Small time gangster Harry disappoints the wrong people, who send some guy to murder his dog, Jolly. Harry and his cousin Cecil set out to find the dog murderer, and Harry's grief over Jolly’s death causes him to murder a load of people for various infringements like saying “It’s just a dog”, or throwing ranch dip on his shoes.
This film tries to be like Tarantino, but falls horribly flat. It’s neither moving, funny or any interesting kind of unpleasant. We can see where the jokes are supposed to be, but we must have a completely different sense of humour to the makers of this movie.
Brian Petsos as main character Harry brings absolutely nothing to the party, whether that’s due to a bad script, bad directing or just a complete lack of acting talent, we can't say. The only thing we half liked, apart from a couple of nice shots, is Oscar Isaac as Cecil, who’s got a sadness in his eyes that creates an instant backstory. He also provides the only slightly moving moment in the film towards the end.
There are quite a few familiar faces in cameos, including Kirsten Wiig and Elijah Wood. Doesn't make a blind bit of difference. There are few characters that actually feel like characters instead of just targets.
Following on from The Revenant this is another “buddies on a killing spree”-film, but this time without any redeeming qualities. Paula is hoping for less machismo in the future, but the randomness of the film pile makes no promises. Fraser doesn't mind the machismo, so long as it's channelled correctly - but this is just pants.
We started squirming in the sofa after 20 minutes, and without this blog we would never have finished it. At least the film had the decency to only be 80 minutes long.
Does it make it into the cupboard? Are you kidding us? Nope nope nope
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