Ex Drummer (2007)

Ex Drummer (2007)

Directed by: Koen Mortier
Screenplay by: Koen Mortier

Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Music
Running Time: 101 Minutes
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Viewed: Owned DVD

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Comments: I had never heard of Ex Drummer before reading about a deal from Palisades Tartan, the company the distributed the film on DVD. If you bought the film for $15, they threw in Chan-wook Park's 8 disc Vengeance Trilogy for free. Not bad if you ask me. So when I looked up the film to see what it was about, just about every review compared Ex Drummer to Trainspotting (it's mentioned on the DVD cover too), and that's a pretty decent comparison as this film's like Trainspotting on acid. It's not nearly as good, of course, and it's all a bit chaotic. But it's always fun to watch a movie that's bizarre as hell, and Ex Drummer surely is. Koen Mortier's direction is a bit pretentious (and distracting) at times, but for those looking for something interesting and extreme, Ex Drummer shout fit the bill.