Meeting Evil

Writer-director Chris Fisher flirts with over-the-top exaggeration so often during Meeting Evil that auds might wish he'd gone all the way and dialed everything up to 11.

Chris Fisher so over-directs his material that the action takes on the sheen of a parody or, at least, of a film that doesn't realize its clichs are being exaggerated to the point of absurdity.

It features tons of poor decisions, from the overwrought and intrusive musical score to bad-joke one liners from the main characters down to the supporting ones. The worst decision either actor made was actually appearing in this awful film.

A cheap slasher flick with some talented actors masking the banality with clever dialogue...

...just another hopelessly incompetent direct-to-video thriller...

Samuel L. Jackson has fun chewing the scenery as a deranged killer in this otherwise formulaic thriller.

If you can put aside your preconceived notions and enjoy the movie for what it is, you may be pleasantly surprised by what the bizarrely entertaining Meeting Evil has to offer.

There's something about seeing Samuel L. Jackson with a gun and an attitude that promises more than this meager effort is willing to offer.