JOEL MURRAY TARA LYNNE BARR
FRANK (MURRAY) IS FED UP WITH THE MEANNESS AND STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN CULTURE. HE BLAMES MOST OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS, INCLUDING REALITY TV SHOWS, THE INTERNET, TALK RADIO AND CELL PHONES. ON THE DAY HE LOSES HIS JOB FOR A TRUMPED UP CHARGE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HE ALSO FINDS OUT HE IS DYING FROM AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR. BELIEVING HE HAS NOTHING TO LIVE FOR, HE GOES HOME TO COMMIT SUICIDE, BUT THEN SEES ON A REALITY TV SHOW A BRATTY DEMANDING TEENAGER TREAT HER PARENTS LIKE CRAP AND DECIDES SHE HAS TO DIE. WHEN HE DOES THE DEED, IT IS WITNESSED BY ROXY (BARR) ANOTHER TEENAGER WITH SIMILAR VIEWS TO FRANK'S. SHE FOLLOWS HIM AND WHEN THEY FINALLY MEET, THEY BOTH DECIDE TO GO ON A CROSS COUNTRY KILLING SPREE TO GET RID OF ALL THE BAD PEOPLE.
THIS MOVIE IS A VERY DARK SATIRICAL LOOK AT MODERN CULTURE. IT PULLS NO PUNCHES, GOES FOR THE JUGGLER AND HAS MANY SHOCKING YET HILARIOUS SCENES. IT IS VIOLENT AND BLOODY, NO WHERE NEAR POLITICALLY CORRECT AND DELIVERS HARD LINE MORAL JUDGEMENTS ON THE RUDENESS AND STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THEN SUGGESTS KILLING PEOPLE AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. THE SATIRE IS SHARP, POINTED AND SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THAT IS WHERE THE COMEDY COMES FROM.
MURRAY PORTRAYS FRANK AS SOMEWHAT LETHARGIC, BUT DEEPLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS BELIEFS. HE ACTS LIKE HE DOESN'T CARE, BUT HE DOES CARE AND IN FACT KILLS TO SUPPORT HIS BELIEFS. WITH ROXY, BARR HAS SHOWN HER TO BE INTELLIGENT, ABLE TO SPEAK HER THEORIES WITH ARTICULATION, AND YET IS REALLY A CRAZY TEENAGER WHO GETS OFF ON KILLING. IT IS A COMPLEX ROLL THAT BARR DOES VERY WELL.
THIS MOVIE WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT, AND HIS SUBVERSIVE TWISTED SENSE OF DARK HUMOR OOZES FROM IT. BE SURE YOU WATCH IT.
RATING 4 out of 5
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