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Rating:  - guilty pleasure
This is a cute movie. Kind of a guilty pleasure simple and entertaining. Don't expect much just a few easy laughs. Plus I adore Rose McGowen.
Rating:  - Bad. Really, Really Bad (warning:Spoilers)
I wish there was a zero-star rating for this. So far, I've really liked Rose McGowan in almost everything shes done (and she really wasn't bad in this flick either). However the movie as a whole was a different story.
The movies wannabe Tarantino attitude just doesn't work with the sloppy writing and the poorly laid out plot lines. For example:
1) After going on a killing spree, the three protagonists continue to drive around in a pink 60s Caddy (it's set in the 2000s, so this car stands out a bit). When they get to a police roadblock, they just make a 3-point turn in the middle of the road, and the cops don't bat an eye.
2) After escaping from jail they find a series of clues to a gold mine, one of which is a map tattoed on a dogs skin. Now unless the rightful owner was only in jail for a week before the 'heros' broke out, I think the fur would have grown back over. If they shaved the dog (not shown), why was only the spot with the map shaved off.
3) Why would a NBK, poor-impulse-control type guy even be buddys with a white collar computer nerd in jail anyway ? They swear undying freindship for each other, yet the nerd ditches the killer at the first opourtuinity, resulting in his getting arrested and almost getting hauled back to jail. When the killer catches up, the same guy who slaughters people at random throughout the film utters witty taunts and then forgives all.
Anyway, the gist is that the plot makes no sense, the writing isn't tight enough to make you care for the characters at all (sorry, you too Rose), and it tries way to hard to be a Tarantino film without any of the aspects that make his movies so much more than just gore-fests (oh yeah, BTW, blood is supposed to be dark red or brown-ish, not strawberry pink, all the bodies in this flick look like they has Strawberry Quik dumped on them). Do youself a favor, a quick shot of Roses' nips just aren't worth the pain here.
Rating:  - Dark comedy, a little quirky, but a lot of fun!
My spouse and I both enjoyed this movie--so much so that we have driven through southern new mexico and the quiet little town of Hillsboro! Admittedly, not everyone will enjoy this movie, but it is one of my all time favorites that I still watch a couple of times every year!!!! Rose McGown is great!
Rating: - "You gotta swear you won't kill nobody with these guns."
Lots of indiscriminant murder and Rose McGowan behind the wheel of a pink 58' Olds with a cigar perched between her trademark red lips...what more could you ask for? You know, I love that girl but somebody finally figured out the real key to her intoxicatingly wicked charm is to keep her silent throughout the entire film. Just the hottest little demon from Hell homewrecker since Joan Crawford!(Spoiler alert) She has one line in the movie and it's worth waiting for, or maybe you'll just want to fast forward to the last scene to hear it for yourself. Her facial expressions and hand gestures are a lot more effective than the dialogue here anyway which is just downright stupid. I wish there was another word that better describes the pure dumbassity of this movie but there just ain't one.
Salvator Xuereb was pretty cool as your "here we go again" dissasociated psychopath that broke out of prison with some computer nerd to go on a treasure hunt for gold. They even managed to weave in a tatooed dog, a hit man and a poisonous snake...OOOOOOHHHHHHH! Has it's moments, particularly when the tourists from NY stop to photograph one of our treasure hunters. That one had me rolling on the floor. If you like road movies you can probably somehow find the patience to sit through this one too. Made me hungry for "Love and a 45." 3 Fangs
Rating: - She's bad, but she's NOT bad
Did you like The Doom Generation? So did I, actually, I like it a bit more than a healthy person probably should. Rose was in that movie constantly, and she was, to put it kindly, quite vocal. I enjoyed this. So I couldn't imagine wanting to watch a movie in which she plays a "mute" - why watch a movie without that incredible voice? You know what's even better about Rose McGowan than her voice (hey, get your mind out of the gutter)? Her eyes. Guess how someone who is mute expresses themselves... with their eyes! Wow! The way she uses those eyes to reduce people to insect-status is incredible (guy... "Can you hear?" Rose's eyes... "You are an idiot" you... "whoa, those are great eyes"). So what can I say? Love Rose McGowan's eyes, love this movie. Don't love Rose McGowan's eyes, well, I can't comprehend such a thing, so I can't comment in that case.
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