Deadbeat:
Season One
(2014/Lionsgate DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: C Extras: C Episodes: A-
Kevin
is a supernatural medium and with his best friend is Roofie (also his
drug dealer) for the right price, they can help get rid of ghosts to
move towards the afterlife. His only problem, rival and object of
affection is the beautiful celebrity medium Camomile White, whom he
finds out to be a total fake and con artist. And as Kevin and
Camomille continue to dance around each other, when Camomille finds
out Kevin is the real deal, she'll do anything to make him look like
a fake medium and to keep him proving she is the fake one. Kevin is
your average New York white guy, but with one supernatural talent, he
can hear, see, and talk to ghosts.
To
get rid of ghosts bothering him he must help them finish their
unfinished business to they are able to move on. More often than
not, the ghosts have hilarious last requests or conditions that Kevin
must help them complete. His main problem is his nemesis Camomille
who is beautiful, rich, famous and a fake ...everything he is not.
Kevin is helplessly infatuated with Camomille, he doesn't get
Camomille only sees him as a threat and rival, and believes that she
is only playing hard to get. Often though Kevin saves Camomille from
the ghost's wrath, but afterwards Camomille always then steals the
credit for getting rid of the ghosts (even thought she doesn't
believe in them).
This
was a comical series and funny to watch how an under paid and over
weight medium gets to deals with ghosts and go after the girl of his
dreams (whom hates him). More often the character is more friends
with the ghosts than real life people. Sounds like a variant of the
odd British crime comedy Randall & Hopkirk, Deceased.
We'll see how this one goes.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 looks as good as it can for the
format, but the lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes are a bit on the weak
side. Extras include digital UV, What is Deadbeat? featurette, and
characters featurette.
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The
Sexorcism -
Kevin must help a ghost lose his virginity to an ex-girlfriend.
The
Hot God Contest - Kevin
must convince a Jew to enter a hot dog competition to satisfy a
ghost's last request, his stomach.
The
Knockoff -
Kevin helps a ghost recover his bootleg movie but then gets caught by
the Swedish mafia.
The
Comedium -
Kevin meets a comedian ghost who just can't give up the ghost or his
love of the stage.
Out-of-Body
Issues -
Kevin and Roofie must help a fashion model ghost get her photos
published by her former sleazy CEO.
Raising
the Dead -
Kevin attempts to have a date with his boyhood crush, Bloody Mary.
The
Calamityville Horror -
Kevin and Roofie gets trapped in a haunted house with a whole family
of ghosts.
The
Ghost in the Machine -
Kevin must help the ghost of Rube Goldberg complete his ultimate Rube
Goldberg machine.
Sixty
Feet Under - Kevin
gets a $10,000 job to stop a subway haunting, but then Camomille
finds out about it.
Pieces
of Sue - Camomille
realizes the ghost in the subway isn't gone, and Kevin is the only
one who can save her reputation from utter disaster.
-
Ricky Chiang
