Bad Guys (2008)

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A lot of fun.

A different way of telling a story

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

If you discovered you have really, really hurt someone dear to you and want to do penance, watching this movie in its entirety will ensure redemption. The movie is so bad it is a good reason why any movie with an IMDb rating of less than 6.0 is your warning to stay away because it is not good for you. Imagine the expertise that went into creating this refinement of torture. Of course, it rates 4.3 out of 10. What was the point in making this movie? Certainly the shrewed Hollywood producers tossed it into trash cans until there were no more cans to contain the script and someone with a suicide wish decided to throw away his/her money producing it.

There was definitely some bad acting at times in this movie, but I laughed hard through out the whole thing. I rented it with the understanding that there was a definite possibility that it would be another terrible 'B' movie, and it was story-wise, but whoever wrote this was clever and witty.The word play kept me rolling.If you're looking for a deep story line with a whole lot of action, steer WAY clear of this movie. If you are as easily amused as I am, you'll get a hardy laugh out of this flick.I loved the chemistry of the cast in this one. The lead actress Kate del Castillo was a little over the top at times and possibly the worst actor outside of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. She pulled the role off wonderfully in the end without a doubt.I can only hope I look as good at 50 years old as Sherman Augustus, whose on screen arrogance was brilliant. He had a particularly good report with Danny Strong.Not really a great movie, but I had a great time watching it and that's what it's all about in my opinion. I literally laughed from the first minute of the film until the credits started rolling.I was going to say something like "so bad it was good," but I believe it was just good. Contrary to the other ratings I've seen so far.

Well acted but indifferently written film in the Reservoir Dogs vein about a bunch of crooks that get together and try to see what went wrong with a drug deal that went south. Shifting from the present to the past and back again we see what brought the collection of people to this place and the end of their ropes. Watchable but far from entirely compelling film is big on style; there are lots of fancy shots of legs and lips and blood, but not so much on originality. As I said at the outset the film is trying to copy Quentin Tarantino with its hip and happening dialog but it nowhere near as good. The films collection of characters also seem to be aping the Tarantino grouping with each character having a direct relationship to ones in the earlier film. Only Kate del Castillo as the lone female seems to be cutting a slightly new role. Its not bad, but it does really leave one with a strong feeling of having been there before.