Reviewed by Matt Burkett

In the first few minutes, Thomas Bown mutters the line “Hah hah hah, just so you know the real reason I want to kill Ramza is because we have been arguing on the bulletin board, not because of his shit movies.” With that one piece of dialogue, Killing Ramza Brave is summed up in its entirety---a flick that never rises above the standards of its own cliché genre, the “hate movie.”

Of course, hate movies only work if the targeted person is (are you ready for this?) a hated person of the community--which, oddly enough, Ramza Brave is apparently not. However, Thomas Bown still feels the urge to satisfy his openly admitted childish need for revenge, so he, along with Doughboy, await to kill Ramza at the opening of his new release, “Person In Da Citie.”

The only hilarity I found in Killing Ramza was the representation of Ramza as an unskilled director who mysteriously found greatness in his inability to properly to animate a movie (this is more true in the case of Jeff Ching, I would think, than Ramza Brave). I have no idea whether or not there is a shred of truth in this characterization, as I don’t know Ramza personally, but it does add a funny spot. The only funny spot.

Bown and Doughboy eventually ambush Ramza, ensuing a chase sequence which transcends into a pitiful fight sequence and, finally, the killing of Ramza Brave. These sequences are devoid of anything remotely close to being considered “cool action,” much less humorous. The truly hilarious end credits make up for this, somewhat; Thomas Bown and Doughboy are being celebrated throughout the community for their good deed of annihilating the “threat of Ramza Brave.”

Hey, at least they can dream.

30 out of 100