Film Review – I Heart Willie

“I Heart Willie” is the third production to exploit the public domain status of “Steamboat Willie,” arriving after “The Mouse Trap” and “Mouse of Horrors” (a fourth competitor, “Screamboat,” is due out soon) There’s been a race to see who can reach the newly freed Mickey Mouse first, and with such production speed comes substantial filmmaking sloppiness, as little thought or money is put into endeavors looking to coast on the perversion of brand recognition. “I Heart Willie” is a Mexican production attempting to make a mess of Disney history, putting actor/screenwriter David Vaughn (who receives “characters created by” and sole writing credits) on a mission to generate a terrifying descent into the vicious ways of a monstrous “mouse-man” and his endless appetite for human flesh. Director Alejandro G. Alegre gets about as far as torture and suffering in the feature, which isn’t suspenseful, but something created quickly to cash-in on a trend that, so far, viewers don’t really care about. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com