Quick Reviews: The Asylum's Avengers Grimm (2015)

As Marvel finally unseats Avatar, we look back at The Asylum's attempt to copy The Avengers with...Grimm Fairy Tales?  Alright, I'm curious...

This is Rumplestiltskin.  He's their Loki and he's conquered the (99% off-camera) Fantasy World.

This is Casper Van Dien.  This is arguably a low-point for him.  Think about that.

The group of Heroines tries to unite with a new ally- Little Red Riding Hood.

There's apparently some conflict, but it is never explained and just plain annoying.

Through some silly shenanigans, they all go through the Magic Mirror and are stuck in, of course, Los Angeles.

However, the mirror also broke during this (what?!?) and a piece of it stuck in Hood.  Logic!

Our Heroines must now join forces to stop whatever Rumpelstiltskin is up to.

Their mission is so important that they never stop to let the Film identify them.

Seriously, they don't even SAY Snow White's name until over 2/3 of the way through!

Van Dien gets some help in the form of Iron John (deep cut- I'll grant you)- who is just Lou Ferrigno as Ferro Man/Steel/Commander Steel (who are DC, not Marvel).

I guess Lou just wanted to physically appear in an MCU Film that people like.

Can the group overcome the odds?  Can they save Los Angeles (and later the World...I guess) from Rumpelstiltskin?  Does this Film end up better than most Asylum Films?

To find out, watch the Film.  I streamed it on Tubi, since it was free.

A decent watch.  To be fair, this one is meant to match up to Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Sequel that less people like than the Original.  I personally like both for different reasons, but whatever.  In this case, the Film looks good...but has many problems.  For starters, most of the Drama is killed by the choice to begin In Media Res.  We don't really know the Characters or their Stories before they get tossed through the Magic Mirror.  As I mentioned, most of them are not even named for quite a while!  Why are Red and Snow White not getting along?  What is Cinderella's name?  What are her powers?  Who is Snow White's Husband?  What exactly are the limits to Van Dien's powers here?  So many unanswered questions and so little time.  I mean, they did have time...but they chose to give Ferrigno more Screen Time and a Character Arc instead.  To be fair, he is the best Actor here.  Ponder that sentence I just wrote.  I'm not even joking- he is a legit Actor here.  The other Actors play Characters so underwritten that they are basically just one Character Trait- that's it.  Van Dien is a close second, clearly reveling in playing a Loki-style Character for a change.  The Film looks nice enough and is kind of alright.  Is it going to be topping a Marvel Film?  Hahahahahaha no.  This is better than Sinister Squad though, so props.  It also got a Sequel, so...

A decent-enough looking and feeling Film.  They just cut so many important corners to make a tight Film that it suffers more than it should.