Blind Squirrel Uwe Boll Finds a Nut

I know there were a few bigger things on the agenda in the past couple of weeks, what with The Dark Knight and everything, but how in the hell did we miss this: A positive review of an Uwe Boll movie. Variety - that's right, good ol' mainstream Variety - has taken a look at Boll's Vietnam movie 1968 Tunnel Rats, and has proclaimed it, "aptly tense and discomforting" and "well-crafted." Hold on just a second: Uwe Boll? Well-crafted? What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here? There's more:

"Though dialogue (purportedly largely improvised) is not a primary element, Boll's screenplay takes some pains to show sympathetic and fanatical types on both sides, notably in the character of a young Viet Cong mother (Jane Le) who clearly doesn't relish having to kill the enemy."

In all, the trade applauds the performances and technical aspects of Tunnel Rats, pointing out only the "pedestrian score" as a little below par. I will say that the concepts is pretty good for a war picture: You've got an Army unit trapped underground, trying to wind their way through a series of booby-trapped tunnels during the war. Since we haven't seen that specifically, I'm all for a movie depicting it. Just wouldn't think a good one would come courtesy of the world's worst director. The world has spun of its axis, my friends. Here's a trailer for 1968 Tunnel Rats, which is playing at the Fantasia Film Festival in Canada today, but likely won't hit theaters until next year. Well, it doesn't look fantastic or anything, but it's the best two minutes of his career, certainly.