OZONE (1993)

Directed by J.R. Bookwalter
Written by J.R. Bookwalter and David Wagner
Starring James Black and Tom Hoover

A tough cop, Eddie Boone is injected with a new, mysterious drug called ‘Ozone’ when a bust goes terrible wrong. Not only that but he also looses his partner who is taking away by some strange creatures. Now Eddie must find out what’s happening to him and also find his partner before it’s all to late. He runs into a lot of strange things and people and is eventually taken to the lair of the mysterious ‘Drug Lord’, who has some big plans for Eddie…and the world!!

Well, I must say that I have heard a lot of good things about J.R. Bookwalter’s OZONE, and for the most part I can see why. I can see how it might have revolutionized the shot on video industry. After watching this it’s hard to believe that this movie was shot for only about 3,500 bucks!

I thought J.R. Bookwalter did a pretty darn good job with all the things that he had. Who knows what he could have giving us if he had a little more to spend. I really liked the camera angels and movements used throughout this movie. They were pretty wild and cool. A lot more imaginary, you could say, than what a lot of other movies use. The lighting was pretty wild too. They used a lot of colors to light this project. And I do mean a lot of colors, I think I saw just about every color light there is! You don’t see that in many movies.

OZONE does have a nice score to go along with it. The music really fits the atmosphere of this movie and helps out quite a bit.

Although some of the ‘zombie’ makeup looked a little cheesy, the make-up FX were pretty good on this movie considering the budget that they had to work with. There’s a cool scene when one of the characters’ body melts down to nothing but a skeleton. You also get treated to a ‘zombie-child’ like creature.

The acting is pretty good in this flick. James Black who plays Eddie Boone does a nice job. And that’s important since this movie really centers around him and his character, so you would have to have someone who could carry this movie and I thought that James did that. Who knows if it would have been as good with someone else in that role.

Overall OZONE is a pretty decent flick that I would recommend, especially if you’re into lower budget movies.

7/10