The Wicker Man - Good Bad Flicks 

This movie couldn't be redeemed with anything short of a full rewrite and reshoot... but a naked dancing Leelee Sobieski would've gone a long way towards helping.

"Step away from the bike" - I'm dying

Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors because no matter what movie he is doing, he never phones it in. He always goes all in, even if the film doesn't require it. He was hilarious in this because he was playing all pistons firing. I think if someone else did this remake it might have been "better" but not nearly as entertaining. Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this one. :)

I've never seen this movie, but I've actually laughed at the bear-costume-like-man punching that girl in the face XD

"this is one bear suit away from Wicker Man" - me during Midsommer. Don't worry. That happened

"Knocks him into the titles" I almost died of laughter at that.

I would like to imagine the reason Cage goes bat shit insane near the end of the movie is because he was locked away in a underwater crypt for 24 hours. I mean, I would be a bit pissed and insane too if that happened to me....but then again it is probably just Nicolas Cage being...well himself.

"Oh my god, they cloned Kenny!"

6:52 "He opens the only empty desk in the room and a boo-scare flies out." I couldn't tell you why, but that made me laugh so hard that my ribs hurt for a little bit!! 😂

Knocks him into the titles lol

omg pure gold. Not the bees and the bear punching scene... :D

I checked out the original on DVD, I think around the time this remake came out on DVD. I'll always remember the bonus features, the writer talking about his research that led him to the film's title and premise, then getting in touch with Christopher Lee to say he was working on film he wanted Lee to be involved in called "The Wicker Man." And Christopher Lee replying "Oh, so it's about pagan sacrifice, then?" And the writer replying "Goddamn you, Chris," as the writer had been banking on no one else making the connection between "wicker man" and "pagan sacrifice rituals." I also remember Christopher Lee talking about how, between finishing the film and its supposed release, the studio got a new head, and Lee went to meet him and happened to bring his wife. The new studio head did not stand up from his desk as Lee's wife entered the room, which Lee reflected told him everything he needed to know about the man (who proceeded to do everything in his power to make sure the original The Wicker Man never saw the light of day, because he hated it).

3:24 ok, that shark picture scared the shit out of me! ....man enough to admit it.

that bear scene kills me every time!

the whole last act is hilarious. When he clocks the sister wearing the bear suit I fell out of my chair

"OMG THEY CLONNED KENNY" Jesus Christ how do I clean up the coffee I just spitted into my screen?

Ohhhh! I always wondered what I was missing when he returned and it was the bike. Wow, I always thought there was like a new path or something I just wasn't seeing. Thanks! Cage is actually a very good actor, he just needs the right director. Some directors just let him run wild and that is when you get these off the wall performances. Check him out in Leaving Las Vegas or Lord of War and you'll see some excellent performance.

Grand Theft Auto SummerIsle 😂😂😂😂

My friends and I were shooting a movie in High School, when we got done we went back into the house and was wondering what was on. We were huge Nicholas Cage fans (mostly his infamous work) and saw Wickerman was coming on. We had no idea what we were in for. We didn't have booze or drugs but that wasn't needed for this movie. We were laughing hysterically all night. The scene where he punched the woman in a bear costume we could not believe was real. We rewound it back several times and still could not believe it. This movie is an absolute treasure.

9:42 She had to bee going. I'll see myself out.

Ill be honest, a cop with PTSD going to help out his Ex-Fiance who is under some sort of mind control that inhibits her ability to talk plainly with him about the problem would be kinda neat. Just, y'know, not as a Wicker Man remake

Turns out I had to go to Germoney to watch this video again. Totally worth it. 👍

The child being in the backseat might have to do with the law or something. At least in Canada, I recall having to be either a certain age or height to be able to sit in the front.

*"AAHH! THEY'RE IN MY EYES! THEY'RE IN MY EYES!!"*

Not sure which knockout is better, the bear costume knock out or Peter Weller knocking out Meg Foster in Leviathan!? Both comedy gold!

I did the Stuff a while back but due to restrictions, I can't post it on youtube. If you go to my site (link above) you can see the 36 episodes I couldn't post here, as well as some other stuff.

"Hello Sir or Madam" made me laugh harder than it should've 🤣

The Wicker Man remake may not be a classic but this review certainly is. Just had to revisit this one more time. Great stuff.

lol just the other day I finally had a youtube claim against me dropped so there are a few videos I did a while back over 15 minutes that I can finally post here. (hence the old intro) I have a few more on the way.

As far as the little girl sitting behind her mom instead of beside her, maybe I can lend perspective: whenever me, my brother or sister had to go anywhere with my mom we fought over who could sit behind her because, when she’d try to hit us as she drove, behind her was the safest place to be

The original is a high water mark in cinema IMHO. Everything about it is so well done. The remake misses everything so spectacularly it can only be watched as a comedy.

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I'd let sister Rose cover me in bees.

I honestly had no idea the remake was supposed to be a horror movie....... wow.

OMG they cloned Kenny!! lmao I died

Willow’s character is easily one of the most aggravating ones I’ve ever witnessed

I hope you know that your review is 10000% funnier than the actual movie. You now have my subscription, good sir

Q is great Cohen scifi. I'm doing that one eventually.

I'm sorry but if Leelee Sobieski said to me "take me with you" There'd be no more movie, it would end there and then lol

Great stuff here. Very entertaining, almost MST3k-esque at times :) Also really appreciated the end segment - you provided some interesting information to go along with the fun.

i watched this movie tonight And the part where his bike was missing i thought the exact same thing!!! I was like... ok so his bike is missing.. they fucking took it.. there is no mystery here! what is with the suspenseful music! haha

I hate remakes-leave the classics alone!!!

That leg breaking part was brutal as heck.

3:57 hahahahahaha Nick Cage pimp glasses

I love this channel. So many good reviews!

The twin elderly ladies towards the end are Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins. If you’ve seen the Netflix series, A series of unfortunate events, they play some of Olaf’s henchpeople. They said in an interview for a podcast that one of the members of film crew was going back and forth between this film and Xmen and he admired how calm and relaxed the set was compared to the superhero movie. Make sense. This is just a little behind the scenes that at least the actors had some fun.

I’ve been binging on your videos for the last day and a half! Your content is great, and I’m sure I catch hell for saying this but... your take on movie reviews and breakdowns are so much better than Deusdeacon Reviews. And I’m looking forward to watching the rest of your library!

i love this channel. it's like cinema sins, but good lmao

For legal reasons, they couldn't call it Candyman. LOL

"but the car explodes and knocks him in to the titles"... You're a funny dude.

1:34 I haven’t laughed that loud in a long time😂😂😂

"Good God, she's got some gigantic feet!". That made me laff.

The group break his legs, have him get stung with bees then put him in the wicker man to be burned as a sacrifice for the harvest. That's a lot of brutality to expect something good to happen 🤔🤔🤔

NOT THE BEES!!!

OMG this is HILARIOUS xD I'm hooked on your site now

When he punched the chick while he was in the bear suit was the funniest thing I've *ever* seen in a movie

This movie *is* comedy gold. The bear slap and Cage sucker punching a woman were great. The Pedobear was perfect too lol

Thanks so much! I try to keep the focus on the film at hand. :)

Good work again! What I especially like about your reviews that we see pictures of the movies all the time, not with cheesy comedy intros and stuff.

I did Motel Hell years ago. Its one of the older ones you can check out on my site. (link below the video)

great finally to see these on youtube!

Rewatching this just for the laughs. Damn, I am ENTERTAINED!

Ermahgerd Bees.

This was great. Keep it up.

The original was a Scottish film and was based on the Paganism that used to take place on the Scottish isles. Fiona Kennedy who played the girl in the original gave actor Callum Fairweather his break years later when she was a producer for television shows. Incidentally her father was a singer also called Callum.

NOT THE BEES!!!!

For a minute he had a beerd. Pollination is why they used bees. Think about it lol

You know...if that officer knew that he was gonna go to the island and he went missing, that whole island is screwed. Unless they have political ties.

Oh my god finally! I've been wanting to watch this for SEVEN years and it's finally been unblocked!

Thanks! I saw Maiden live last year and they were amazing. One of the best live shows ever!

Awesome review man!

Rowan just standing there all tied up and calm didn't add it at all when I first watched this movie.

Wow, the plot thickens. Didn't even think you had a plot.

Him screaming how'd it get burned really cracked me up, so god awful!

What was the song that played at the very end of the video?

9:12 Sister Beach reminds me a bit of my mom. My mom isnt nearly that butch but for most of her life she's been 5'11" and about 175lb of muscle and I know of a fact she KO'ed a grown man with a stool in a bar fight because he made a rude comment. She straddles that line between "average woman" and "bouncer" where you're not entirely sure if you could beat her in a fist fight. 11:12 The only difference is I dont think my mom could get KO'ed so easily, she once drove into a ditch going 30mph over the speed limit and rolled her car totaling it, but didnt get a ticket when the cops showed up because she busted herself loose from the car and walked away from it, and the cops were so surprised she was even alive that they gave her a free pass

The old intro meaning the one on this video (the longer one) or the other one (the shorter 15 second one)?

I remember trying to watch this but was distracted. I might need to watch this again because this looks hillarious.

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Thank you!

Right where that actor says" The plot thickens!" you should superimpose a box of corn-starch over the scene.

I think they had grand ideas but they were all undone by having it go so over the top unintentionally silly. NOT THE BEES

In the movie's defense, I actually liked the scenes with Ellen Burstyn. I was surprised when the pilot turned up dead because I expected him to be part of the setup. I also don't think the movie completely jettisoned the idea of Christianity vs. paganism. It changed the conflict to paganism vs. Dr. Phil, which doesn't have the same resonance. How did Neil LaBute go from In the Company of Men to this and a remake of Death at a Funeral two or three years after the original?

10:59 ROFL! I've seen clips of this film boy it is very bad film but really funny at the same time ''THE BEES,THE BEES!!!!''LOL. Fun review as always Cecil

Why do I laugh every time he says sister beach.

i enjoy thesee videos... im subscribing

hmmm...I've only seen the first one. I might do that on my mainstream May month

06:26 Hey, she was in Deadwood.

Speaking of Mr. Cage....Vampire's Kiss. Please.

Going in the ol Nick Cage wayback machine I see. Haven't seen this in ages, I'll have to check it out again.

That iron maiden at the end though

16:29-16-31 You should add "Repo! The Genetic Opera" to the list.

13:00 -- RE: "Why did they put [the sacrifice] through so many life threatening situations?" -- Answers itself, actually. The desire of the Sacrifice to want to continue living is made more and more pure as it approaches its ultimate fate, which was basically preordained. In other meta terms, "It tastes better this way."

You left out the scene where Nic Cage chased someone down the mountain side on the bicycle while wielding a gun. It was one of the funniest moments in the movie. I saw the movie with two friends of mine, and we literally laughed throughout the entire film. Definitely, one of the unintentionally funniest movies of all time.

Nobody talks about the papyrus font used in the credits of this movie.

I appreciate it. The original is one of the most haunting, atmospheric films I've ever seen. The remake is hilarious because it is just so over the top and it doesn't even come close to the fear and dread they squeezed out of the original. They couldn't be any further apart.

"If I see a unicorn f'ing a Pikachu..." Gross. Now, Renamon, however... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeh.

Nic Cage vs Feminism and Bees

They should’ve labeled this version of the Wicker Man as a comedy.

Jesus! What the hell did Hairspray do to deserve to be lumped in with megaton turds like the Arthur and Psycho remakes?!! Rock of Ages or Mamma Mia, maybe, but Hairspray??