Fantastic Fest 2011

Director P.J. Pettiette, Producer Claudie Viguerie, and Actor Kevin Sorbo live n person!

Credited only as The Stranger, Kevin Sorbo’s character in JULIA X 3D (much like in real life) is completely irresistible to women. Turns out the ladies should learn to exercise a bit of caution for, you see, The Stranger is a serial killer. Meeting women on the Internet and setting up dates, The Stranger brings his victims back for a little bit of torture and murder and then brands each one with the next letter in the alphabet. He’s been up to it for a while, too, as his latest victim sports a “W.” However, things don‚Äôt go quite according to plan on his latest excursion as Julia is on to his game and has no intention of becoming his “X”.

The fun of JULIA X 3D comes in the form of some clever bending of expectations and surprises peppered throughout. Sorbo is as charismatic as he’s ever been and his interactions with Julia- their relationship becoming increasingly complicated far exceeding one of just simply hunter and prey- are hilarious. Things do get violent and bloody as other characters are introduced into the mix (including an appearance from Joel Moore) and power struggles get heated.

Director P.J. Pettiette never lets JULIA X 3D’s tone become too serious, it’s a horror movie hellbent on the audience having as much fun as possible. However, it does have a few interesting things to say about gender politics which it does by providing characters that both flip stereotypes in inventive ways and ones that adhere painfully to them. Which is all well and good but, really, it’s all about Sorbo in 3D! (Brian Kelley) Presented by REAL D 3D