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![]() SLAYER The Repentless Killogy ![]() By Francisco Zamudio, Metal X Candy 2.0 Wednesday, November 20, 2019 @ 11:08 AM ![]()
The first part of this trilogy is the video for "YOU AGAINST YOU" where we’re presented with a human pincushion covered in blades that greets our protagonist, Wyatt. The music grooves in as it sets the tone for this gruesome discovery and the threat looming ahead. Then the song kicks in with thrashing beats and piercing solos by Holt It’s then that the action goes full throttle as well. There is a bit of symbolism here as SLAYER is doing their thing in an airplane graveyard reflecting a sort of flight-or-flight vibe. Here though, Wyatt has plenty of fight.
The third chapter, "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" fast forwards two months into the story and takes us to the next level of the gauntlet with Wyatt and Danny Trejo who simply goes by “Danny” are kidnapped from prison and taken to a dungeon inside the home of a superior of The Hand Brotherhood, Bill Mosely, who was preparing to have quiet Christmas dinner with his wife and 2 kids. It’s here that Wyatt’s rage becomes over-fueled with hate and heartbreak when the decisions he’s made up to this results in losing his love and unborn child at the hands of more minions of the hate-filled organization. Danny, who’s life is spared by Wyatt as well as gifted the pleasure of his own revenge, confronts dungeon master “Nazi Dad” (Mosely) in front of his family, putting an end to their lives and chapter of this Killogy.
Now as end credits go these days, an epilogue added footage to THE REPENTLESS KILLOGY that takes the story further and full circle as Wyatt goes through more of the Brotherhood, demanding the whereabouts of “Luther“ played by Micah Fitzgerald but not before he sheds more blood and taking more heads leading up to SLAYER’s concert at the Fabulous Forum. Unfortunately as Wyatt is lead out by Trejo further down the road of Hate, we didn’t get the climax that was anticipated between Wyatt and Luther. Another stepped in for the favor and also, unbeknownst to them, protected SLAYER from danger.
There was much more story left to be desired and it did leave it open for the possibility of a furthering Wyatt’s (and possibly Danny”s) journey. I do highly recommend reading the comic books put out through Dark Horse Comics called SLAYER: REPENTLESS, written by the late Jon Schnepp (RIP) that expands on this. The movie itself is filled with really good action sequences, even if for just being an Indie-film of sorts. Jason Trost does an excellent job in leading a great cast for such a high-impact and controversial story-line. I could easily see the squeamish shy away and take issue with how bloody violent this short-film is. This type of entertainment combined with the soundtrack SLAYER provides perfectly, is not for the faint at heart at all.
So while many may consider the SLAYER entity “evil”, My perspective is that these aren’t the Monsters Trejo is referring to. He refers to those that drive us to Hate that we either use as a means to seek revenge or that empowers us – maybe both. Eventually we confront those monsters and they end.
Short-film 4.5 Out Of 5.0
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