med School and has a beautiful girlfriend, but it's all taken away when he's at the wrong place at the wrong time. Of course, the police officers gun him down because of his race (Ferguson) and his soul is somehow transferred into a doll named Ooga Booga. (For some reason, he can't talk. He can just make bwahaha voices, like he's trying to be scary) Ooga and his girlfriend track down everyone involved in his death and gets revenge. I would not recommend OOGA BOOGA!!!

Just where would we be without Full Moon Features? The production company have given us such classic films as The Puppet Master, Trancers (I-VI, no less), Evil Bong and The Gingerbread Man. Indeed, without these wonderfully catchy and kitchy DVD options, I would have had a many Saturday afternoon staring at my navel wondering just how fascinating watching paint dry could possibly be.The latest Full Moon production to coax its way into my DVD player is Ooga Booga – a likely cult-classic that is a take on Tom Holland's 1988 classic, Child's Play. Featuring a cast that has the twisted arms of actors Stacey Keach and Karen Black participating, Ooga Booga tells the story of Devin, an African American med student who is innocently killed only to come back in the form of a 16-inch cannibal doll named (wait for it……) Ooga Booga.Devin's soul inside Ooga Booga doesn't allow him to talk (he can make native cannibal noises though), so Ooga Booga uses his spear to write words to communicate with his girlfriend who helps Ooga exact revenge on gangs, judges, cops and just about anyone else that did him wrong during the final hours of his human life.The effects are laughable which, I am sure, is exactly what producer/director Charles Band was attempting to achieve. Band has produced over 250 films in his storied career, but anyone who has put money and effort into Zombies vs. Strippers and The Dead Want Women knows a thing or two about tongue-in-cheek horror films. Ooga Booga is able to blink, shake and move his arms. But there are no expected Academy Awards in the film's future for visual effects.The violence is less than can be expected in a Sharknado. Ooga Booga can spear people in the eye but outside of that knack he is about as threatening as Andy Dick is to my relationship with my wife.Luckily, Stacey Keach and Karen Black in one of her last roles, come out unscathed. They have terrible lines of which they are contracted to convey but with taglines that included, "Beyond Django…." And "He's 16 inches, with an attitude!", they both knew this was paycheck cashing time.Yet, despite its bad humor, overt racism, bad effects and simplistic plot, Ooga Booga does provide some entertainment. You just can't take your eyes off the ridiculousness of the main character and the idea is so outlandish that executives at Syfy must be scratching their heads asking themselves why they didn't think of it first.www.killerreviews.com