A dark dock
by the land, something is definitely happening--no. A little boy is
riding his bike near the water something is definitely happening--no.
Kame and his three little friends are having a blast at the carnival,
something is definitely happening--no, no. Okay, a biker is driving his
motorcyle along the water during the day in pitch silence, that must
mean something--no. That was me during "Demeking," a film clocking in at
over ninety minutes that ultimately feels more like padding for the
inevitable monster, than an actual monster movie. It takes a little over
an hour for the monster to rise from the depths of the water, and
there's simply no build-up once we see it. And when we're convinced
there is some carnage about to be had, we learn that it's only a dream
sequence! "Demeking" is nothing but a relationship between a man child
and three little boys. The director seems to bide his time before
thrusting the budget in to the giant monster carnage and in spite of the
foreshadowing, there's nothing remotely exciting to be mined here.
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Kame and his friends steal a magical scroll that can summon
the master Demeking from his watery prison. When Kame and
his friends try the magical incantation, they fail, and are
left wondering when its mysterious holder will signal the
rise of Demeking. Most of "Demeking" makes little to no
sense and infuriates me in that it wears the shroud of a
science fiction monster movie and is merely just a coming of
age drama with a monster tacked on for a five minute cameo.
And Demeking isn't even an interesting monster, when all is
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He's a gigantic snail with glowing yellow orbs who gazes at the
screen like a dunce doing nothing but dragging along the streets and
causing little unease from the audience. If we can only see it for
an instance, at least make the monster something ferocious and
horrific to behold. Not a glorified garden snail. "Demeking" wants
us to believe that it's a monster movie. It works around the premise
that the main character is walking around trying to warn people
about the ensuing threat of Demeking, to which he is ultimately
deemed a nut in the end. That is until the final scene arrives. But
by then the movie has ended, so it's simply one big cheat, and
nothing else. "Demeking" has so much potential to be a fun giant
kaiju film, but it's merely a story about two men looking for a
purpose in their lives. And nothing else. The DVD comes with the
theatrical trailer and a still gallery.
If you're in the market
for a story about two men trying to find a direction in life, then
you're in luck! "Demeking" pretends to be a monster movie but really is
just the aforementioned film. There's no monster madness, no horror, no
terror, no violence, just a saccharine PG drama and barely fascinating
characters.
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