Revenge for Jolly

I'M A GOOD GUY WHO HAS DONE BAD THINGS
This is a quirky dark comedy that is rather pointless and moves slow. In spite of that I found myself enjoying the characters and the scenes.

After an all night visit of Harry (Brian Petsos) with his cousin Cecil (Oscar Isaac) drinking beers and playing Candyland, the unkempt Harry comes to find that his dog Jolly, the love of his life, has committed a "Philadelphia suicide." Clearly Harry has made someone angry, a conversation of which we get bits and pieces. Our beer drinking, pill popping, dreary eyed, greasy haired twosome set out to find the killer, leaving a trail of blood as they go.

I found myself laughing at this low budget Redbox rental. This is not Tarantino grade dark comedy, but clearly he was an influence. Enjoyable, slow at times, especially the beginning. Things pick up about the time Elijah Wood enters the film. Well worth a rental. Will add to my collection when the price drops.

Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex. No nudity.

I WANT REVENGE ON THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS
There are good movies and there are bad movies. Good movies you enjoy over and over again. Bad movies you sit through and then say well that was bad, I won't bother with this one again. And then there are movies like this one. Movies where you think of them as so terrible that you want to find the folks responsible for it to slap them around and demand not just your money back but the time that you lost of your life in watching it, just wishing something good would come about. When it doesn't you find yourself doing what I did: you scream at the TV wondering why oh why you didn't just pull the DVD out of the machine sooner and just toss it out the door like an unwanted Frisbee. What makes it even worse is when you see the names of well known actors in the film. There are only three reasons this could be:
1) They thought it was good in which case you will never trust another film they make.
2) They got paid tons of money to be in it which in this case is doubtful as the...

Fun ride not a serious film
The main character loves his dog and the dog is murdered. He and his friend who frequents the psych ward go off to find the killer. It is a fun film for those who like dogs and violence. Mainly gun violence no real gore. The cameos were fun. I especially liked the Ellijah Woods cameo.

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