Bob's Burgers - [TV Series] (2012)

Blending the structure of a family sitcom and a workplace comedy, this animated Fox series centers on Bob Belcher and his ragtag clan of burger flippers, who are desperate -- really desperate -- to get their greasy spoon off the ground.

The great H. Jon Benjamin voices Bob in this awesome cartoon that is one of the funniest shows you haven't been watching. I've been sleeping on this show, and I have no excuse. I just didn't think it would be that funny, but the writing, the dialogue and the chemistry of the cast combine to produce an awesome series.


 
Via Wikipedia, Here's a primer to catch you up:

	Bob Belcher The husband of Linda, the father of Tina, Gene, and Louise, and the main character of the series. He is the proprietor of a burger restaurant which he enjoys almost more than anything else.
	Linda Bob's wife and the mother of Tina, Gene, and Louise. She stands by Bob's side through thick and thin. She is always trying new things, even if she has no idea how exactly to go about it or hasn't the support of anybody else.
	Tina The eldest Belcher child and the "goof" of the family. She generally speaks in a monotonous voice, works part-time at the restaurant and is often the voice of reason among the Belcher children. She is trying to come to grips with her entry into adulthood, and claims to have a complicated relationship with zombies.
	Gene  The only son of the family. He is very enthusiastic about almost everything and enjoys playing his keyboard. He often promotes the restaurant by wearing a burger costume, and dreams of one day being a famous musician.
	Louise The youngest of the Belcher siblings. She enjoys pulling pranks on people, and is more than willing to exploit people if there is anything to be gained. She has an offbeat sense of humor and picks locks as a hobby.
	Hugo Habercore A health inspector who used to date Linda but got jilted by her for Bob, a fact that causes him no end of frustration, which he takes out on Bob any chance he gets.
	Jimmy Pesto  The owner of the Italian restaurant across the street and Bob's personal nemesis. Their rivalry often seems to border on stalking each other, even though their families get along well.
	Mr. Calvin Fischoeder  An eccentric local businessman (who dresses in a white suit with a white eye-patch) and Bob's landlord. He owns or has a stake in just about everything down on the harbor (and many things in town). He likes Bob despite Bob always being late with his rent (partially because Bob knows a legendary burger recipe that he greatly enjoys).

Clips:

Violence? No
Explosions? No
Nudity? Yes

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Dream Home (2010)

Cheung, will do anything to own her perfect little dream home -- anything. And with a mix of cold-hearted determination and homicidal tendencies, the title and deed do become hers. But who will have to pay the price for Cheung's outrageous methods? 

Dream Home dances between her present day serial killing life and her past, which attempts to explain what led her to that point. The movie isn't that good. In fact, it's quite boring. The only interesting scenes are when she's killing people.From the first scene you could tell she meant business. She strangled a dude with a plastic fastener and watched as he took a box cutter to his carotid artery in an attempt to free himself.

I don't know what to think about this film, but Dream Home is only good it for the kills. Hardcore, gory deaths. Speaking of which, I found a new kill to add to the list involving suffocation by vacuum.

Trailer:

  

Out of Ten? 6

Violence? Yes
Explosions? No
Nudity? Yes

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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese. 

Set between the British occupation of Hong Kong and the Japanese invasion of China, war hero Chen Zhen, forms a Secret movement to fight the Japanese invasion of China. To that end, he infiltrates the high society and the Triads, hoping to influence them when the time comes. One rainy night, outside of a theater, he spots a black outfit with matching mask. He puts it on and kicks some Japanese ass. After the battle, he becomes the symbol of Japanese resistance and public enemy number 1. Eventually, he realizes that the only way to save China, is to defeat the ruthless Colonel of the Japanese army, who challenges him to a fight at the same dojo where Chen killed years ago.

Chen Zhen is the fucking man.

Return of the First was slick and had brief flashes of awesome but overall, it played more like a drama than an action flick. After the action of the first scene, the movie slows down to build up the characters. The slow pace is killer, the action scenes attempt to make up for it but there are a lot of lulls. If I could rate it based on that opening scene alone, it would score high. Unfortunately, the movie continued and it was all downhill from there. As it went on (and on), I could see why I skipped it.

Out of Ten? 6

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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Piranha aka Piranha 3D (2010)

When an earthquake tears open the bottom of Lake Havasu, schools of carnivorous piranhas are released from their underwater lair, and the lake turns into a bloody, frenzied death trap for unwitting water-goers.

Spring Break in Arizona is threatened when a large school of Piranhas are unleashed after an earthquake. These particular piranhas are prehistoric and long thought extinct, yet the earthquake has apparently released them from their resting place and they appear to be headed right towards the party.

On a dive to the site of the seismic activity, a cavern containing many many piranha eggs are found. Once the search team is massacred, the threat becomes readily apparent to the sheriff, who has to now find a way to eliminate them.

Jerry O'Connell is the host of "Wild, Wild Girls," a girls gone wild type of video shoot that is responsible for the bulk of the titty. 

It doesn't take long before the first body is found, but the feeding frenzy doesn't begin until about 40 minutes left in the film. However, the wait is worth it and in the meanwhile, we're treated to tension building scenes, "Wild, Wild Girls" shoots and Spring Break with all the debauchery that entails.
Piranha is your typical, "drunken college kid orgy gets broken up by killer animal" film, which are good for blood, titty and death scenes. Having a bigger budget, we are treated to 3D, and piranha vision. That's about the extent of what this film adds to the genre. Yet it is still surprisingly enjoyable.

Adam Scott as an action hero?
Fish being tazed?
Piranhas coming out of people's mouths?
All of this plus titty?

Get the popcorn...and the beer.

 Out of Ten? 7

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? Yes

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Heckler (2007)

This offbeat documentary starring comedian Jamie Kennedy explores the often contentious relationship between the stand-up performers onstage and the vocal critics in the audience.

Jamie Kennedy, -butthurt over bad reviews and what he feels are personal attacks- talks to his critics and hecklers specifically to discover exactly why they are so negative. Included in the film are psychologists and doctors, journalists, comics, directors and actors who are all trying to explain the Mindset and effect of a critic or heckler.

 Deep Roy, the Indian actor (shut up, you know him) tells Kennedy to nut up. Bad reviews happen and he's wealthy enough to suck it up. 

Heckler is also an excuse for a section of the entertainment industry to lash out at the people who lash out at them. There are a few funny scenes when Jamie goes face to face with his critics and doesn't get the results he wants as they defend their arguments. (With valid logical points!)
Some of his critics really are assholes though and their reviews really do dig deep. For example:
There's a moment where Paris Hilton is read a quote (to her face) which states, "Paris Hilton is just an oversized human condom. Paris is like a fart in a mitten. You know it's there, you can't stand it, you can't get rid of it."

Hilarious. But they all say that in that business you have to have a thick skin, and at the same time, you have to care what people say to be good at your job.

Criticism does affect celebrities. Even if they are solely famous for fucking and sucking on camera-- even though that profession has been around for years and those professionals still struggle to get respect!-- They are still people! Leave Britney Alone!!!

Out of Ten? 7

Violence? One heckler eats a guitar
Explosions? Anger
Nudity? There's Surprise Titty.

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Apartment 143 (2012)

Hired by a family to investigate supernatural activity in their apartment, a paranormal research group find themselves haunted by a malevolent force. Their investigation is derailed as the strange manifestations become gradually more violent.

 John, a single father raising two kids, has had it rough ever since their mom passed. His relationship with with his daughter was always rocky and she blames him for the death of her mom. When the noises first occurred, he moved them into the city. Now that they have started up again, he calls in a team of scientist ate called in to examine what appears to be a haunting. They discover is a bit more than he bargained for.

Apartment 143 is a decent film. It doesn't try to do too much and actually works within the genre to play on expectations and produce something a bit different than the norm.

Out of Ten? 6

Violence? Yes
Explosions? No
Nudity? Yes

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Supernatural [TV Series] (2005)

Raised by their dad to fight supernatural forces, grown siblings Dean and Sam crisscross the country in their 1967 Chevy Impala, investigating paranormal activity and picking fights with deadly demons, ghosts and monsters.

Sam and Dean Winchester are brothers who hunt the things "that go bump in the night." Throughout the series they battle demons, angels, werewolves, Djinn and anything else apart of monster or religious mythology all while making angsty comments and pop culture references.

I slept on this show. Found it on Netflix and I've been hooked ever since. I find it has the right mixture of action, scifi, pop culture, snark, and supernatural elements. Plus the show isn't afraid to occasionally poke fun at itself or its fans.

Honestly, There were a few seasons that I felt moved slowly or included a lot of filler. Part of that was because of the writers strike, some of it was because the show was renewed at the last minute. Overall though, it's a good series and presents itself better than a few other monster hunting TV shows. (* cough*Grimm *cough cough*)

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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Thankskilling (2009)

Thankskilling is a short and to the point drinking game movie. You know what, fuck that. This is the type of bad movie that you sit watch and drink with good friends and rebel in it's ridiculousness. In this cult classic and awesomely bad movie, a demonic turkey comes to life and kills motherfuckers dead.

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The Sitter (2011)

A college student on suspension is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him.

Fat Jonah Hill is s jobless dropout slacker who is volunteers to babysit for his mom so that she can have a night out. He decides to take the kids out after getting a party invitation from his girlfriend. Along the way he runs afoul of a former classmate and somehow manages to draw the ire of a local drug dealer. Now he has to find a way to make three the party, shake the dealer, and get the kids in bed before their parents return.

The Sitter is a remake of Adventures in Babysitting, but with more swearing, more troubled kids, and less Thor. It definitely has it's moments, but overall its funny hah and not funny haha. That Rodrigo kid was a dick though and while it looks like he was cleaning up his act towards the end, everyone's treatment of him before then was totally justified.

Out of Ten? 6

Violence? No
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? Yes

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Battle Royale (2000)

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

30 teens are flown to a remote island near Japan where They are told that they are unruly students who do not respond to traditional punishments. To this end, the government has forced them to fight to the death in a Battle Royale, with the winner being the only one to get off the island. Each student is given a bag containing a map, food or a weapon and should they decide not to fight, they are each wearing neck collars which can be detonated remotely.

Battle Royale is a crazy movie. It's s lot more brutal than you'd expect, but at the same time, there's not much that you could argue with. It moves pretty quick from the school to the island and from Kill "A" to Kill "Z", but by the end, you're left with a decent film that both pushes boundaries and leaves you entertained.

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? Yes

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Lockout (2012)

A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.

After being accused of a crime he didn't commit, a former agent is sentenced to a floating space prison for about 30 years. Before he even gets there however, a prisoner breaks free and instigates a prison break. Among the prisoners is the Presidents daughter and he is given an offer: His freedom for hers.

Freedom...

Eh. First thought: "hey, this movie starts with a dude getting punched in the face, so it can't be that bad." And in reality it wasn't. It just wasn't that good either. Lockout is essentially the definition of a true summer popcorn flick. Logic and plot holes abound, but this isn't the type of movie where it matters. You don't see it for the story or the characters, you just want action and air conditioning.

Out of Ten? 6.5

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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Bad Ass (2012)

Loosely based on a true incident, this tale follows a lonely Vietnam vet who bravely takes on two menacing hoods on a bus. When his heroics are caught on video, Frank sees his life transformed -- but not for very long. 

Frank Vega is a war vet who had trouble making it after returning home from the war. On a bus into the city, be stops two dudes from harassing and nearly attacking an elderly man. The fight is recorded and becomes a viral hit online. He becomes a minor celebrity and a symbol of citizens standing up for themselves. After his best friend, Klondike is killed and the police show disinterest in his case, Frank takes to the streets in an attempt to gain revenge and closure.

Eventually, the bad guys pay him a visit, looking for a flash drive that Klondike had stolen from them. After dispatching them, he continues his search, finds one of the guys responsible and figures out that the contents of the usb and the death of his friend are related. Fighting his way up the food chain, he steps toe to toe with the man responsible, who just happens to be Roc the Garbageman, aka Charles S. Dutton.

Frank is tortured, but being Bad Ass, he laughs it off, gets free and ends up in a high speed bus chase. He makes it home just in time to give Roc a solid ass whoopin'. And just when I didn't think this film could get any better, they fucked around and included the "call the amberlamps" line.

Action, Comedy, and even a little Titty. Bad Ass is Bad Ass and it hits all of its comedic notes. Epic Beard Man fucks people up in this film. At one point, they even do the slow motion Sherlock Holmes ass whoppin' thing. Plus few scenes are as funny as a man suiting up and putting on a "I Am A Motherfucker" shirt.

The fight that started it all:

Out of Ten? 7 + Roc = 8

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? Yes

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

 After his mother is killed as a child, a young Lincoln grows up with a lust for revenge and hunts down her killer. When he gathers the resolve to kill, he discovers that her killer is a vampire and can't be killed by traditional means. The next day, A hunter named Henry takes him under his wing and shows him how to kill these beasts and with time, Abraham comes to possess great abilities. His thirst however remains unquenched, as he still hasn't killed the one he wants. As his kill count increases, he looks to politics as a cover for his work. He soon discovers he has a knack for it and he eventually takes on the platform of ending slavery. This draws the attention of senior vampires, who in addition to having their friends killed, have also been using slave labor to slowly take over the South.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is basically a biography of Lincoln, but with vampires. All of the important/noteworthy events of his life are included, but the vampire storyline makes things a bit more interesting. What derails the film is it's insistence on being a biography, rather than an action farce starring one of our beloved presidents. Don't misunderstand, I like what they did, but the second half of the film dragged as he fought for a way to unite the nation and quell the vampire rebellion. Everything just seemed like a reach is all.

Lately, adding supernatural creatures to classic tales has been good business and A.L.:V.S. is no different. There is history, vampires, and Lincoln kicking all sorts of ass with an axe.

It is easy to tell (since vampires were added), that a lot of research went into this film in order to place them in proper context. I'm certain they used Lincoln's actual speeches for some of their scenes and William Lincoln, who died of typhoid fever while young, has been written as killed off by vampires in this film.

Out of Ten? 7

 The film itself and its novel are all clever revisionist history, and I must admit that it's pretty well done. If nothing else, this film is visually satisfying.

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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Iron Sky (2012)

The Nazis set up a secret base on the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.

In 1945, Nazi's left Earth and set up a base on the Dark Side of the Moon. There, they have established a 4th Reich and are building a massive weapon which they plan to use to subjugate Earth. After a planned flight to the moon, a US astronaut is captured and interrogated. When they discover that his cell phone provides the energy/technology necessary to power their death ray, they send and emissary back to Earth to collect more. Once there, the invasion begins...

There's not much more you need to know to enjoy this film. Iron Sky is not only original, it's funny, entertaining and well written. Truthfully it's a bit campy and may not be for everyone, but It's like independence day. Only funnier. And there's Nazis. Also, Iron Sky looks absolutely impressive and their art direction/ cinematography is crazy. If nothing else, you'll have to acknowledge the visuals.

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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Taken 2 (2012)

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

 Quick Review:

Taken 1 + Drama = Taken 2.

This film tries to do too much. You have to wade through drama to get to the ass kicking as it takes 27 minutes for the first Arab to be punched in the face. The movie is 1 1/2 hours long. Why does it take 50 minutes for the action to start?

 I've come to the conclusion that Liam Neeson hates Arabs like Steven Segal hates Jamaicans.

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Detention (2011)

Detention is a teenage horror movie involving teenagers and targeting teens while being broad enough to appeal to the genre savvy viewer. The plot is fairly simple, a killer dressed as a character from a movie is out to kill the teens of a high school. Yet as the movie rolls on, it becomes clear that it doesn't exactly follow the established conventions, or at least not in that predetermined way. Detention is like a pastiche of genres. A teen romance comedy, horror, scifi, drama mix that is also a parody, of the aforementioned genres while deconstructing them in the process.Admittedly, all of that is a lot and the film ends up in a few weird places, but despite everything, it still ends up being a surprisingly decent film.

The trailer doesn't do it justice, but it makes the review seem longer:

Final word:

Yes Dane Cook was in this film, and even though his role was minimal, it didn't take away from the fact that Dane Cook blows. I won't be invoking Rule #1 anytime soon.

Out of Ten? 7

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? Yes

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Expendables 2 (2012)

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Mercenaries for hire are back and with Stallone owing 5million to Bruce Willis, he comes to collect in the form of a job. He tells Stallone he wants him and his crew to collect the contents of a safe from a crashed plane in China. Among the contents of the safe is the location of an abandoned Russian plutonium mine that he doesn't want to fall into the wrong hands. Bruce also insists they take a bad ass safe cracking Asian (who wasn't bad on the eyes) along with the mission. After they retrieve the map, they are ambushed by Van Damme and his #2, American Ninja Scott Adkins, who has plans to sell the plutonium worldwide. On their way out, they manage to kill one of Stallone's red-shirts, (badassly, I might add) and the stage is set for vengeance.


Expendables 2 is a guy flick. Nothing more, nothing less. There were a few scenes of unnecessary drama and I'm trying to remember if the first had as much drama as this one. I don't think it did, but I guess we can chalk up the drama scenes to being the calm before the storm.

The dialogue was once again choppy and cliched, but I really wasn't too worried about that. Why? Because I'm not in it for the dialogue and it's clear that neither were they. They were there to do reckless shit like throw missiles at helicopters, which was a feat I didn't think could be topped, until they used a running motorcycle to take one down.


Random thoughts (because I, have no where else to put them):

• Hey remember that scene in Conan where Arnold randomly punched out a camel? How about a scene where Dolph Lundgren randomly throws a chicken? Because that happened.
• Chuck Norris shows up, saves the crew AND manages to drop off a "Chuck Norris Fact" along the way. 
• Chuck Norris in this film for about 10 minutes total.
  
• I really do like VanDamme as a villain.
  The gun that Terry Crews used is ridiculous and I'm glad they brought it back from past one.
  
• I'm surprised they wrote out Jet Li so quickly, but i guess you don't need two Chinese characters on the team. 
• There are two dope kills in this film: A Helicopter decapitation and roundhouse knife to the heart.
  
• The climactic battle between Stallone and Van Damme is something we've been clamoring for hypothetically for years and it wasn't disappointing.
  

Expendables 2 is just an excuse to fuck shit up but with more stars of the older generation. It's a reason to show that they've still got it. I can't argue with that, but the slow dramatic scenes are behind them. Aint nobody got time for that.

Out of Ten? 7.5

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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5 Scenes from...

John Woo has directed some of the most stylish action flicks in existence. You may not know his name, but you are definitely familiar with his work.


Here are five of his best scenes:

Face/Off (1997) - An FBI agent and a terrorist, assume the physical appearance of one another.

Red Cliff (2008) - A Story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).

Hard Boiled (1992) - A tough-ass cop teams with an undercover agent to shut down a mob crew.

The Killer (1989) - A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit, only to be double-crossed by his boss.

 

Hard Target (1993) - Van Damme stars as a homeless Cajun who helps a woman track down her father.

 

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Jon Benjamin Has a Van [TV Series] (2011)

Funnyman Jon Benjamin has a van but he's not some perv; He's just a journalist sticking his mic where it doesn't belong. Whether pushing buttons in ambush interviews or taking riotous trips to the absurd, Jon is going where no van has gone before. 

 

What do these four characters have in common? They are all voiced by Jon Benjamin. The awesome part? All of his voice work is done in the same voice, yet each character is completely different.

 Jon Benjamin has a van is a parody of news crews and special interest reporting. Set as a news crew on the beat, Jon, his sound guy, cameraman and producer usually cover stories that generally starts simple and quickly goes to the absurd.

I kinda slept on the show during its first weeks, but once I pieced together who H.J.B was and how talented he is, I tuned in. I wish the show was given another season. As with any show with segments, some will hit and some will miss. I've highlighted a few I thought were not only funny, but also showed off the show's creativity and absurdity.

WereJew - Jon  becomes an Orthodox Jew during a full moon.
Kidnapped Soundguy - After the soundguy is kidnapped, Jon and the crew race to get him back.
Border Crossing - Jon tries to make amends for a prank war gone bad. 
Hot Beef Injection - Jon does a retrospective on the man who coined the infamous phrase.

Out of Five? 4.5

Violence? Simulated
Explosions? A few
Nudity? No

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God Bless America (2011)

Disgusted with American society and diagnosed with a brain tumor, Frank teams up with teenager Roxy and the two go on a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, including reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant.

Being disgusted with the amount of mean people, stupidity and its celebrated status, Frank Murdoch embarks on a killing spree aiming to rid and cleanse the world of this filth. For his first kill, Frank tries to take out a spoiled teen, who he believed was influencing his daughter. After the kill goes awry, he heads to a hotel with the intention of killing himself. There, he is confronted by one of her classmates, Roxanne, who witnessed his crime, approves, and wishes to tag along.

The duo share mutual interests and as they travel from town to town cleaning up America, but when the truth about Roxanne's home life is revealed, they have a fight and split. After their split, Frank buys heavy artillery and heads out to complete one last job. He goes to the finale of American Superstars and threatens to bring the roof down in addition to killing everyone in attendance.
Reuniting with Roxanne, they go out in a hail of bullets, not too different from Bonnie and Clyde.

God Bless America, is a satirical look at our country through the eyes of a man who sets out to right the wrongs of society, -materialism/narcissism- and he just misses the simpler times. Society has become shit. Celebrities are idolized, ignorance is celebrated and we as a people have become self-absorbed and shallow. It's not so much that Frank is a flat out murderer, its more like, he's doing what we logical folks wished we could. In that regard, it's hard to condemn or disagree with his actions.

All ranting aside, God Bless America is a solid movie, but not one that will appeal to everyone. It's pretty straightforward from A to B and doesn't try to force its message down your throat.

Out of Ten? 7

Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? No

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The Roast of Roseanne (2012)

Comedy presents the Roast of Roseanne. The format stays the same, the roasted and roasters sit on the dais and get at each other. The host for this evening was Jane Lynch, who gave almost as well as she got and endured a fair share of gay jokes. Mainstay Geoff Ross does his thing, running down a stream of one liners and fat jokes, and Amy Schumer and Anthony Jezelnick pretty much wrecked shop. The other roasters were serviceable but didn't get as much laughs as the big three.

The other roasters:

Seth Green
Wayne Brady
Ellen Barkin
Katey Segal
Gilbert Gottfried
Carrie Fisher

Overall, I can't say that Roseanne's was the funniest roast, (that honor belongs to Flava Flav), but this one definitely had its moments. I expected more from Wayne Brady (who seemed woefully unprepared and vindictive), but the rest of the roasters covered for him.

 Amy Schumer is hot and Katey Segal has some big ass titties. Also, Carrie Fisher isn't looking terrible either.

Out of Ten? 7

Violence? No
Explosions? No
Nudity? No

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Killer Joe (2012)

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Owing a debt of $6K to the local town mobster, Chris hears from a friend about Killer Joe. A Texas police detective, who moonlights as a hired assassin. He hires him to kill his mother so that he can collect on the $50K in insurance money. When it comes to light that he can't pay, Joe decides to takes his sister, Dottie, as collateral and holds his entire family responsible. When Chris attempts to wrestle control from Joe, things reach a hectic and climactic end that changes the lives of all involved.


Killer Joe is a slow burn thriller that is basically what you'd expect from a movie about a guy in debt who acquires more debt by hiring an assassin. The movie moved fairly quick as a whole and the story was easy to follow. I am not a fan of the ending, but that's left to interpretation. I can say that shit did get real.

Matthew McMissingshirt, put in a solid performance as Joe. He was creepy, forceful, unhinged, restrained, yet calm, cool and collected all at the same time. Don't get me wrong, there were good performances all around, but his just stood out to me more because I don't like him. But I give credit where it's due, and Killer Joe has to be one of his best roles.

Out of Ten? 7

Violence? Yes
Explosions? No.
Nudity? Yes

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