How Can You Miss With "Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan" ?

With a title like that... it's got to be good!

Not so fast...

The Story:

Sgt. Hoke (Thomas Downey) is a corrections officer for the State of Minnesota.  He is taking some young first-time offenders off the grid to a boot camp and see if he can't get their lives readjusted.  The only problem, apparently the myth of Paul Bunyan was more than just legend, and he still lives in the woods...and he's angry.  When the group stumbles upon the burial grounds of Babe the Blue Ox, let's just say that not everyone is going to be going home in one piece.

From the opening, when a murderer slaughters everyone in a logging camp, including the foreman, Grizzly Adams himself, Dan Haggerty... you can automatically assume what kind of movie you're settling in for.

The dreaded visual effects that mar way too many of these low-budget features, is on cheesy display throughout this film.

Even Bunyan especially comes across as an awful cross between a giant and Shrek.  Or maybe even Sloth from the Goonies.

The characters are really all throwaway cliches, the only one that's remotely interesting is Sgt Hoke, and sadly he's not around long enough in the movie

It's a B movie, all the way, that unfortunately does not live up to the hype of having such a cool title for the film.

It's watchable, but I'm sure you can find a million and one better budget horror schlock-fests out there.

Available to stream instantly on Netflix...

If. You. Dare.

Final Grade: D+...C- if I'm generous.

Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: There isn't one. ;)