Comedian/filmmaker Bradley Rabinowitz has gotten his hands on special effects for his films, and we see how he uses this new tool in his arsenal in the short film The Adventures of Dash and Crash Raygun.
Dash (Bradley Rabinowitz) and Crash Raygun (Peter Devita) are intergalactic kung fu fighting brothers from a planet somewhere near—but not necessarily—Neptune, operating out of cosmic sector Elmont. Back home, Crash is fed up. Dash is glued to his phone instead of helping with the space gardening. Before Crash reaches maximum frustration, Chief Maddox Berrix (Jonah Levinowitz) contacts them with a brand new mission.
The Dark Lord Insert Evil Name Here (Kevin Exinor) is making a move, and Maddox needs Dash and Crash to figure out what he’s planning before it’s too late. Dash and Crash set aside their squabbling long enough to take the fight to Earth, where the fate of humanity gets settled the only way it can—with some very cheesy special effects and a whole lot of Batman-style brawling on a playground jungle gym.
“Dash and Crash set aside their squabbling long enough to take the fight to Earth…”
Bradley Rabinowitz continues his comedic short sketches with The Adventures of Dash and Crash Raygun. First, Rabinowitz ups his game with the help of Peter Devita — the duo now has visual effects software in their arsenal, which makes them dangerous. Here, the two go full Airplane! as they send up the sci-fi genre. The effects are cheesy — the right kind of cheesy — while maintaining the trademark silliness that Rabinowitz has established from his original short, RA Noir, and The Slickest Gunslinger.
As a fan of silly, I continue to have a good time watching Rabinowitz’s CV; my only suggestion is to start using the camera to make these sketches more cinematic. With a piece like The Adventures of Dash and Crash Raygun, consider storyboarding the entire short, looking for interesting angles and shot composition. A great resource here would be comic books. Keep going and find a way to break through into more cinematic productions. Ultimately, it’s like that transition from television to film.
The Adventures of Dash and Crash Raygun can be streamed on YouTube.
"…the duo now has visual effects software in their arsenal, which makes them dangerous."
