Reviewer: Susan
Reviewer Email: sallen@vsite.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I loved this show. The two actors took me back to my childhood when I grew up the only girl on a block of boys who made up games about super heros in impossible situations or those safe fall backs - cowboys & indians or astronauts & aliens - and could unhibitedly produce any sound in the universe. My neighbors generously allowed me to play too, because I could climb higher in the trees than anyone else (or maybe they just wanted to look at my knickers). Give me a guy who can make a metal collander into a helmit, and I'm over the moon.
Reviewer: steven
Reviewer Email: steven@kaliyuga.com
Rating: 4 Stars
A bit too slapdash for my taste to rate a big five. Some of the material falls flat on its can. And yet -- gloriously silly and VERY British, I laughed heartily (& often)along with the rest of a tiny house that gave themselves over to the insanity wholeheartedly, left feeling quite giddy & with a big smile on my mug. Go figger. Its no-budget costuming only added to its charm (Remember safety pinning a towel around your shoulders to play a Superhero as a kid? Now try to imagine two grown men doing the same thing -- and with nearly the same childlike commitment & intensity). A BIG step up (for me anyway) from John Rackham & Ben Shockley's last SF Fringe outing (one that was referenced to excellent comic effect in one bit for those in the know). All right, all right, I'd recommend it, stop twisting my arm!
Reviewer: Cory
Reviewer Email: indigoblues@attbi.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Remember being a kid and spending hours outside playing? What the hell did we do out there, never wanting to come inside? This show took me back there and reminded me what it was like to have uninhibited fun. These incredibly talented guys play hard. I couldn't stop laughing. Without props they create a scene that makes you feel like the stage is full of props. I've never seen better pantomime.The non-stop energy made me leave the theatre feeling energized and excited. This show is not to be missed. So don't miss it.
Reviewer: rox
Reviewer Email: rmgentile@yahoo.com
Rating: 3 Stars
Based on Death Blow's description I was expecting a Bill Irwin-ish experience. Rather, it was a two well seasoned physical performers doing ensemble material ranging from to quirky and delightful to slapstick political hand-slapping. Death Blow was interesting for some unexpected reasons. Some of their material (slapstick special forces characters massacreing nuns in South America for example) was either pandering to a general action film-saturated audience or trying to teach us a lesson. As it stood nobody laughed and they weren't teaching most San Franciscans anything that doesn't already leave us ranting and raving and writing to our representatives every day. However if I were European and had the chance to perform for an American audience in this day and age, I can't say I wouldn't show us what we represent with a little cheek too. Politics aside, I think these guys really do like engaging in some festive gore. The duo's other material, like a twist on the opening scene o!
f "2001: A Space Oddesy," and a wonderfully written old mummy movie sketch, show what mature and energetic performers they are. The audience was pretty slow and very small, but they kept their energy up. And one last thing, after seeing Death Blow I'm convinced beyond a doubt that ELVIS LIVES!!
