"Very Bad Things" is another film in the recent push-it-over-the-top-and-then-some trend. The drug-snorting teens in "The Faculty" and the sperm-turned-hair-gel in "There's Something About Mary" are a couple of other good examples of this highly refreshing (and often funny) new breed of movie.
Sure, it kind of falls apart nearer the end and, yeah, that climax is way to far over-the-edge for a lot of people (I'm one of them) but the film itself was a nice yet bloody, neat yet jagged, nerve-wrecking and car-wrecking hour-and-a-half of screaming, pull-out-your-hair fun.
By the way, Christian Slater CAN act! Was anybody thinking of his action figure-friendly turn in "Broken Arrow" or his Mickey and Mallory-wannabe hippy role in "True Romance" as they watched this guy weazel his way through this flick? If so, you're the first.
By in large, this is a creative look at a trite concept and, if you wanna pay the rental fee, you should at least give it a whirl around the block. Couldn't hurt.
Sure, it kind of falls apart nearer the end and, yeah, that climax is way to far over-the-edge for a lot of people (I'm one of them) but the film itself was a nice yet bloody, neat yet jagged, nerve-wrecking and car-wrecking hour-and-a-half of screaming, pull-out-your-hair fun.
By the way, Christian Slater CAN act! Was anybody thinking of his action figure-friendly turn in "Broken Arrow" or his Mickey and Mallory-wannabe hippy role in "True Romance" as they watched this guy weazel his way through this flick? If so, you're the first.
By in large, this is a creative look at a trite concept and, if you wanna pay the rental fee, you should at least give it a whirl around the block. Couldn't hurt.