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Help Amy Winehouse Escape From Rehab
Posted by Kotaku US Edition at 6:20 AM on August 13, 2008
As if poor Amy Winehouse hasn't got enough problems. What with the incessant hounding by tabloid journalists, wobbly live performances, a jailbird husband and — of course — the ever-rising price of crack.
Amy's life just got a tiny bit worse with the release of Escape From Rehab — a frankly rather shoddy flash game that sees the beehived nightingale swearing her way across a side scrolling beat 'em up.
The game is a promo for the upcoming flick Disaster Movie from the (ahem) visionary comedy geniuses behind Scary Movie, Date Movie and Meet The Spartans. Humour-wise, it is definitely up to their usual high standards.
Our Amy has to negotiate wave after wave of characters from other blockbusters (Hulk, Batman, etc) dispatching them with syringe and crack pipe power-ups or smart bombing them with a swipe of her impressive hairdo.
It's just this side of unplayable, but at least Amy can say she finally broke America. Kind of.
Escape From Rehab [via Casualgaming.biz]

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zkotaku
Posted 7:15 AM 13/8/08
she looks crazy in real.
zkotaku
TRT-X
Posted 7:15 AM 13/8/08
"Disaster Movie" is the first time one of those movie titles have ever been totally honest.
TRT-X
Xtreme_Hindu_Cow
Posted 7:14 AM 13/8/08
funny as hell. disaster movie blows. btw kataku they didn't have anything to do with scary movie 1 or 2. That was the WAYAN'S BROS. now that would be funny game as well.
Xtreme_Hindu_Cow
You_Remind_Me_of_my_Famous_Friends
Posted 7:10 AM 13/8/08
I love how all the movie icons in the game will probably be more successful than disaster movie could ever hope to be.
You_Remind_Me_of_my_Famous_Friends
wild_world_girl
Posted 7:08 AM 13/8/08
Do your research Kotaku - the price of crack remains steady - it's her demand for it that has increased.
wild_world_girl
yeah write
Posted 7:07 AM 13/8/08
How are these people still making movies? I guess their audience (Axe Body Spray wearing, Carmen Electra loving, YouTube addicted, immature, preteen males)really loves them.
yeah write
kylo4
Posted 7:05 AM 13/8/08
@kommanderk: That's an inappropriate comment. Are you going to be the one administering it and getting the chair?
Although it's kind of funny, in all reality this woman needs help before she dies. At this point I think she may die before even reaching the 27 club, and it's sad too.
kylo4
Jnas
Posted 7:01 AM 13/8/08
Those directors should be banned from making movies. Epic movie was an epic fail, seriously one of the worst, most unfunny movies i've ever seen.
Jnas
TheMessiah
Posted 7:00 AM 13/8/08
Oh Amy Winehouse is still alive then?
I thought she wasn't... after watching her performance at Rock in Rio Lisboa 2008
TheMessiah
Lazlo
Posted 6:59 AM 13/8/08
Who is Stuart Houghton? How long have you been a member of the Kotaku Dojo?
Lazlo
shMerker
Posted 6:59 AM 13/8/08
Bad flash games that satirize celebrities and promote terrible movies are made all the time. Is the news that this one sets the bar for bad taste and miserable production values even lower? The post about the game isn't even entertaining, just sort of weakly sarcastic. What was the point of posting about this?
shMerker
Morphie
Posted 6:58 AM 13/8/08
This game is likely more bearable than the film will be, and this game was quite possibly the most horribly designed flash game of all time.
Morphie
Wolf_Dog
Posted 6:53 AM 13/8/08
@ashman512:
Did he get back on the plane right after the movie? Lol
Wolf_Dog
Boudabras
Posted 6:53 AM 13/8/08
Anyone who watches this movie deserves to die in a firey hell.
Boudabras
ashman512
Posted 6:51 AM 13/8/08
I can't believe I actually saw Meet the Spartans. I had my Korean friend over, and my mom wanted him to get a taste of "American culture". Good God it was terrible.
ashman512
teh_joe
Posted 6:47 AM 13/8/08
and here i thought we'd never see that amy winehouse tag used again. but seeing as how it hasn't been used since the first time makes me sad that there hasn't been more game-related items signed by the singer.
teh_joe
Grahamunculus
Posted 6:45 AM 13/8/08
@Wolf_Dog: The man might think so but I'll help raise bail for you.
Grahamunculus
BrownBlur
Posted 6:45 AM 13/8/08
@Jeff Paine: aww u beat me to the punch.. oo well still pretty funny lol
meet the spartans was...garbage :(
BrownBlur
Wolf_Dog
Posted 6:44 AM 13/8/08
Is it murder if your actually killing to benefit social growth.
Wolf_Dog
DukeOfPwn
Posted 6:42 AM 13/8/08
A new "Movie" movie?
FUCK.THAT.NOISE.
DukeOfPwn
Tiger-Fever
Posted 6:38 AM 13/8/08
Wait, aren't nightingales supposed to have good voices?
Tiger-Fever
superbabyproject
Posted 6:37 AM 13/8/08
That's great but under no circumstances watch the movie.
superbabyproject
Kazzahdrane
Posted 6:35 AM 13/8/08
For people who never saw Maddox's April Fools '08 video:
Vague Genre Movie: [www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net]
Kazzahdrane
markusdragon
Posted 6:34 AM 13/8/08
To quote Amy Winehouse:
"NO, NO, NO!"
markusdragon
Guitaratomik
Posted 6:33 AM 13/8/08
By playing this game you've already lost.
Guitaratomik
QualityJeverage
Posted 6:33 AM 13/8/08
I think I might actually vomit.
QualityJeverage
kommanderk
Posted 6:31 AM 13/8/08
anyone who goes to see these (insert genre here) movies needs a gunshot to the face.
same goes to the people that make them
kommanderk
Krondonian
Posted 6:30 AM 13/8/08
If she doesn't sign any bongos, I'm afraid it's an auto-fail.
Krondonian
archibaldleech
Posted 6:30 AM 13/8/08
I won't even dignify this game with a comment.
Oh wait.
DAMMIT.
archibaldleech
givetozim!
Posted 6:30 AM 13/8/08
This is a sad day indeed for gaming & movies....
givetozim!
carlosrodas
Posted 6:29 AM 13/8/08
Oh how my video game fetish and gossip fetish collide!!!!
carlosrodas
SilentNX
Posted 6:28 AM 13/8/08
@Kazzahdrane: You sir have made me lol.
SilentNX
Wolf_Dog
Posted 6:27 AM 13/8/08
You lost me at "upcoming flick Disaster Movie"
Wolf_Dog
Jeff Paine
Posted 6:26 AM 13/8/08
They tried to make me play Escape from Rehab but I said no, no, no.
Jeff Paine
Kazzahdrane
Posted 6:25 AM 13/8/08
There is no way this game is worth 1200 M$ Points. They are such money-grabbers!
Kazzahdrane
excel_excel
Posted 6:24 AM 13/8/08
Around christmas time I joked with a friend of mine singing that song with a xmas twist "they tried to make me go to rehab and I said ho, ho, ho!"
she punched me.
excel_excel
ChimDeathmonkey
Posted 6:23 AM 13/8/08
Screw rehab. She needs to look at Whitney Houston. That will scare anyone straight.
ChimDeathmonkey
lilaliendog
Posted 6:23 AM 13/8/08
this has my interest more than madden
lilaliendog
ray89
Posted 6:23 AM 13/8/08
At the crappy-ness that is..not because it's great or anything.
ray89
ray89
Posted 6:22 AM 13/8/08
I lol'd.
ray89
Emiat
Posted 7:31 AM 13/8/08
I played this game yesterday and somehow I was able to stand how bad it is to make it to the second level. On the other hand they got Amy Winehouse dead on in the looks.
Emiat
Zenrick2.0
Posted 7:31 AM 13/8/08
I want to kill her hair. slice open its belly like a tonton, crawl inside, build a fire, and dive out to my freedom.
Zenrick2.0
etchasketchist
Posted 7:19 AM 13/8/08
Thanks for infecting us with your virals.
etchasketchist
GrrSnort
Posted 7:18 AM 13/8/08
@GrrSnort: Actually, I misread. I see now what you infered. I'ma go and smash my fingers in a door now.
GrrSnort
GrrSnort
Posted 7:17 AM 13/8/08
@TRT-X: You probably think "Date Movie" was the funniest shit ever...
GrrSnort
GrrSnort
Posted 7:16 AM 13/8/08
I don't think the kids in Africa, who's hair adorns that "hair-do", would appreciate being made fun of in this game.
GrrSnort
advertised as poetry
Posted 7:55 AM 13/8/08
Shouldn't they save this for Drug Movie - the totally hilarious send-off of films such as Requiem for a Dream, Altered States, Trainspotting, Spun, The Basketball Diaries, The Panic in Needle Park, Half Nelson, A Scanner Darkly, Midnight Express and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
"Are you ready to OD from laughter?"
advertised as poetry
Doomstink
Posted 7:47 AM 13/8/08
Ugh, people need to stop giving these idiots money to make movies. Anyone could write them, they never do anything clever in their movies parody-wise and they have a tendency to steal any clever humor from other sources (Epic Movie's scene where Sam Jackson talks about how he is always screaming for example).
I can't believe anyone with an IQ higher than 20 actually finds these movies funny.
Doomstink
Morphie
Posted 7:44 AM 13/8/08
@Emiat: You mean you held do the right arrow and the space bar?
Morphie
vyrus
Posted 8:14 AM 13/8/08
@Doomstink
I agree. I remember going to see 'Scary Movie' in the theater and walking out about halfway through. It was the dumbest, most unfunny garbage I'd ever seen, and yet the rest of the audience seemed to love it... I think I may have lost some of my hope for humanity that day.
vyrus
Koolsen
Posted 8:50 AM 13/8/08
That game was so badly programed I somehow made Amy go completely invisible.
Koolsen
MR. FAP★FAP!
Posted 8:42 AM 13/8/08
So is Amy Winehouse just famous for being REALLY, really fucking ugly? Or am I missing something here?
MR. FAP★FAP!
Mister_CrazyGuy
Posted 8:33 AM 13/8/08
Excuse me a moment...
*walks outside*
Aha...aha...ahahaha...HAHAHAHAHA! It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, world!
Mister_CrazyGuy
Rod_F
Posted 8:33 AM 13/8/08
Offensive...
... to each and everyone that calls himself a Flash programmer..
This lemon is as bad as a licensed flash game gets... Please tell me that the lame-level of licensed games hasn't reached the casual Flash gaming?
Rod_F
Milkzhakes
Posted 9:07 AM 13/8/08
i would rather play the game than go see that piece of escrement movie then again i would tather cut my own thumbs off that would just put me in gamer hell than play that game and see that movie.
Milkzhakes
jello44
Posted 9:29 AM 13/8/08
Help her escape? No, she needs to stay the FUCK in rehab.
jello44
seffyroff
Posted 9:25 AM 13/8/08
Nice update Stu' :) I'm saddened that the UK pop culture cognoscenti will accept this as PR du jour, rather tahn exploitation of a poorly sick misguided little girl :(
seffyroff
thesean
Posted 10:03 AM 13/8/08
@gcZanmato: I'm with you - although I have to say this is the first piece of Amy Winehouse news I've ever seen that wasn't putting a positive spin on her "talent"
thesean
Pudgey
Posted 9:57 AM 13/8/08
I'm ashamed to say I played this until the second level when I ran out bongs and headbutts and had to resort to slapping Batman and the Hulk I think it was. It took so long that Batman eventually punched Amy's lights out. Hurray.
Pudgey
gcZanmato
Posted 9:50 AM 13/8/08
God I can't stand this woman. Why hasn't anyone written her name down in a certain notebook yet?
gcZanmato
topraman517
Posted 10:33 AM 13/8/08
[www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net]
Maddox's parody of these horrible movies says it better than I can: please, please don't watch Disaster Movie so that this series can die already.
I remember how my friend cajoled me into seeing Scary Movie 4. Never again.
topraman517
jello44
Posted 10:48 AM 13/8/08
@topraman517:
Maddox is awesome, I wish he would update more often, I miss his special brand of humor. :(
jello44
kommanderk
Posted 11:35 AM 13/8/08
@kylo4: why would i get the chair for saving man kind
kommanderk
.em.
Posted 12:31 PM 13/8/08
@Tiger-Fever:
Agreed!
@TRT-X:
Agreed!
@Kazzahdrane:
LOL!
.em.
Chromeo
Posted 1:59 PM 13/8/08
Disaster Movie just makes me sad...
Remember when spoof movies meant something? And were actually funny? Airplane? Naked Gun? Hot Shots?
Now look at the drivel we're given...truly pathetic...
Chromeo
roger9614462
Posted 2:46 PM 13/8/08
Hey, Scary Movie 3 and 4 weren't that bad...
But the rest, blaah.
roger9614462
WittyUserName
Posted 7:40 PM 13/8/08
@Jet Set: Thor helps those who help themselves.
WittyUserName
Jet Set
Posted 7:27 PM 13/8/08
Scary Movie 3&4 where made Zucker. Not by the writers behind the first two films. Date Movie was bad, Epic movie was bad, Super Hero Movie just sucked, Meet The Spartans I did not even try to download and now Disaster Movie.... What is dirving these people? Certainly not sales or creativity.
BY the hammer of Thor somebody stop them of spilling money. PLease send it to the children in Nepal.
Jet Set
BlackMage66652
Posted 10:45 PM 13/8/08
Someone needs to put an end to those shitty Genre movies. I'm hoping someone will shoot the creators and writers for those abominations one of these days.
BlackMage66652
magictroll
Posted 12:10 AM 14/8/08
@Jeff Paine:
Brilliant! :D
magictroll
Mavrix
Posted 6:35 AM 13/8/08
The people who make them are geniuses. If you look at them in the light of they know how to take advantage of stupid people for money, and you squint your eyes just right, maybe.
Mavrix
Zero_Beat
Posted 5:48 AM 14/8/08
@Jeff Paine: I was gonna say that. *Pouts.*
Zero_Beat