Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)

One of my all time favorites.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

There are only two ways you will react to this movie: You will either love it or you'll hate it. There is absolutely no in-between. The opening scenes set the character of the whole film which, admittedly, is written, directed and played in a most unusual style. Needless to say, I loved it. My only quandary is deciding who gave the best performance. Most people pick Rik Mayall and he is most certainly the best of a whole screen-full of absolutely unique, way- out male characters. Admittedly, he and everyone else were given a great script to work on. But my favorite of favorites is undoubtedly Jane Horrocks. The scene in which she strips down to black briefs and bra and vigorously ignites her song is a classic interlude that deserves listing as one of the Best Twenty Movie Scenes ever made. All the acting is absolutely first class. The only point I'd like to raise is who is this Mavis Davis? There is no Mavis Davis character in the cast at all. Is this an intentional inside "joke", or am I really missing something? This movie is available on a superb – and I really mean "superb" – Trinity DVD.

i really like rick mayall, drop dead Fred was great and when he's not doing his bottom and young ones style he can be charming/sly and a surprisingly good straight actor.....so all this is just me setting up an apology to him.rick 'im sorry'... this film suffers from the worst failing a film can have. it is so crushingly slow moving....no, sorry. its just plain boring. funny moments are negated by the whole thing being so drawn out. it has appalling pacing.There is also a weirdly misplaced 'accidental' outing that is just plain not funny, succeeds in just padding the film out. padding it really doesn't need. its fitting that in a film that deals with murder, the viewer is constantly losing the will to live.

I, too, fail to understand why this flick has been trashed so completely. There seems to be an ever-increasing trend toward eschewing black humor because it 'isn't nice'. Well, so what! this movie is VERY dark and in several places absolutely hilarious. I admit that I did not know who Rik Mayall is, but I'll be looking for him in the future. Jane Horrocks is every bit as good as she was in "Little Voice", and the guy who played the contract killer is hysterical. Please don't pay any attention to the nay-sayers and catch this movie if you can.

I do not understand why this move was slammed critically. Great premise and great cast. Very funny movie. A must for all anglophiles. Highly recommended.