[Review] WITNESS INFECTION (2021) SERVES UP A FRESH DISH FROM CINEMATIC LEFTOVERS
Writers: Carlos Alazraqui, Jill-Michele Melean (as Jill-Michele Meleán)
Stars: Robert Belushi, Jill-Michele Melean, Vince Donvito, Errin Hayes, Bret Ernst, Monique Coleman
“Always leave one in the head!”-- Serrelli Family Motto
“It smells like death in here.”
Witness Infection (2021) is like a delicious repast made from leftovers. While the ingredients are familiar, mobster movies, rom-coms, zombie invasion films, they get mixed together into a unique dish. Occasionally the meal devolves into an overcooked, tasteless mess by relying on overused stereotypes, this liberally spiced gangster-zombie-romcom is saved by a quick witted, funny script and over-the top gore. There are plenty laughs, thrills and even a little pathos to balance it all out. Some viewers may left hungry for more substance, over all, it is a fun meal to feast on.
When Clemenza schools Michael on the art of cooking for 20 in The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola forever linked together Italian families and food in cinema. Director Andy Palmer and co-writers Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Melean continue that tradition with a skilled cast of veteran comedy actors to create a movie about food, family, and the intestines that tie them together.
