This
film is another one of those schlocky horror comedies that tries to be hip and
scary simultaneously--only it's neither. Ever since the Scream series, it's all
been downhill from there.
This
non-sensical thriller is about a high schooler whose hand becomes possessed and
goes on a murdering spree. In one pivotal scene, the boy cuts his hand off, recalling
Bruce Campbell's dilemma in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2--a film that was much scarier
and a lot more fun.
Idle
Hands rips off countless better films; including, John Landis' An American Werewolf
in London, Oliver Stone's The Hand, and Barry Sonnenfeld's Addams Family pictures.
However,
the film isn't a total loss. In one inspired scene, the lead singer of The Offspring
gets scalped by the severed hand. Aside from that, Idle Hands gets the idle finger!
