I have to write a review as there are way too many high ratings on IMDb about this movie. No way you can give more than a 5 out of 10 for this movie. A very enthusiastic person, on a good day, might seriously go as high as 6; But 8? 9? There are even 10s!! Come on!
Up until now, the lowest rating I gave for a movie was a 3 and it was for MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. I gave it a 3 only because I still would have recommended TUSK over that movie, which I gave only a 4. So I'm going to stay positive and give it a 3 as well, but it is kind of insulting for Clint Eastwood and Kevin Smith and my 3 is more of a 2.5 rounded up. Because you can make a much worst movie than BLOODY MALLORY, but it is very easy to find much much better as well.
The movie has the look and feel of one being made by a group of friends barely out of their teenager years, very amateur. But it looks like people had fun making this movie and that they seriously tried to make something good with very little mean.
But the weakest point is the script. Every cliché imaginable has been put in it, so it looks more like a bunch of scenes stitched together; Scenes that were written to only use a certain camera angle, a certain fight scene or a certain special effect. It looks like a script written by an immature 12-year-old putting all of his favourite scenes in one single movie and saying to himself "That will be awesome!" A low budget is never an excuse for a bad script.
I sometimes read about bad acting in the comments on IMDb and I don't see it. In this movie, I see it. I don't know if it is due to bad actors, bad directing or the bad script, but there is zero emotions coming out of this movie. You don't feel close to the heroes, you don't hate the villains, the jokes and the one-liners are not that funny, you are not afraid or disgust, you feel nothing. The only rictus you'll have is by noting the bad/cheesy acting/line/scene/effect you will see.
But don't get me wrong, the movie is not a bad experience in itself. But it is like watching a movie your kids made: You like it because they made a good effort and it shows.
So if you have nothing better to do and that movie happens to play on TV, give it a go, but don't expect much about it.
Up until now, the lowest rating I gave for a movie was a 3 and it was for MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. I gave it a 3 only because I still would have recommended TUSK over that movie, which I gave only a 4. So I'm going to stay positive and give it a 3 as well, but it is kind of insulting for Clint Eastwood and Kevin Smith and my 3 is more of a 2.5 rounded up. Because you can make a much worst movie than BLOODY MALLORY, but it is very easy to find much much better as well.
The movie has the look and feel of one being made by a group of friends barely out of their teenager years, very amateur. But it looks like people had fun making this movie and that they seriously tried to make something good with very little mean.
But the weakest point is the script. Every cliché imaginable has been put in it, so it looks more like a bunch of scenes stitched together; Scenes that were written to only use a certain camera angle, a certain fight scene or a certain special effect. It looks like a script written by an immature 12-year-old putting all of his favourite scenes in one single movie and saying to himself "That will be awesome!" A low budget is never an excuse for a bad script.
I sometimes read about bad acting in the comments on IMDb and I don't see it. In this movie, I see it. I don't know if it is due to bad actors, bad directing or the bad script, but there is zero emotions coming out of this movie. You don't feel close to the heroes, you don't hate the villains, the jokes and the one-liners are not that funny, you are not afraid or disgust, you feel nothing. The only rictus you'll have is by noting the bad/cheesy acting/line/scene/effect you will see.
But don't get me wrong, the movie is not a bad experience in itself. But it is like watching a movie your kids made: You like it because they made a good effort and it shows.
So if you have nothing better to do and that movie happens to play on TV, give it a go, but don't expect much about it.