MovieChat Forums > The Heavy (2011) Discussion > Not bad really.

Not bad really.

posted 14 years ago by tezz01uk
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Just seen this and its not bad.

All the actors did a decent job, Vinnie was his usual hardcase self (I really wanna see this guy do a chick flick lol).
Gary Stretch held up the film nicely and looked the part, Adrian Paul...his accent weirded me out abit since the last time I really watched the guy was in the highlander series.
I was pleased to see Sir Christopher Lee in this, great to see him lending his gravitas and supporting the British film industry.
Stephen Rea, captivating as usual.

Its not the best film out there, but it definatly weighs in better than some Hollywood movies out there with the same themes.

I enjoyed it, just one thing bothered me.... Having just watched THE COLLECTOR and BOONDOCK SAINTS, I was hoping they were not going to focus too much on the cat..Oh well, I wont give it away...good job they have nine lives eh.

Yea well done I`ll give it a 7/10

TEZZ

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[–] cry_ablaZe 14 years ago

yea i agree. its not that bad. i d give it a 5.5 or 6 out of 10. which is not horrible in my book. positive elements included the soundtrack which i thought was quite refreshing as well as the performance of gary stretch(vinnie jones was deffo ok but nothing out of the ordinary for him). cinematography was decent, editing was up to the job. locations were quite interesting as well.

negative aspects included most other performances apart from our (anti)hero. starting with the annoying sidekick/right hand of manson's boss (lee ryan). seemed like his role was written for danny dyer and he was trying to act up to it. but he fails horribly. not that dyer would have made the film any better but Ryan was simply awful. same goes for christopher lee and adrian paul(!). both can be considered decent actors, especially lee of course. both of them do deliver nothing short of their worst jobs so far. their characters are as flat as a sheet of paper. terribly dull and uninteresting.
then finally the script is relatively weak with pointless scenes. some of which even feel like they were put in just to make the film longer when otherwise it would have been maybe too short for a feature film (long sequences with chris masons doctor, mitchells attempt at drowning a cat lol).

overall. its watchable.

[–] alexfire 13 years ago

If by not bad you mean: when you're bored you can probably stay until the end of the movie than yes, it's not bad. I would probably give it a 3.5 out of 10. The only thing the movie should have delivered was action and it sucked a lot at that, no fight scenes and the shooting scene was plain bad. And because the movie wasn't bad enough they had to put in that weird scene with "Boots" trying to drown the cat which had to be one of the worst scenes I have ever seen. I'm not going to comment on the bad acting except for Christian's wife who seemed she was trying to act that bad because I can't see how anyone can be so bad not on purpose.

[–] emenenus 13 years ago

tiz not bad. tiz criminal. tiz terrible. gosh. singlemostworstcrap ive seen.

YT

[–] Oyabun1 13 years ago

That^

Crap is a bit too complimentary since even feces can serve a purpose.

[–] thatsmydesire 13 years ago

But do you recommend it?

[–] haystacks13 13 years ago

I was happy with the way the film flowed AFTER it was over....The middle was choppy and weak.... BUT the END Tied it all in...the still clueless MOM...the I know but won't say DAD....and POS Brother got what he DESERVED...GOOD action thriller...