Bardlerx Strictly average movie

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

deickos At first it was like a film using Tarantino vocabulary. Or you could just say it was pretty messy in all three stories... But the end, that was worth watching: all of a sudden everything makes sense - each one of these crazy stories finds its place for the final American show. Like somebody said "in this completely crazy lottery ticket-magic 8 ball-total fluke economy that is America, telling jokes pays well". I am not sure most people will appreciate Mr. Minarovich's brilliant work.

Rob Wright Poor film that felt lost and thrown together with no real entertainment or enjoyment in sight. The whole film from around the 20 minute mark felt like a story that had no destination or purpose and by the end it was a shambles of tattered film roll they should have thrown away. Paul Walker and the storyline his character was involved in was the only thing stopping this from being a 4/10, as the first 20-30 minutes were reasonably watchable, However it got extremely off track and it all felt a bit like you were the meth head having the bad hallucination.The Elvis plot line was horrific and nonsensical, The women slaves and husband was average at best, and the ending was the most unbelievable piece of crap you will witness. I personally could have wrote a better ending in about two minutes. The film wasn't boring but more moronic and stupid and even the outtakes at the end which are always a welcomed addition couldn't stop this from being a one time forgettable film that you wasted 2 hours watching.

OJT What a strange bird of a a film. It's a mix of John Waters, Quentin Tarantino and all the other cult icon film makers you should love, though too many hates. This is another take on intersecting stories, and it's cartoonish as well as filled with sick twisted tales around a pawn shop.This is one of those films which probably is impossible to understand, and if you want a plot in you're movies, there's no point in getting disappointed by this. Maybe this is about America in it's strangest ways, it'll sure be impossible to find everyone meaning the same about it.If you, on the other hand is like me, watching everything you can come over of different kind of movies; and enjoys films which not necessarily is like all the others you've seen, then this is for you.A film about Southern hobo white trash, all with troubles of their own, having to pawn stuff. Everything rotates around a Louisiana pawn shop, with a ring as a McGuffin. The story is too strange to explain, but I thoroughly enjoyed the ride more and more. Full of great actors acting out great scenes, which are all great by themselves.I found no sense in the film, but great enjoyment with techniques, photography, style... It simply is a film with scenes difficult to forget, still so strange that you probably have to watch it again just to remember them.i bet this will be a cult movie. Director Wayne Kramer has proved himself as a great director for many films now, and this is rated his worst so far. It isn't. It's just very different. Amazing... Grace... God Bless America - Long live the King!

estebangonzalez10 "This ring belonged to my wife. I want you to tell me who sold you this ring."Wayne Kramer, director of Running Scared and The Cooler, brings us this anthology film where three separate stories are all connected in some way to a local southern pawn shop. The screenplay was written by Adam Minarovich, and there lies the problem of why this movie couldn't quite grasp the spirit of the film it was trying to imitate: Pulp Fiction. Minarovich and Kramer are no Tarantino and this is even more proof of why Tarantino really is a genius. These grindhouse B movies are no easy task to imitate and mixing comedy and shocks doesn't always work. The result can often be sickening rather than amusing and I am tired of these pointless and ultra violent films. Trying to be edgy and witty the film ends up being boring, mean spirited, and dull. It's a shame because a decent cast was wasted here: Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elijah Wood, Ashlee Simpson, and Lukas Haas. They all play stereotypical rednecks, meth addicts, skinheads, or Elvis impersonators. The first two stories are ultra violent, while the third one is pointless. There were some interesting ideas thrown here and there, but overall the film fell flat and never managed to seduce me. This is an insane film, but I imagine it could have a small fan base, it just isn't for everyone. It was disturbing and dull with over the top crazy and mean characters.