What we have here is your rather cliche story about finding trouble where you least expect it. While on the lamb, two bumbling lovers find a house to restock provisions but only to get in a sticky mess with the owners. Oh no. What shall they do. Watch it and find out or don't.
First and foremost, Villains hangs it's hat on trying to be a funny movie. Make people laugh while watching a movie that's related theme wise to something like Funny Games; brilliant. And when I mean, they hang their hat on it, they hang their drawers on it too. Bill and Malika are almost always cartooning it up with a consistent display of exaggerated behaviors. But the kicker is, it takes two to tango. You've got the funny, but do you have the meat truck to deliver the beef? The beef! Where's the beef!? Bill has some beef. With his bulging eyes and his clownish voice, he delivers a more than decent portrayal of an airhead dirtbag. Which you do tend to forget in this movie. The two leads are in fact losers. But I digress, Malika on the other hand is beefless. Comical and over-the-top, yes. Funny, no. If you just find overt silly behavior funny, then you won't get what I'm saying. Moving on.
The story itself is a mish mash mess of ideas that works in a weird way due to the silly nature of the film. The comedy is so apparent that there's a layer of uncertainty. One aspect of the film that fell on it's face was the romance. They tried luring us in with some cutesy camerwork crap, but it held like bad jello. Unless of course you're the cutesy crap type of fan who eats that stuff up. And another thing! The acting of Jeff Donovan really helped the movie plug along. Actually, he was probably the saving grace of the film. When it comes down to it, he was the best part of the film. Come to think of it, I think he was the film. Now that I thought of it, I can't believe you're still reading this dumb review. And dontchaknow, this movie was totally and utterly average and didn't have any boobs or head explosions! Now is that a movie you want to watch?! I don't think so! Take a lap.
First and foremost, Villains hangs it's hat on trying to be a funny movie. Make people laugh while watching a movie that's related theme wise to something like Funny Games; brilliant. And when I mean, they hang their hat on it, they hang their drawers on it too. Bill and Malika are almost always cartooning it up with a consistent display of exaggerated behaviors. But the kicker is, it takes two to tango. You've got the funny, but do you have the meat truck to deliver the beef? The beef! Where's the beef!? Bill has some beef. With his bulging eyes and his clownish voice, he delivers a more than decent portrayal of an airhead dirtbag. Which you do tend to forget in this movie. The two leads are in fact losers. But I digress, Malika on the other hand is beefless. Comical and over-the-top, yes. Funny, no. If you just find overt silly behavior funny, then you won't get what I'm saying. Moving on.
The story itself is a mish mash mess of ideas that works in a weird way due to the silly nature of the film. The comedy is so apparent that there's a layer of uncertainty. One aspect of the film that fell on it's face was the romance. They tried luring us in with some cutesy camerwork crap, but it held like bad jello. Unless of course you're the cutesy crap type of fan who eats that stuff up. And another thing! The acting of Jeff Donovan really helped the movie plug along. Actually, he was probably the saving grace of the film. When it comes down to it, he was the best part of the film. Come to think of it, I think he was the film. Now that I thought of it, I can't believe you're still reading this dumb review. And dontchaknow, this movie was totally and utterly average and didn't have any boobs or head explosions! Now is that a movie you want to watch?! I don't think so! Take a lap.