The story of Olympic Wrestling Champion Mark Schultz and how paranoid schizophrenic John duPont killed his brother, Olympic Champion Dave Schultz. From: IMDb.com

Directed by: Bennett Miller

Starring: Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller and others

Current release date: December 20, 2013

This movie may perhaps not sound or look good to you but it actually is surprising fun to watch!

Reason why I wasn't expecting much from this movie was because new age westerns, made with low budgets, tend to be absolutely horrible ones to watch. Not this one though. Despite its low budget, it still manages to look good, with also plenty of nice action in it. The camera-work, the editing, the directing, it's all part of the reason why this movie has a very pleasant look and feeling to it.

And that's a good thing really, since story-wise, this obviously isn't a very solid movie. Most of the time, I didn't even really know what was going on in it. Still good thing about it is that the story is pretty original and creative but that doesn't equal being a great or surprising one as well. Thing that makes it original is the fact that it also features some nice supernatural elements in it.

It's a movie that features Danny Trejo as an undead gunslinger and Mickey Rourke as the devil. Doesn't that sound like tons of fun already? Normally a movie starring both Mickey Rourke and Danny Trejo in it does set off a few alarm bells but in this case they really helped to make this movie a good and fun one to watch.

This of course by no means is a great movie but then again it also wasn't made to impress. It simply was made to entertain and entertain it does. I truly had lots of fun with this movie, no matter how crazy and bad things got at times. It's simply a movie to enjoy and not one to analyze and nitpick to death.

It's a movie that works out well within its genre and despite never being a great one with anything, I was entertained by it, all throughout! This is definitely a watchable movie, even if it doesn't appear to you that way. Give it a shot, it may surprise you!

6/10

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A group of guys are drawn to the same bar in downtown Los Angeles by an ex-girlfriend they all have in common. From: IMDb.com

Directed by: Shawn Piller

Starring: Michelle Trachtenberg, Katee Sackhoff, Seth Green and others

Current release date: April 9, 2013

(Review originally written at 3 April 2006)

First of all I can understand how someone could love this movie but I can also understand how someone could totally hate it. This movie and especially its humor is really a matter of taste more than anything else.

I wouldn't dare to call this movie a good one. In fact it's far from it. Most of the moments in the movie make absolutely no sense and there is almost absolutely no story present. Most of the humor is also very vulgar and just totally over-the-top gross and visual. But yet this movie also really made me laugh. So how could I, when being completely fair and unbiased, possible call this movie a bad one?

I think that this movie is so bad that it becomes good. The jokes in the movie really aren't that strong but because they are delivered so incredibly over-the-top and stupid, it becomes truly an hilarious movie at times. Yes, so basically the movie is so stupid that it becomes a good one.

The story is just totally weird and stupid and lacks some consistency. All of the events occurring in the movie don't really always feel connected. The comical situations are far from believable and they almost have nothing to do with the main story. In fact most of the time they are completely tasteless. Some, if not most people will probably not be able to handle this not so subtle sense of humor (also hence the low rating here). No it absolutely is not the most subtle and consistent comedy ever made.

Tom Green is totally over-the-top and crazy. He is not always funny but his character makes the crazy story somehow work. Rip Torn also shows his comical talent and he perhaps plays the best part of the movie. All of the other characters are somewhat muddled in to the crazy story.

A comedy that doesn't make any sense but because of that becomes quite hilarious to watch at times. Clearly not a movie for everyone's taste obviously though.

6/10

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