Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

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There are movies you look forward to and your expectations are met or tossed aside. There are movies you don't know about but discover and think what a great movie. And then there are those movies you watch and think...what the heck did I just watch? And sometimes those movies leave you trying to decide if you loved or hated it at the same time. Such is the movie JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY. Get ready because this one won't be easy to explain. The year is 2043 and we are presented with a pair of CIA operatives who specialize in cyber-crime. Palme (Agustin Mateo) is your typical James Bond handsome lead while Gagano (Daniel Tadesse) is a slightly malformed dwarf. The two are sent on a mission to find and destroy a computer virus called "Soviet Union". To do so they enter the virtual world called Psychobook, the CIA's operating system, where their images appear to have plastered on flat paper faces and the animation involves pixilated images. As their battle against the evil villain "Stalin" as well as his compadre in crime "Batfro" (yes an African ruler in a 60s Batman costume) they try and save the world. Stalin has plans of unleashing a viral infection that will affect the entire world. Only our two heroes can stop him. In addition to his adventure in this viral world Gagano is thinking of retiring so he can spend more time with his girlfriend Malin (Gerda-Annette Allikas). A zaftig woman with hopes of starting her own mixed kickboxing school, Gagano worships the ground she walks on. A more unlikely couple would be hard to find in any movie. Confused yet? Join the crowd. Here's the thing though. It works. It really does. This is not your Tom Cruise MISSION IMPOSSIBLE spy film. This is a group of spies working in weird conditions that have yet to even be developed. At least I hope so. And in spite of the looks of those involved, something far too many rely on in a film, this group has more heart going than many regular films. There is a jarring sense of reality involved in the virtual world that we knows is supposed to be off kilter but still seems beautiful in its own way. Batfro offers some humorous relief in the segments he's in instead of inspiring fear. And Tadesse is one of the best representations of the common man who is uncommon in his abilities I've seen in years. In spite of his physical issues I'd love to see him in more movies in the future. This is not your normal Saturday night movie to pop in and just pay half attention to. This one will require you watch with interest and then sit and discuss. If like me you'll at first think what a piece of garbage but then you'll start thinking about it more and more and realize this was something unique. Arrow Video is releasing this with their usual style which means a quality looking transfer and plenty of extras. These include a new audio commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Anton Bitel, FROM TALINN WITH LOVE a virtual essay by critic Will Webb exploring the influence of exploitation cinema on the film, and audio interview with director Miquel Llanso by critic Josh Hurtado, two short films by Llanso, the original proof of concept trailer, the theatrical trailer, an image gallery, reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Austin Hinderliter, a double-sided fold-out poster and a limited edition illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Barry Forshaw on the film and CRUMBS by Anton Bitel. The release is limited to just 2,000 copies so for fans of the film pick it up before they're gone.

Do not expect to watch something with a coherent story and plot as this film feels more like watching a dream than anything else. This film has plenty of unique styles of cinematography as well having a lot of humor in its absurdity. Watch this if you want an experience that is odd then give this a try, would recommend

I was going to begin this title with "Surreal", but if you're going to talk about a film that's clearly inspired by Phillip K. Dick's fiction that's kind of redundant. The basic plot bears quite a few points of similarity to one of the author's lesser-known novels, "Ubik"; there's even a major character named "Palmer Eldritch" -- as in Dick's novel "The Three Stigmata of". Which also featured an alien hallucinogen. So the film isn't shy about acknowledging its antecedents. Along with lots of other influences from all over the place. Whether you'll like it or not probably depends on whether you enjoy that type of story. But seriously: "Worst movie ever"? No way. I really wish reviewers would stop using this as shorthand for "This was confusing/I didn't understand it." Which is a perfectly valid opinion. I can't claim to have completely understood it, either, after one viewing. But I enjoyed it enough to think this is worth a couple more looks. Yeah, it's got its rough edges, but it also has real heart and creativity.

Despite what some people may say about this film, this film itself is quite unique, and quite entertaining at that! With its exotic writing, acting, and overall film methods, it definitely in my opinion is worth a watch.

I'm not sure about what i just watched, i don't know if it was a hallucination, a trip, or pure madness, a lot of imagination some social criticism but it's not at all for me, strange an attempt to be comical but I'm not convinced.but I got to the end.

Made with talent from Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Latvia and Romania - yet shot in English - Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is honestly unlike any movie you've ever seen before. It's a cross between exploitation cinema, surrealism, web videos, strange animation and no small amount of Phillip K. Dick all in one more, as hunchbacked CIA special agent Gagano (Daniel Tadesse, Crumbs) ust enter the cyber world of Psychobook to stop a computer virus and a gang of maniacs who have the faces of Stalin, Peter Graves, Richard Pryor and more. Oh yeah - Jesus with a boombox and an African-American Batman that fights like Dolemite but has his logo blurred out shows up spoiling for a fight. Somehow, this movie crosses Bond films with kung fu, 16-bit era video games, Turkish ripoff cinema, lucha films and so many more genres that you know that everyone from our site knows and loves. It's like a mashup of everything we love all in one frenetic and astounding package. I don't know what kind of drugs Miguel Llansó has, but he's high on his own supply as only the best of all creatives should be. If you think you've seen everything, wait until you see this.

Bought this from Arrow Video as a blind buy, as I do collect Arrow video releases, terrible movie... IMBD should give the option of rating some movies with a big 0 as this movie don't even deserve a 1. Don't waste your time, it is the most valuable thing we have.

This might be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Horrible script, bad actors, bad dubbing - it deserves its own category for everything awful.

This is the worst movie in the history of movies. We saw it was rated low (0.5 out of 10) on a Chinese rating site and thought nothing could be really that bad. This movie is that bad. I warned all y'all.