Very Friggin' Bad Things!

Hi, it's me again. Daryl's older, more handsome and much more awesome brother Glenn.

(Glenn! Get back in your cage! - Daryl)

It's time for another movie review. And trust me, this one is damn good.

First of all I have to say that this movie is not for children, or people who are easily offended by swearing, bloody violence, prostitutes, murder and corpses.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about this movie. In "Very Bad Things" a group of guys take their friend to Las Vegas for a batchelor party before he gets married. Everything goes as planned.... That is until they accidentally kill a prostitute. Now firstly I'd like to say that this movie is not a rip off of "Shallow Grave" like many have claimed. "Very Bad Things" is simply another movie in a long line of black comedies that involve the discovery or the disposal of a dead body or the cover up of a murder, and the incidents that occur subsequently (See "Shallow Grave", "The Trouble with Harry", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Heathers" and "Death Becomes Her").

But anyways, this movie is very well done. It's insanely well written by actor/writer/director Peter Berg and it stars one of the most awesome actors ever, "Christian Slater" who is no stranger to murder as he was in another great movie "Heathers". Not only is this movie hilarious, it's also very dark which will satify those who, like me, have a twisted sense of humour. It's basically a movie in which a bad situation just gets worse and worse by the minute, until it everything finally just ends up in the crapper, so to speak. Whilst the ending is quite tragic (Especially when thought about for a while) it's also funny as hell, and it's a hell of a lot lighter than the original ending (Which you can find on the IMDB in trivia).

Inevitably of course I have to compare this to the badass of black comedies Danny Boyle's "Shallow Grave", and while this movie came damn close, it didn't manage to surpass Danny Boyle's masterpiece. Still, there great to watch together along with the other aformentioned movies.

In conclusion the movie is an extremely fun and gruesome experience, with it's sharp witty script and visually interesting camera angles. Something to enjoy with the lads. Preferably during a batchelor party. A cautionary about how too much fun can lead to consequences!

Tagline: For Boys Who Should Know Better....

Rating: 4/5