You get two Neil Breens for the price of one in the fitfully hilarious, but ultimately uneven grade Z Sci-Fi opus, Twisted Pair. Breen stars as identical twins Cade and Cale who become humanoids and have superpowers. Cade uses his gift to prevent “cyber and terror attacks” while Cale kidnaps and tortures crooked white collar criminals.
For the first half hour or so, I thought this was going to surpass Breen’s manic WTF classic, Fateful Findings for sheer bad movie lunacy. There were at least three times during that stretch where I actively doubted my sanity and mistrusted my own eyes. The scenes of Breen walking in front of green screened backgrounds, leading troops into battle, and flying around like a half-assed superhero were 100% uncut Breen insanity. The stuff with the evil Breen (yes, he has a poorly pasted-on goatee so you know he’s the bad twin) is good for some laughs too, as is the scenes with the villain (who looks like Michael Stipe cosplaying as Elton John with a Darth Vader voice). Breen’s interaction with his wife is particularly mind-boggling as their first scene together requires them to do and say things that no two sane people who are supposed to be in love would ever do.
In short, it’s your typical Neil Breen scene.
Somewhere around the third act, the DIY charm begins to wear off and the inspired inanity starts to lose its luster. Yes, the unexplained appearance of a Tinkerbell like fairy is batshit insane. Yes, I laughed every time Breen said he was going to take down “Cooze’s Empire”. However, the over-reliance on repeated scenes and fake looking explosions tend to feel like padding. There’s a set-up for a sequel too that eats up some time, but of course, I intend to watch it ASAP.
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