A big thanks goes out to my friend Dewayne for informing me on this flick. Otis is a a grotesque dark comedy of ill manners that takes astute satirical swipes at everything from the increasingly twisted realities of life in “Americana” to the overabundance of torture porn in mainstream media, Otis reps a consistently inventive and entertaining stylistic 180 from Krantz and Jendresen’s last offering, 2007’s surreal meditation on fear Sublime. From the outset, it’s apparent there’s much more afoot in Otis than a simple tale of kidnapping and torture. Jendresen’s script repeatedly targets American politics and the media’s obsession with the increasing volume of macabre crimes committed in the Heartland, and its aim is true. The film successfully skewers a range of topical material amid gleefully outrageous bursts of unexpected violence and humorously perverse set pieces.
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