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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: First Look Pictures
Salesrank: 31267
Released: August 24, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 06/21/2005 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: R
King of the Ants Reviews:
No Redeeming Qualities - ***with spoilers 
2009-12-01 - I'll jump right to my thoughts of this movie, as this movie isn't worth much effort. This movie had a chance. THe plot could have been fairly interesting had each part been explored to its fullest. They weren't. Each tangent of the main characters story is hastily vaulted into the next without much explanation.
The plot? The story revolves around a dim-witted house painter that is manipulated into killing a municipal accountant that was researching the misdeeds of a local building company. McKenna plays the scruple-lacking dope whom is duped into this by promise of payment and, sought after 'excitement'. When he seeks payment, he is told to get out of town, but he is too stupid for that. He tries to extort payment based on principle (?) and pride. That leads to an explicit scene of he getting tortured. He escapes via the most gruesome means and winds up at shelter, where, by chance (ya, right), he is nursed back to health by the beautiful widow of the accountant he murdered. Of course, that leads to she taking him in as her project and eventual love, but, just as this plot twist is in somewhat novel and in interesting territory, she discovers his evidence of murder (left, stupidly, in the family house) and confronts him. OK, I get it - it's a tragedy, but how stupid can one guy be? Anyway, he is left with little but his desire to get even with the builder and torturers, which he does in disgusting fashion.
I had read some reviews by film critics and could not disagree more with the acclaim provided the acting of Chris McKenna and the rest of the cast, short of Kari Wuhrer (the widow)and George Wendt. She did an admirable job as someone vulnerable, yet giving. Wendt was very believable as a 'hammer' for the builder. All others were incredibly shallow, including McKenna. (Unless it was intended that he portray his character as the most stupid, aimless, and morally bankrupt fool on the planet.)
Anyway, the bottomline is - don't do this movie. If any facet of this sounds appealing to you, I can assure you it will be too brief to make the movie worth the viewing torture!
Two hours of my life I'll never get back
2009-08-13 - Dumbest movie ever. Don't buy it, don't rent it, don't borrow it. I'm SHOCKED that someone gave it four stars. Trust me when I tell you that there are no redeemable qualities to this movie whatsoever.
Direct to DVD for a reason. 
2008-06-26 - It looked like the director and writer wanted to take this right past the sanity curve, but the producer wimped out. This could have been a cult classic if they had pushed the visions but they chose to sink back into mediocrity. Do not buy or rent this one, borrow it or do the netflix thing.
Not all baldwins are good... 
2008-01-06 - all in all a good low budget movie. the only thing i found annoying is daniel baldwin.. he should try taking acting advise from alec baldwin, not steal his voice and try to act like him....daniel baldwin sucks!!!
A good, straight to dvd movie. 
2007-11-03 - This film is not bad considering the obvious fact that not much money was put in to it.This movie might be a little disturbing to some, but I found it to be a low-budget gem.
