Needless to say that I had never actually heard about this 2013 movie titled "Septic Man" prior to sitting down to watch it. And from the movie's synopsis, I believed that I was in for a horror movie here. And thus, of course I opted to watch what writer Tony Burgess and director Jesse Thomas Cook had to offer.

The storyline in the movie was bizarre and rather out there, making "Septic Man" a somewhat acquired taste. Personally I found the movie's script and storyline to be a tad too boring, because there wasn't really a whole lot happening throughout the course of the 87 minutes that the movie ran for, except for the slow deterioration of Jack, as he was trapped in the septic tank. And that, for me personally, just wasn't sufficient contents to carry a movie. So writer Tony Burgess didn't really manage to conjure up something that fell into my taste of movies.

While the movie didn't exactly have a big cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actors Julian Richings and Stephen McHattie. The acting performances in the movie were fair, when taking into consideration the limitations imposed by the script and storyline.

The effects in the movie are good, and I do like the way that the deterioration of Jack was shown on the screen. But the effects were hardly enough to carry the movie.

And now that I have watched the movie, I can tick it off as watched, and I will never return to watch the movie a second time. The movie just simply didn't have enough contents to support more than one viewing, as it was struggling with contents for the first viewing by itself.

My rating of "Septic Man", from director Jesse Thomas Cook, lands on a three out of ten stars.

This film is a missed opportunity. The writer should have sped up Jack's transformation into the Septic Man, then let him loose on the township. However what you have is a meandering story of Jack who gets trapped in a water treatment plant where two maniacal killers are using one of the sluices as a dumping ground for body parts, which is causing mass contamination of a township's water supply, and his transformation... along with an awful amount of vomit.

I watched this film as I had previously viewed Pontypool, which was written by the same writer. That was an original horror movie based on a noise created virus affecting people. On that, I took a chance on this.

... and wish I hadn't. The two movies are similar in a couple of ways, as that they basically revolve around one man. In Pontypool, it's the DJ in his booth, Stephen McHattie (who gives a cameo in Septic Man as the Mayor), who gives a believable performance and is helped with tight direction.

In Septic man, Jack, portrayed badly and unbelievably by Jason David Brown, is hindered with bad direction and strange and implausible characters, especially the killer brothers. Even Molly Dunsworth gives a lacklustre interpretation of Jacks dowdy, browbeaten, pregnant wife; I've seen her in other roles, such as Haven, and she can do so much better. And genre regular, Julian Richings, feels like he's turned up on site and read his lines. It's nice to hear his original English accent.

This is a dull and boring film, for the most time, though the special effects when Septic Man starts to become are pretty nice and gruesome - respect to The Brothers Gore. The scene where Jack peels back the skin on his arm is cringe-making.

There is so much of Troma's Toxic Avenger in this movie. By the end of the movie, Septic Man looks like a more up-to-date, bigger budget, Toxi. Regrettably, it's not as good.

Well, one thing can be said: it starts with an explosive bang! The first couple of minutes are disturbingly graphic (but fun if you like graphic like I do) but then....nothing. An hour in, and the guy hasn't left the septic tank he's found himself trapped in. Padding the running time are characters with unknown and confusing purposes, and not much else. Add to this a muddled ending, and you get one big disappointment. Honestly I'm not sure what the filmmakers were trying to do here. I was expecting a yuck fest along the lines of the Toxic Avenger, and all I got was a boring story with no nothing going on. (Although it can be said they do try a little in the last twenty minutes when it comes to the gore, but by then it has already worn out its welcome) Seriously, avoid like the plague.

And god, don't get me started on the song.