The film is a slick, soulless spectacle whose jokey banter and space-opera action drowns out the story’s emotional beats.
Unimaginatively directed and indifferently shot, the film never establishes a distinctive voice for itself.
This list is likely the only one to put Nicole Kidman in the company of Lori Loughlin.
This is a nasty little film that tries very hard to obscure its misogynist and racist premise through satiric social commentary.
Why make cartoon characters out of a cast whose greatest comedic virtue is their natural ability to appear cartoonish?
It won’t convince Crank: High Voltage’s naysayers, but for those on the film’s insane wavelength, it’s a worthy DVD package.
The film is a pure narcotized rush of blistering action, odious stereotypes, and shock-for-shock’s-sake nastiness.
Frat boys and KKK members will surely love it.
This is as detestable a hard-R offense as has ever been released to theaters.
Mark my words: Napoleon Dynamite will fly off the shelves, bound to become the most-rented DVD of the next few years. Sigh.
The film traffics in one depth-less character after another and watches as they blindly engage in a spectacle of shallow bumblefuckery.