The writing, filming, and acting are horrendous. It MIGHT pass for a film school project, but hardly. However, I love Kane Hodder and respect him greatly in the horror industry, so I rented it just out of respect for him. Except for him, it was terrible. Don't waste your money.
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paul_haakonsen14 June 2024
I happened to stumble upon the 2009 horror movie "Old Habits Die Hard" by random chance here in 2024. And seeing it was a horror movie with none other than horror icon Kane Hodder in the leading role, of course I had to sit down and watch the movie.
Sure, I had never heard about the movie, nor did I know about its existence. So I virtually didn't know what I was in for here. And in that regards, then writers Ben Dixon and Vaton Hadley had every opportunity to entertain and bedazzle me.
Howeever, writers Ben Dixon and Vaton Hadley put together a rather generic script. It was a rather monotonous paced narrative, and that made it all the more difficult to sit through the 93 minutes that the movie ran for. I have to say that I was by no means imrpressed or particularly entertained by this movie.
The acting performances are wooden at best. Needless to say that I sat down to watch "Old Habits Die Hard" because it had Kane Hodder on the cast list. But this movie was just a shameful notch in his belt. In fact, I wasn't familiar with anyone else on the cast list, not that I was particularly impressed with the acting performances I witnessed.
The way that the movie is filmed is amateurish and it looks more like a home video than an actual profession movie. And the constant blurring of the screen and distortion of colors just grows insanely tiresome very fast, and it becomes a nuissance that drags the movie further down.
There were a couple of gore scenes that were fair enough, but nothing that had a snowballs chance in Hell of redeeming the rest of the shortcomings that were the rest of the movie.
This movie was downright terrible. If you enjoy horror movies or have any respect for Kane Hodder, stay well clear of this stinker of a dumpster fire from director Ben Dixon.
My rating of "Old Habits Die Hard" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
Sure, I had never heard about the movie, nor did I know about its existence. So I virtually didn't know what I was in for here. And in that regards, then writers Ben Dixon and Vaton Hadley had every opportunity to entertain and bedazzle me.
Howeever, writers Ben Dixon and Vaton Hadley put together a rather generic script. It was a rather monotonous paced narrative, and that made it all the more difficult to sit through the 93 minutes that the movie ran for. I have to say that I was by no means imrpressed or particularly entertained by this movie.
The acting performances are wooden at best. Needless to say that I sat down to watch "Old Habits Die Hard" because it had Kane Hodder on the cast list. But this movie was just a shameful notch in his belt. In fact, I wasn't familiar with anyone else on the cast list, not that I was particularly impressed with the acting performances I witnessed.
The way that the movie is filmed is amateurish and it looks more like a home video than an actual profession movie. And the constant blurring of the screen and distortion of colors just grows insanely tiresome very fast, and it becomes a nuissance that drags the movie further down.
There were a couple of gore scenes that were fair enough, but nothing that had a snowballs chance in Hell of redeeming the rest of the shortcomings that were the rest of the movie.
This movie was downright terrible. If you enjoy horror movies or have any respect for Kane Hodder, stay well clear of this stinker of a dumpster fire from director Ben Dixon.
My rating of "Old Habits Die Hard" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
I absolutely LOVED it!
ratqueenjeanette9 December 2022
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It feels like an old school B-movie, but like...directed by rob zombie XD i was sucked in. Actress Stacey has that sweet country girl vibe, and still has that urban look, she is adorable. The prosthetics on the disabled sister looked really good in the lighting the director, Ben Dixon, really did direct and film in sort of a Rob Zombie fashion. It really had one of those cult classic feels to it. Kane hodder, who we all have to know from the friday the 13th mo ies, did spectacularly, as always. The FX artists used really interesting makeup techniques with the mother, and i would watch it again.
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