"Off The Chain": A Disgusting Anti-male Movie

mens_issues writes "I received the following post at Men's Issues Online regarding a misandric movie called "Off The Chain.""

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"As a teacher in the public schools, I am concerned about the messages
boys and girls are getting from current television programs and
movies. It has become a national pastime to bash men and perpetuate negative stereotypes of males. How can young men grow into productive adults when we are being bombarded with this kind of thing? A notable case in point is the film "Off The Chain." I was appalled by the totally offensive content. It holds men up to constant ridicule (disguised as comedy), and offers joke after joke about male amputation. Pardon me, but I fail to see the humor in any of it.

It is based on a story that would make any self-respecting male
cringe (a man is so lazy and no-account that his wife decides to liberate herself by killing him). What ever happened to divorce? Instead of this or anything that remotely resembles a sane solution to her problems, she tries repeatedly to murder him.

If that isn't reason enough to complain, the largely female audience
delighted in the numerous references to male amputation and male
bashing. It was so offensive, I nearly walked out. Against my better,
judgment though, I white-knuckled it to the bitter end; thinking
somehow the film would redeem itself. Believe me when I say it didn't. Virtually every man in the movie was either stupid, lazy or both. In the final scene, Joe Everege (I guess the name is supposed to mean Average Joe, as though men are typically dumb and lazy), begs the judge to go easy on his wife so they can get back together.

If I was married to someone that tried to kill me a half dozen times,
I would want her locked up for good. Not this guy, he tells the judge
that the whole thing is his fault and pleads to get his wife back!
Personally, "Off The Chain" is just another film in a long line of
movies that makes male bashing an acceptable form of entertainment. This is exactly the kind of thing that is eroding our society.

You can go to http://www.beckjacobs.com and petition the releasing of this movie. Please, let's stand together and get this off the shelf before it even hits the shelf. Lets not corrode the minds of our youth to portrayals of men like this.

[There is a message board at the site with some defensive responses at:
http://beckjacobs.com/sitebuilder/viewtopic.php?t= 2]"

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