Killer Bean Forever

Killer Bean Forever is a 2009 American computer-animated crime action film written, produced, and directed by Jeff Lew. Set in a world of anthropomorphic coffee beans, the film tells the story of a bean assassin named Jack "Killer" Bean, who is sent to hunt down a crime boss, while he himself is hunted by mercenaries and the police. The film was preceded by two web shorts, in which this film was based off: "Killer Bean: The Interrogation (or simply, Killer Bean)" in 1996, and "Killer Bean 2.1: The Party" in 2000. In 2020, an animated series that continues the story of the film was announced and premiered on September 6, 2020, and has only ever seen 2 episodes as the series has since been cancelled for an open world PC game set to release in 2022.

The movie has obtained a cult following online since May 2018, where Jeff Lew, the creator of the Killer Bean franchise, uploaded the entire movie for free around that time in hopes of more people seeing his work, which worked strongly in his favor. While the film was uploaded, it attracted 35 million views. This significantly contributed to the movie's cult following, causing moments and references of the film to become a meme.

Plot
Killer Bean is sent on a mission in Beantown, but when he attacks one of the warehouses owned by the mafia boss Cappuccino, he gets the attention of Detective Cromwell, a bean who's trying to put Cappuccino, and possibly Killer Bean, behind bars.

Why Killer Bean Kills

 * 1) Killer Bean (also known as Jack Bean) is a bad-ass character inspired by many martial artists from other movies including his "gun fu" techniques, in fact, in the final battle, 'he shot a bullet that went through Jet Bean's bullet!
 * 2) Interesting and well-written story, along with a proper character development plot, as it takes place in an anthropomorphic-like city and is portrayed more realistically than most films.
 * 3) Awesome action scenes given to show what Killer Bean's astonishing gun combat and martial arts abilities look like, like the scene in the beginning with Killer Bean and the gang after annoying him with loud music.
 * 4) The script is well-written, even if it sometimes contain lousy dialogue, especially for a low-budget film.
 * 5) Hilarious Rag-doll deaths in where the beans are killed from different and multiple things.
 * 6) Jet Bean and Vagan are interesting villains, along with Vagan's backstory himself.
 * 7) The final action scene where Killer Bean and Jet Bean fight each other is amazing.
 * 8) Unique motion capture and passable animation for an independent movie created entirely by one person and as of 2009 standards.
 * 9) *Speaking of the animation, the details of every single object is polished very well.
 * 10) Marvelous soundtrack composed by Jeff Lew and Justin R. Durban, given to match the songs' locations in every scene of the movie, with the best being "This Will Do", which is the main theme for the film.
 * 11) * In fact, the soundtrack gives off Splinter Cell vibes.
 * 12) Killer Bean's dual pistol designs are very incredible, featuring gold and a dragon emblem, along with the golden bullets that show when they're fired.
 * 13) Amazing characters designs originally from Von C. Caberte, who was the lead character designer of Killer Bean.
 * 14) Good quotes that became internet memes, like:
 * 15) *Vagan, YOU'RE FIRED!
 * 16) *He's probably doing something illegal.
 * 17) *Dramatic entrance.
 * 18) *My social security number is 3468-
 * 19) Terrific voice acting from Vegas E. Trip (aka Vegas J. Jenkins), Bryan Session, David Guilmette, Jeff Lew himself, and Matthew Tyler.
 * 20) Tremendous dialogue script in the movie with many great lines from every character.
 * 21) Many of the jokes are surprisingly great, such as Cappuccino telling Vagan that he's fired before Vagan shoots him.
 * 22) This movie shows how good Jeff Lew can be, since he did nearly everything by himself, asides from one other person helping him with the music, and several voice actors.
 * 23) This film is quite far ahead of its time when compared to other action films similar to this, such as John Wick.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While the voice acting is great, it can sound bland along with some corny lines, such as Reckless my brown bean ass.
 * 2) Some characters can be taken too seriously, for example:
 * 3) *Killer Bean's personally is a bit taken too seriously as if it was supposed to some stereotypical bad-ass character who tries to be completely edgy the entire time, but despite that he's still an awesome character.
 * 4) *The ragdoll mechanics may be funny but at times, it can also be stupid and lazy.
 * 5) *Most characters in the movie barely show emotion as they seem to look angry all the time, unlike the 2 shorts that proceeded it, for some reason.
 * 6) Some unlikable characters like Cappuccino, who only cares about making money off of his illegal imports of products.
 * 7) *However, he did show some faith to Vagan, who was his number #1 employee at the time until he fired Vagan and got killed by him immediately after because of it.
 * 8) The pacing can slow down sometimes throughout the movie.
 * 9) The settings may seem dull with rarely any details since the movie mostly focuses on a city full of warehouses and old and vacant buildings in Beantown.
 * 10) *As mentioned for settings, there are no other locations to be shown other than the restaurant which was the only location not located in Beantown.

Reception
The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences with praise for its' animation, humor, action sequences and soundtrack, on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a audience rating of 96% with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5.

It had gained a significant cult following over the years and has become one of the most most popular indie animated films of all time.

Trivia

 * The film took 5 years to be made.
 * Jeff Lew hired a voice actor from Craigslist.
 * Since the movie obtained a cult following, it spawned various memes online, such as the scene where the gangster beans were dancing before killer bean attacked, and the scene where Killer Bean aims his pistol.
 * The earlier shorts, "Killer Bean: The Interrogation" and "The Killer Bean 2: The Party" were released respectively in 1996 and August 8, 2000. A third short, "The Killer Bean 3: Forever", was originally intended to release in 2002, but was scrapped in favor of this movie.
 * This movie was followed by a series of shorts which were announced in January 2020, and the first trailer of the miniseries was released to the Killer Bean Channel in May 2020. The first episode was uploaded on September 6, 2020 and the second on November 20, 2020. In August 2021, due to the new Killer Bean game in development, as well as YouTube copyright and certainty complications, Lew announced that the series is no longer in production.
 * The budgets of this movie is at least a million.
 * Most of the characters such as Jet Bean were voiced by Jeff Lew.
 * Jeff Lew actually did the entire movie all by himself, and almost all the soundtrack as well, with the help of one other person.
 * It has a video game released in 2012 called Killer Bean Unleashed available on iOS and Android, and another one planned to release in 2022. Since 2021, the game has been completely revamped, with significant changes being made to it including allowing more levels to be made for the game after several years of inactivity.
 * Jeff Lew uploaded the full movie on his YouTube channel in 4K in 2018, to coincide with the movie's upcoming 10th anniversary in 2019. You can watch it on the link provided below.
 * After a decade later, Jeff Lew has announced the Killer Bean series, based on the shorts and the character of the same name, with a shortfilm made to promote it, titled Killer Bean Returns. This has only ever seen 2 episodes, and was then confirmed by Jeff Lew to be cancelled in 2021 to focus on the untitled Killer Bean PC game, set for a 2022 release, leaving the series to be a 2 part special instead.
 * The Blu-ray version of the movie was only released in Germany by Warner Home Video but can still be watched in English.
 * Only one print run of the DVD and Blu Ray (Germany) have been produced in 2009, thus making them really popular, and valuable collector's items since this movie gained a cult following in 2018.

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