Why the maybe? Because Channel 7 has not revealed the movie they will be showing Sunday night. I am making an educated guess here based on the schedule of a sister station in a neighboring city. It’s possible that this movie won’t be shown on Channel 7 this Sunday… but odds are it will be at some point, as it certainly seems in line with the goofy “high concept” comedies that often litter the Late Nite Landfill, like the recently-shown "Elvis Has Left the Building".
I’ve expended most of my energy on "Freedom Strike" so I’ll make an effort to actually keep this one brief. This is described as follows: “Sent by the devil, a demon falls in love with the woman he was supposed to corrupt.”
The trailer seems to take things a step further by implying the woman may indeed be an angel. That would certainly explain the film’s alternate title, "Opposites Attract."
This one engages in “stunt” or “on point” casting. In other words, it takes an actor who’s already known for playing bad guys and makes him the chief bad guy, Satan himself. I’m speaking of Michael York, most famously known by most of the populace as Austin Powers' boss in the Mike Myers spy parodies. Of course, he has a large body of work, and like most British character actors it runs the gamut from great drama and period pieces to horror movies and general rubbish. But he’s always a game performer in whatever he does. And in addition to having played bad guys previously, he may have already played the devil, too. If memory serves, he played a character who was actually the anti-Christ in “The Omega Code,” but I couldn’t tell you for sure as I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to wipe the memory of that movie from my mind (and in fairness to York’s range, he was also John the Baptist in “Jesus of Nazareth”).
The other well-known actor in this has also played his share of bad guys AND is also an alum of the Austin Powers flicks: Rob Lowe. Just as I revealed a fondness for Tone Loc in my “Freedom Strike” entry, I have to be frank about Lowe: I actually find him an underrated comic talent. His impersonation of Robert Wagner while portraying the younger version of "Number Two" in ”Austin Powers 2” was sheer brilliance in my opinion, and his comedic turn in “Wayne’s World” was something to laugh about as well. Even in his bad guy roles he brings a certain wit – who could ever forget the audacity of his “I’m sorry” apology at the close of ”Bad Influence” – hysterical in its absurdity! In audition to audacity, he can also be fearless when it comes to comedy, as he was here, dancing with Snow White at the 1989 Oscars:
Okay… maybe that’s NOT the best example of comedy. But trust me, when given the right material, Lowe delivers more than he’s given credit for. His role as “One Hell of a Guy” appears to offer him the chance to put on his broad comic clown shoes...
...and you can view the trailer here:
Or watch the entire movie on WABC-TV Channel 7 on Sunday, March 30th at 11:35 PM… MAYBE!
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