Directed by Larry Peerce
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, Charter Entertainment)
Confused story about an elite hunting club in Michigan celebrating its centennial. On the one hand, it's a black comedy, centering around the deranged character of Vernur, who has an unhealthy obsession with guns combined with a hatred of society, including his girflriend, best friend and fellow club members. He is very unlikeable, not to mention juvenile, and brings the movie down. However, the film also tries to work in some anti-establishment symbolism, when a group of hippies and their older, pot smoking leader Jack Warden arrive next door for a party. Warden terrorizes the hunting club, who symbolize the older, patriotic generation that defines "wasp" (see movie poster), by blowing up their lodge with dynamite. It really doesn't work either way, mainly because of a clumsy, unfocused script and bad direction. It's full of overly familiar character actors.
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