User blog:Looperreallyreallysucks/Pure Evil Proposal - Mike Logan

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What’s The Work
Cannibal Ferox is a 1981 cannibal exploitation film. It is a rip-off of .

Who is the Candidate? What Have They Done?
Mike Logan is a drug dealer who serves as the main antagonist of the film. After stealing $100,000, he leaves New York and goes to a remote area where he plans to take emeralds. He takes a native tribe hostage and tortures their guide. He cuts out the person’s eyes and castrates him. He also kills one of the hostages. When he meets Rudy, Gloria, and Pat, he seduces Pat and tries to force her to torture a native girl. When she refuses, he kills the girl. He repeatedly tries to leave Joe to die after Joe gets injured. He then steals the group’s belongings and leaves Joe behind. After the group is captured, Mike cuts a rope that Gloria and Pat were using to escape, leaving them to die.

Freudian Excuse/Mitigating Factors
Literally the only thing even remotely mitigating about this bastard is that the other characters were openly horrified by his fate. The problem is, it’s clear that the other people were only disgusted by the way he was mutilated. After seeing everything Mike did, for all we know, the natives tortured and killed him for a GOOD reason. And even after being captured and tortured, Mike refuses to learn his lesson by attacking several natives out of spite and leaving Gloria and Pat to die, so yeah. Nothing mitigating.

Heinous Standard
While he comes from an exploitation film, the movie, like Cannibal Holocaust, has a message about how anyone can be savages. It also came out a long time ago when the general standards weren’t as high. Even though the movie features cannibals who kill and mutilate, they are presented as victims of Mike’s cruelty, and all the crimes he committed puts him above everyone else. And instead of being a direct rip-off of Alan Yates, Mike has his own crimes, so yeah, he stands out.

Final Verdict
It’s up to you guys.