What you need to know: Mockbuster opens Friday in select theaters. An Australian filmmaker got an offer from The Asylum, the studio behind Sharknado, to direct a dinosaur knockoff in 6 days on a micro budget in suburban Adelaide. He said yes and brought a documentary crew along for all of it.
Why it matters: The Asylum has made over 800 films. They work fast, spend little, and clone whatever Hollywood releases that week. Putting a filmmaker inside that machine while a documentary crew films everything is a strange and funny premise.
Who should see it: Anyone who has ever watched a Sharknado movie and wondered how these things actually get made.
See this first: American Movie. Same energy. Filmmaker, no budget, chaos everywhere.
Group chat take: The Asylum made 800 movies. This one is about making one of them. That is either brilliant or perfectly on brand. Probably both.
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