main problem was the devilish gang bangers who are dead set on having a kid clearly not cut out to be useful in criminal life, in their gang, up to the point of raping a family member to prove the point, somehow. the whole thing turns on this motivation and it's really stupid.
― goole, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ this movie, dumb but even dumber to get mad at it imo
― buzza, Saturday, 17 July 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
what's there to get mad about? it's a piece of shit.
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Saturday, 17 July 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant wait to see this and judge for thyself, everyone on ilx hates it, everyone i've spoken to irl has loved it.
this should be interesting
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, June 8, 2009 3:37 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
This has been my experience with ILX for years. Good flick.
― thirdalternative, Sunday, 14 November 2010 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I loved it. People are more likely to write about things they hate.
― Alba, Sunday, 14 November 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
this movie was so, so bad
― thomas smangalter (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 November 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
@Alba, I think you are right, that's why I can't ever trust customer on line reviews, the Internet brings out everyone's inner crank.
― thirdalternative, Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
this is on tv. the scene where clint takes the azn kid to the barber to "man him up."
― M*A*S*H Rules Everything Around Me (get bent), Monday, 5 September 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
truly terrible film
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 September 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
the acting is pretty bad
― buzza, Monday, 5 September 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
one of the worst movies
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 September 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
Still fascinated this turned into a sleeper hit. But, yeah, kinda bad.
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Monday, 5 September 2011 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
I actually got into a big argument about this with a friend the other night. I thought the two Hmong kids were really wooden and awful, but my friend swore that was "the point", that they were awkward kids. I don't buy it, I just didn't ever feel a genuine emotion out of either of them. The song at the end of the movie was hilarious though.
But on the whole I thought the movie was just okay. Some really awkward scenes, but I thought there were a couple that worked well. Not at all worth the hype, but not as terrible as its ILX reputation might suggest.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 5 September 2011 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
Amateur =/= bad.
But the boy in particular was as bad as anything I've seen in a major motion picture.
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Monday, 5 September 2011 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
The scene where he was locked in the basement, banging on the door, was particularly painful.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 5 September 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
Junior high-level acting there.
― Gus Van Sant's Gerry Blank (Eric H.), Monday, 5 September 2011 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
I love this movie. Totally hilarious.
― You're runnin' with the (Cheetah), Monday, 5 September 2011 07:27 (twelve years ago) link
I really dug this btw. Made me think of Kurosawa.
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