Mockbuster
A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a "mockbuster."
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What people are saying
Updated nightlyIt’s hilarious, and the story works, but nobody’s kind to the real people it’s about. The doc follows filmmaker Anthony Frith as he gets a shot to direct a knock-off film for The Asylum, the studio behind Sharknado. The jokes land hard, and the behind-the-scenes chaos is fun to watch, but the tone turns when it digs into the studio and its founders, who come off pretty poorly. Frith himself gets a mixed reception, while the rest of the cast and subjects, like Brendan Petrizzo and David Michael Latt, are basically just along for the ride. It’s a funny, well-told inside look that doesn’t pull its punches about how grim the mockbuster business can be.
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