The Curse - Good Bad or Bad Bad

[@RyllenKriel]

We need Blaze and Neil Breen to work in a film together so we can have a chase scene with them both running side by side.

[@deathsyth8888]

I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball. Well, I had some Alex Maisonette movies, but I, I watched'em all.

[@Howlingd0g]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this song playing on loop on my head for the entirety of the video!

[@CableB_]

Alex Maze did another movie this year called “Don’t Mess Up Our Race” and it’s on Amazon Prime

[@danieltobin4498]

OH BOY

[@MsKReads]

I've been waiting for this for 3 years. 3 years ago I began waiting for this. 7 years ago I started watching GBorBB. And then 3 years ago I started getting excited for this.

[@LtSprinkulz]

7 years ago? That's a long time ago. Can't belive it.

[@Andy_Sidaris]

@@LtSprinkulz 7 years ago. They started watching 7 years ago. Then they got excited 3 years ago after they started watching 7 years ago

[@AlejandroSaenz-us9zt]

So you been waiting 3 years for this but 7 years ago you started gg or bb but 3 years I said 3 years and 7 years ago you started gg or bb but 3 years ago you were excited for this

[@anyongflerderber4958]

@MsKReads This comment deserves an award. 4 years from now. So you can start getting prepared to be excited.

[@MsKReads]

@@anyongflerderber4958 I will add this into my calendar for four years from now and then in four years I'll look back and say "four years ago I received this comment and I've been waiting for four years to look back on this memory from four years ago."

[@everexefe17]

The actor who plays Officer Ruda is actually a recognizable face in the black community. I now him from movies like The Five Heartbeats(1991), Money Talks(1997) with Chris Rock, and the HBO tv show OZ(2001-2003).

[@fordshojoe8080]

The five heartbeats that's where I knew him from thanks for this comment 👍

[@BigEarl3]

He was also the main bad guy in "The Principal" with James Belushi. That's a great 80's schlock movie about how the inner cities were supposed to become lawless warzones.

[@PartsGod336]

That’s Eddie Caine jr! Put some respect on his name! 🤣

[@redwolfe7049]

He's a great underrated actor.

[@jcarroll7371]

In the black community?? He's just a pretty famous actor. He was in OZ and Sugarhill. Pretty mainstream stuff. He was actually really good in OZ

[@TheIsabellaRB]

I MISSED UNCLE MAZE SO MUCH!!!!!!! FINALLY AFTER 3 YEARS. (Because you did a review 3 years ago) (it's been 3 years since the last Maze video) (I've waited patiently.... for 3 years)

[@redwolfe7049]

3 years. There was 2 guys...in chairs, reviewing a Maze movie. 3 years. It was 2 guys. 3 years ago.

[@themoviedealers]

Wood. Tucker. Warren. Wiseau. Breen. Maisonette. Artists with a vision.

[@richardball5843]

Who are the first 3?

[@waynetech10]

Don't forget James Nguyen

[@dgarrard100]

And Dohler.

[@sammymcfone8281]

I have no use for that comment.. ON THE STREET!!!

[@HomespunBannersglare]

Don't forget Ron Koontz.

[@beckyriddle6650]

Years ago I had my purse stolen with my phone inside. Once we got the phone bill, we noticed many calls to a certain number. Turns out it was the thief calling her high priest. When the detectives went to the apartment, there were chicken feet on the coffee table and I’m not sure what was said to the cop, but later on he was told to pour a line of either salt or flour (can’t remember) and I think walk over it to “remove the root” that the thief put on them. 😂 I live in the damn backwoods of upstate SC and had no idea shit like that was going on around here.

[@bloodrunsclear]

What’s amazing is that there could easily be a Masionette Cinematic Universe at this point

[@ErwannKerroch84]

I just want to emphasize how funny it is that Maisonnette means "Cute little house".

[@BunkerFox]

In the UK a Maisonette is a flat with its own front door

[@sammymcfone8281]

I have no use for that comment.. ON THE STREET!!!

[@n.ayisha]

no joke... there are chickens roaming free in the Bronx (NYC) that escaped being sacrificed in Santeria ceremonies. i've literally had to hit the brakes to avoid running over chickens crossing the road.

[@robotrix]

Nothing against chickens, but better that they keep to them. Where I grew up in Miami, you kept your pets indoors.

[@redwolfe7049]

I loved in the South Bronx and never saw that but I did see roosters and chickens behind fences. I thought it was some type of farm thing but maybe it was for Santeria ceremonies.

[@LiShuBen]

@@redwolfe7049 Probably. Animals used as offerings are eaten afterwards and most people will eat chicken lol. You'll also see pigs alot too but probably not so much in New York since raising pigs takes a lot of space...at least more space than the average person gets in new York lol

[@Andy_Sidaris]

@@redwolfe7049 It is mostly for food if not entirely for food

[@markiangooley]

Why did the chicken cross the road in the Bronx? To escape being bled to death for a Santeria ritual.

[@LixiaWinter]

Honestly, telling a dick joke as your last words is iconic, that woman is best character in all Maize eu

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

So you notice the tiny writing that says *”And Justice For All”* behind the judge… but you don’t point out the same kind of sticker behind the woman reading the verdict, that says; *”THE JURY ROOM* *OF NYPD COURT”* ?!?! I love it so much!!🤣

[@adrienfourniercom]

you forget to mention the other recurring Maisonnette's movie character in this one: the El Frito restaurant. It's the best.

[@shibanibose9941]

As someone who has seen this movie thrice, yes this is the best work of Alex Maisonette. Kyle is Spot on as usual about appreciating art.

[@Andy_Sidaris]

Bryan gets confused about who the star of the show is

[@royjohnson3361]

It's actually an interesting premise: A Santería practitioner is shunned by the police he works with, until he uses his religion to protect them.

[@forestcampbell8962]

It's ART!

[@mattfisher5402]

I nearly fell out of my chair when I jumped on YT and saw this in my feed. I've been waiting for this one for so long!

[@user-zh4vo1kw1z]

You might wanna have that looked at. Sounds like an inner-ear problem...

[@biofriik]

Same. Alex Mazze always puts a smile on my face.

[@elphbwckd212]

You're way too easily excitable or bored if this made you almost jump out of your chair.... It's just a yt video. Calm down.

[@Pdotta1]

Guys you should try interviewing some of these directors and actors. I’d tune in for that.

[@hughwang1683]

I'd buy that for a dollar...

[@jamesd4223]

Most films: Everyone knows martial arts A Maisonette film: Everyone is an expert on santoria

[@quietone2674]

The thing that drove me crazy during this is - everyone who hurts or kills someone seems to get away with it, while a bunch of innocent people get hurt in the crossfire. And it was nuts how this "curse" had such terrible aim! Like, if Maize was targeting the cop for revenge, why did he manage to curse everyone *but* the cop? And then the cop getting off?! I mean, I know that happens in real life, but that's not justice! This was the first time I started questioning Maize's morality, because it was ridiculous.

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

idk what the exact stats or sources are, but you can basically just assume that only 1% of cop fatalities go to trial, and that 1% of those trials end in a sentence of any kind.

[@quietone2674]

@@LoveTrueMusic1 Yeah, that's where the part where I know that happens in real life came in. My problem was that the movie portrayed that as the RIGHT outcome. That cops SHOULD get away with gunning down innocent people, planting evidence, and lying to his superiors about the incident. Officer James faced zero consequences for his behavior outside of a really weird nightmare, and instead everyone around him suffered for his actions.

[@thatdarnskag5043]

@@quietone2674 Love me some copaganda. Maize was supposedly an ex-cop, his movie-making might just reflect his views on not holding cops responsible.

[@Etherman7]

@@LoveTrueMusic1 We can just make stuff up and claim its valid now? Well, you can basically assume that 100% of anyone with music in their username or that uses "copaganda" unironically is an unhinged maniac that hates that they can't riot without worrying about people defending themselves anymore. Aren't fake stats the best?

[@robotrix]

​@@thatdarnskag5043 Yeah this is a guy who's obsessed about getting shot 10 years ago by what he remembers as four guys - but they supposedly changed the paperwork and "lost" the slugs for ballistic tests to make it one guy and won'tshut up about it. But this other cop has shot three people in a short period including one kid who wasn't a threat where the cop used a throw down and it's "Yeah, whatever". Again, thank God this guy's not a cop anymore.

[@S4ns]

15 years ago, I started watching this review, but then 10 years ago, I was reminded of 5 years ago, when I saw this review and there were four flashes. They said there was only five, but I remember four flashes from 10 years ago, but 5 years ago, when I finished this episode, they changed the story and said there were more episodes, but 10 years ago, it was 5 years after the 15 years ago but it was only 10 years ago from the 5 years ago from now.

[@robotrix]

As the daughter of a cop and the Ex of a DEA agent....I hope Alex Maisonette wasn't a cop for very long. He's fucking clueless. I also grew up in Miami and know a little bit about Sanitaria. They were trying to get that cop to quit because animal sacrifice is illegal and - if he's truly practicing that religion - he's a cop who's constantly committing felonies. What gave me the creeps about the movie though is that Maisonette and the others in those all white outfits. Those are the same kind of outfits that the Miami based cult Yahweh Ben Yahweh used to wear all the time. That cult finally broke up when the leader was accused of murder but got off on a technicality.

[@madizzle90]

Hell yes, the return of the Maze.

[@richardball5843]

I love how there are 4 voodoo priests, and they’re all described as just “high-ranking voodoo priests”.

[@markiangooley]

They’re all rank!

[@thatdarnskag5043]

You guys are talking about how the wife is expositing the child-making process to her husband, but there’s also the fact that *she was talking about her previous dead baby over some sexy sax and sensually rubbing her husband’s shoulders.*

[@sammymcfone8281]

I have no use for that comment.. *ON THE STREET!!!*

[@gnomeam]

Recently discovered this channel. Really reminds me of RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst series in a good way. I prefer the discussion style as you go through the plot with edited footage and discussing technical elements as you go along. No forced and scripted jokes, just making fun of the movie itself.

[@sball1990rack]

TWO Enya’s?? Holy shit…. As the prophecy foretold!!

[@MrAlsachti]

What I find the most incredible are the newspapers montages. I can understand that making a movie is hard, and I won't pretend that I can do better than this film. But the newspapers?? Couldn't they take a few minutes to get the right fonts, realistic headlines, maybe insert a couple of real articles?

[@royjohnson3361]

Wasn't he shot 15 years ago?

[@cg167]

I never noticed before that, in that previous Holy Jones clip, she says "I'm here at Adobo Lounge" but the screen says "Adobe Lounge." For the Missourians: Adobo is a ubiquitous Filipino dish.

[@C.V317]

Actually, we Hispanics have our own Adobo; it’s a seasoning mix or sauce for meat.

[@markiangooley]

@@C.V317yeah, the meanings change a bit. Compare Tex-Mex menudo to Mexican to Filipino, for instance.

[@ChAn-dv9to]

WE BACK WITH ALEX MAZE BABY!!!!

[@weirdguy1495]

So when I looked up The Curse before the premiere ended, I saw that it was a crappy horror movie starring Wil Wheaton that was an adaptation of The Color Out of Space. So I don't know if this is better or worse than this-Oh, who am I kidding, this is the final Maisonette movie.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

34:10 Ok, being able to see the hand chucking the dove out the window….. Damn near killed me. 🤣❤️

[@geoffreykahler1616]

Ah yes. The film I tried to buy directly from the manufacturer. They had no idea what I was talking about, looped more people into the email, then just stopped responding. (I own dvds of the other 3, so I wanted it for completeness sake.)

[@Snordix]

"Nene" is a spanish word used in latin america that refers in an informal way to a small male child; it's pronounced "neh-neh". The female equivalent would be "nena".

[@babyvalentina3077]

Mate finally..... Been waiting on this since 15 years ago..... Suspended without play

[@anikmonette2140]

I got the curse! I tried to live chat but 1) Chromecast wouldn't work and let me comment and 2) when I disconnected Chromecast to watch on my phone I got stuck in this weird out of sync limbo where things happened 20 minutes after being commented on! At first I got frustrated but the irony of it was just too perfect given what was being reviewed...😄

[@stanpapi5451]

Thanks guys! Settling in now.

[@TheOriginalJammyOne]

Laughing hard abdominal workout? Here we go! 😆

[@147427]

Been waiting for this one a real long time

[@rosskwolfe]

I'm surprised you didn't comment on the newspaper being called "New News". All it was missing was "today".

[@wopjohn]

Remember a couple months ago when you guys went to Arizona to film a few episodes. You guys flew there in a plane. And took all your a/v equipment with you. And it was really hot and a lot of bugs

[@EarthboundX]

"Super hot old lady wife" LOL!

[@MorticiaObscurum]

It's been a while since the last Alex Maze video, which was a while ago, when I first watched your video on Alex Maze that was made a while ago. Yknow a while back I remember watching Alex Maze's...

[@YellowpowR]

12:47 Little peak into how the sausage is made. Hehe, I would probably just do that too.

[@blackknightdiscussions7632]

Fun fact: The actor who plays Ruda (Michael Wright), was a well known actor back in the day in the 80s on a mini-series/TV show called, “V” but was also known for his role in, “The Five Heartbeats”, Sugar Hill, etc. Wow it must be that bad for him to end up on a Alex Maisonette film in a officer suit too large for him!

[@drelle504]

Right?!? I'm watching the video and saying to myself, "They got Eddie King, Jr. to film this? Damn!"

[@robotrix]

And he's been in Oz and had a TV roles after this. He's got two movies in pre-production now. Guess they just caught him at a slow stretch.

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

@@robotrix well, $20 [is] $20

[@krismaccall8056]

"his wife (...) is dying from an unspecified illness" (38:58) I'm pretty sure it's "Suffering" ;)

[@Col-Heem]

I’ve been watching you guys since you had less than 10,000 subs. You guys deserve so many more

[@Pdotta1]

There should be more subscribers. When it’s good, it’s super great.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

We’re at the semi-final chapter on the Alex Maisonette cinematic universe. Not sure what Lady rider is about but one day.

[@Blutteufel]

You're trolling, right?

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

@@Blutteufel I’m mean there is a loose continuity in Alex’s films. A continuity held together by tape, chewing gum, and returning characters. They even have similar roles, so why not have a head canon that all Alex’s films are connected.

[@6ViolinRed]

@@bearerofbadnews1375 I think they’re asking if you’re “trolling” because Lady Rider is another name for Turf War which they already reviewed. The order is Narx (2011), D’Curse (2013), Checkmate (2016), Lady Rider/Turf War (2017), and then another new film (!) ‘Don't Mess Up Our Race’ (2021).

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

@@6ViolinRed oh I didn’t now turf war and lady rider were the same movie. My bad.

[@6ViolinRed]

@@bearerofbadnews1375 No worries. They’re both strange titles that no one would guess would be alternates. 😁

[@Blutteufel]

I don't know what I was expecting from this movie, but this is so much better...

[@adamforderer271]

Hell yeah I've been waiting for this one! (For 15 years!)

[@mjon5706]

Checkmate.

[@MentalLiberation]

Yaaaaasss. We spoke it into existence and here it is. Let's go!!!!

[@funnybone6149]

This is what we’ve been waiting for gentleman This is why we’re here

[@Kaiju_Kyle]

I think we need piece of artwork of "Its Art" a la Quataum Physics as it seems to be his latest catch phrase.

[@motelghost477]

He likes the number fifteen.

[@SASardonic]

Maybe this director needs to order the Prima official strategy guide to making movies

[@zeadsi]

Checkmate > Turf War > Narx > D'Curse

[@theleap2946]

Kinda surprised they didn’t talk about Michael Wright more. Plus all the dialogue impressions on this page are killing me. 🤣🤣

[@AmahriHowland]

Yeah! I remember him from the five heartbeats and sugar hill with Wesley snipes

[@lindinle]

and "nene" it took me a while to realize, lady was talking spanish. so that clip of the old lady going down the stairs.... fucking alex maze dosent know spanish at all apparently because "nene" is "baby". god my ma called me that ALOT growing up. cant believe i didnt catch this sooner.

[@goodlookingcorpse]

I'm surprised I didn't hear that this review was coming. I feel very let down by News News Today.

[@SongbirdAlom]

whoa Prima is REALLY pretty.

[@kimberlyrobinson1978]

His “Super hot, old lady wife”! 🤣😂🤪

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Disgusting. Mary Kay Laterneau vibes?

[@Dellonidas]

FINALLY!!! GOD IVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS!!!

[@EarthboundX]

Wow, that part of the movie aged especially horribly. Cop shoots an unarmed guy, tries to plant a gun on him, gets away with it, and he's not the villain? Blue wall of silence huh?

[@robotrix]

AND supposedly gave the walkman back to the family even though there would then be a Federal investigation into the victim's rights being violated. That walkman is evidence.

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

wHy dOeS tHe pUbLiC hAtE uS aLl oF a sUdDeN?!?

[@meghanphillips3495]

Christmas came early

[@bewaretheconficker]

I remember hearing the stock music at 48:05 from an early trailer to the Spider-Man movie game in 2002 lol. It may have actually been from the intro to the Kellogg's mailaway promo CD which was part of the 2000 game but with a movie costume instead.

[@babyvalentina3077]

You missed the new news headline on the spinning paper.. Echoes of the default news news today super from turfwar and checkmate

[@ValyTraveler]

WHOAAa!!! wait Michael Ruda from the Five Heartbeats and Sugar Hill where he costarred with Wesley Snipes... WOooowwww...

[@john_blues]

Haven't watched the video yet, but crossing my finger that Lenny G shows up in this movie.

[@anastasiosjohn3307]

Had been waiting a long time for this one and it certainly didn't d'issapoint. As incomprehensible as the rest of Maize's work.

[@BibbityBop]

The reporter sounds exactly like Jigsaw. That's amazing.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

LOL, I already prefer the original 1987 The Curse. Wil Wheaton was in it and when asked about it, he had absolutely nothing good to say about it, hahahah! EDIT: I recently learned that the reason why Wil hates the 1987 Curse is because he and his sister Amy were apparently badly mistreated by the director and some of the crew on it's set during the making of it. It has nothing to do with the quality of the movie itself, I thought that's what he was referring to. The movie came out just before Star Trek TNG debuted, by the way.

[@LilMorphineAnnie]

YES ALEX MAZE I'M SO EXCITED

[@toddjones1480]

You’re not going to die from the tip of your finger brushing against household current for a split second, lol.

[@bryanferratt6598]

I think a better title for this movie would've been called "The Tyrese" 😊😅😂.

[@biofriik]

Pretty sure the whispering sound effects they use during the curse moments are lifted from the Assassin's Creed games.

[@ObtuseMori]

Yes, so excited for this episode! Alex Maize is the best 😂

[@MedievalFolkDance]

If I don't get my news from Lenny G at New News Today, I am ill prepped to hear it.

[@therealmikebrown]

I've been waiting for this, thanks.

[@SaibaElGaijin]

The next review has GOT to be 2005's Vampire Assassin! There's enough corny in it to feed the whole of Mississippi!

[@fordshojoe8080]

News news today I've never heard a more original name for a news station in my life

[@vercoda9997]

As I newspaper editor, I can confirm that the newspaper at 11.27 is garbage. Mistakes in design and what you'd put on a front cover, with the world's tiniest headline and a brutally ugly layout - and look at the germanic font for the strap line. What is this paper called - The Yorkees Times? Yorkees?! Didn't they even notice that, or just lash this whole thing out in one draft? Dear oh dear. Mine eyes!

[@bertanderson2548]

6:40 OK, I have to ask. Why abbreviate "hours" on that sign?

[@bakedspade]

At 50:47 that entire woman's lines have the filter on them to make it sound like we're hearing her from the other end of the phone call despite the fact it cuts to her in person. These films are wonderful, piles of shit.

[@roringusanda2837]

At 17:52 what the hail is an unarmed subject? Do they mean suspect??! 🧐

[@flashfoxful]

"Subject" is even misspelled though! "Unarmed SUBECT". Also, it says "Cop restricted for duty shooting an unarmed subect". What is duty shooting?

[@Supermunch2000]

The real story here is how I was trying to remember where I saw Lenny G and this video dropped. God bless Alex Maisonette and Lenny G.

[@Monothefox]

Speaking about strong writing: have you seen High Guardian Spice?

[@TanukiOkiyo]

Yes, Brian, you pronounced Nene correctly 😊

[@bogdan3209]

I enjoyed this episode so much. Even though Bryan says its his least favourite Alex movie for me its the best one. Ain't That a B***h

[@MrNickyDalenz]

Uncle maze!

[@tubbalcain]

The 'stupid running' is, I guess, meant to be speeded up in post..the editer just totally missed it😂😂

[@ballin302008]

Rollerblade seven 2??

[@theleap2946]

And three!! I was thinking of buying those and sending them to their PO box

[@Andy_Sidaris]

When your first kid is on the way the cranberry blanket scene will make more sense. Mine would rub anything she heard about on her stomach in order to try and keep her figure. If I came home and saw the cranberry juice I would just be happy it wasn't sour cream this time. The long waving scene wasn't that odd to me. I was raised to wave until the person who is leaving is out of sight. Can take a long time sometimes

[@Vajrubaj]

Ou boi 15yrs ago director dude bro yes yes yes yes yes i love you dudes hhh 15 yrs ago ago the curse bby you show me so many goodness or badness thx never stop we need you same as RLM .

[@weisswurstfruhstuck8523]

What’s Schilligo for a name? Where does it come from? Sounds somehow German but somehow not. The SCH would be clearly German but the rest is weird ?! Would be interesting if you’d tell us ;)

[@sammymcfone8281]

FIFTHTEEN YEARS AGO, I watched this review!!! And im back again. *15 YEARS AGO* Still funny.

[@sammymcfone8281]

15 - 4 flashes... think about it!!! ;)

[@sammymcfone8281]

11 is two ones. 1 plus 1 is two. two divided by 2 is 1, and 1 + 1 is 2!!!!! Think about it.

[@sammymcfone8281]

Mind blown huh? relax. I educate.. its what i do. :)

[@johnfromdownunder.4339]

This puts Marlin Brando to sh.t with this method acting.

[@gracesoriano2367]

Return of the Mazeman!

[@farmerbob42]

wait, years ago! wow time flies

[@romulusnuma116]

I recognise that vacant star anywhere it's Alex Maisonette!