THE BIG BAD (2011)

THE BIG BAD (2011)

This is one of those movies that has a pretty decent looking cover and has hints of RED RIDING HOOD written all over it. Even the tag line leads the viewer in that direction. Unfortunately despite the fact that lead Jessi Gotta can act (and apparently write) this movie is a lot of sitting around bars and old run down houses talking stuff out rather than getting to what viewers probably thought was going to be a werewolf movie.

The effects are decent but the over abundance of seemingly un-necessary amount of detached eyeballs makes large portions of this almost unwatchable. I get that we are being told a story here and I get that the effect budget outside a couple guys just out of effects makeup school limited things but this movie just never felt like it got anywhere. Like at all.

I know this film will get some decent reviews and the acting certainly warrants at least some credit. However unless you are Cheers (which has been off the air for years) or Coyote Ugly or a movie that we knew was going to be about a bar, you can’t spend half the movie just hanging around talking about your bad boyfriends. There is a bit of mystery to this movie and it is about werewolves, but there is just nothing here to see aside from some dialog and some decent efforts by the actresses involved.

I give this movie a 2 out of 7 because I can’t really see very much of anything redeeming here. 

Rating Definition : 2 out of 7 – EHH, this movie was not good and you know it. You kind of wish you hadn’t paid to see it or allowed that chick in the deli to talk you into taking her. Once the bad taste in your mouth is washed out, you won’t think this is the worst movie ever, but you will think it was close.