Cosplay Fetish Battle Drones
| Cosplay Fetish Battle Drones | |
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| Directed by | Gregg Golding |
| Written by | Gregg Golding |
| Produced by | Gregg Golding Diana Chow Edward Rhodes |
| Starring | Samuel Vasquez Leland Mapp Gregg Golding Carly Jean Liza Moore Mathias Parr Dapwell |
| Edited by | Gregg Golding |
Production company | Collage Fossil Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cosplay Fetish Battle Drones (formerly titled Struggled Reagans[1]) is an American science fiction comedy film that was the first feature film by director and screenwriter Gregg Golding. The movie had its world premiere on December 11, 2013, at Another Hole In The Head International Genre Film Festival,[2] and is a surrealistic parody of Japanese tokusatsu series such as Power Rangers and Kamen Rider.[3]
Synopsis
Six teenagers suffer from a series of emotional traumas, which coalesce to create a tumor in the collective unconscious. They are then summoned to the home of one of the teenagers (Evie, played by Carly Jean, and based on the character of the same name from the television sitcom Out of This World) where her alien father, (based on the character Troy, also from Out of This World, and portrayed by hip hop artist Dapwell) gives them powers based on their respective traumas. The teenagers, now known as the Struggled Reagans, search for the tumor in an effort to destroy it. Their efforts are opposed by the Hindu god Garuda, who uses the energy from the tumor to create a number of monsters to oppose them.[4]
The film's plot and characters reference and parody various aspects of popular culture, including most significantly the Japanese tokusatsu genre, and also is laden with philosophical and surrealistic elements.[3]
Cast
- Samuel Vasquez as Billy
- Leland Mapp as Antoine
- Gregg Golding as Jason
- Carly Jean as Evie
- Liza Moore as Maya
- Mathias Parr as Tommy
- Dapwell as Dad
Release
The film premiered (under its original title of Struggled Reagans) on December 11, 2013 at San Francisco's Another Hole In The Head International Genre Film Festival.[5] It has also screened at the Sci-Fi London 2014 film festival.[3]
The film was released on DVD in February, 2015.[6]
References
- ^ Golding, Gregg (director) (2013). Cosplay Fetish Battle Drones (film). San Francisco, CA: Collage Fossil.
- ^ B., Marke. "Morphenomenal 'Struggled Reagans' will possibly give universe an STD". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Bitel, Anton. "Mad, sad and audacious: Sci-Fi London 2014". Sight & Sound Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Arceneaux, Bill. "Struggled Reagans (2014)". movieboozer.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ B., Marke (4 December 2013), "Morphenomenal", San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, p. 4
- ^ Golding, Gregg. "Cosplay Fetish Battle Drones". Collage Fossil. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.