You know when a series gets bad? Any film series that goes four parts is clearly going to be in trouble. Every good idea they have has been drained out and pureed for all that it is worth. That is when they start to get...weird. Ironically, I have four examples of this. Let's start off with a timely one...
This movie is just all kinds of strange. In previous films, the eponymous villain has chased a girl that unknowingly stole a gold coin of his, chased down a girl to marry her as part of some ancient ceremony and gone to Las Vegas. Now, as the title implies, he is in space. Why? Good question. The simple answer is: because he wants to be.
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The plot involves the imp kidnapping a space princess in order to make her marry him. Why? Because he wants to be a King, of course. She is naturally horrified, but changes her tune when she is promised lots of gold. Say it with me: what a bitch! The plan goes awry when the cavalry comes to save her. Oh, the irony.*
They take her on her ship and her ability to regrow limbs draws the attention of their crazy, scientist boss. Meanwhile, the evil beast is killing the space marines one-by-one in pursuit of his lady. It all builds up to the third act where lots of crap happens at once. The scientist is turned into a giant spider-alien, the leprechaun grows huge and the ship is set to self-destruct. In the middle of all that, the male lead takes his shirt off and the busty blond loses her pants.*
"Leprechaun 4" is a bizarre, bizarre movie. The monster has the power of 'deus ex machina,' which makes me question how lazy the writer was. You want the marine boss to dress in drag and sing? The leprechaun can make it happen. Want two different shots of the Leprechaun exploding? He can regenerate. That sure is convenient, huh? The film is also full of tons of references, songs and half-assed jokes. It thinks that it is funny and clever, but we all know better. However, the ridiculous plot and bad writing can be funny in its own way.*
If you have standards, you will not particularly like the film. If you want to see an evil Leprechaun sing 'Danny Boy' while hunting down a space marine, this is your movie. You can do worse. I mean, have you seen "Leprechaun in the Hood?" My point exactly.*
More fourquels to come including fur balls....in space. Stay tuned...
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