Big Game (2015)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Absolutely brilliant

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Without doubt one of the worst films I have ever watched. The idiocy of the premise, script dialogue and direction is beyond compare. It is pure 80s Hollywood cheese in the worst way, without any hint of a knowing wink to the audience that the film isn't taking itself too seriously. It takes itself entirely seriously, despite being utterly preposterous. Oh, and the music is equally awful. I will never get these 90 mins of my life back, don't make the same mistake.

Some call it fun, I call it nonsense. That's what this is, nonsense. There's a major issue with the finished product here. Well there are several, but let's start with the problem with the concept. This movie is clichéd bullcrap. It's the kind of stuff that was dished out by that purveyor of delightful trash in the 80s Cannon only not as good and not as pure. I say unpure because the clichés in this movie seem like they are aimed at children. The highs and lows about a boy overcoming adversity to cheesy music is up there with Karate kid and Masters of the Universe..and maybe even Russkies (remember that one?). How many times can Samuel L Jaclson actually thank that brave fearless boy before all of the cheesey grins make us start to cheer for the baddies. That's if the baddies themselves didn't seem like they feell straight out of a 'Henchmen book for Dummies' which makes them just as annoying. Anyway, thats the problem. This movie seems to be geared towards kids (half of what is passed as fact here is out-loud laughable). But clearly from the horrific violence and language simply isn't intended for a minor audience. The rating is 13 pg...but honestly, the rhetoric of a boys right of passage story seems meant for younger kids its that cringe worthy. The kind of people would think this is fun are people I would imagine who genuinely have the mind of a child (not a childish sense of humour and not some sort of nostalgic love of bad 80s movies). Its not a throwback to any genre or era. Its not Delta force or American Ninja. It has no depth. This can be made up with action, but when the cheesey cringey subplot kicks you in your sense of urgh every few minutes it just makes this movie fail on too many levels. Its a confused piece of badly written nonsense.. It not a nod to old fune movies, its just a confused, uncomfortable pile of bs. Which is a pity considering the mighty fine cast at hand. I've spent too much time writing this as it is...can't believe I stayed up to watch to this trite. Avoid.

Senseless fun. What more can I say. Probably not worth watching a second time round but definitely worth watching it once.I thought I'd seen it all. An Assassination attempt on the President? Old news. Kidnapping the President? Yawn. Never have I ever heard a terrorist say that he's got a taxidermist lined up to stuff the president.For that alone this gets an 8. If the President actually did end up getting stuffed I'd have given it a 10.

Always good if your expectations are not that high. Because it is way better then that. Don't take it to seriously. Yes, they are maybe B actors but to be honest very good B actors. The action is very good, Special effects nothing to complain about. A movie about a boy that has to do some hunting to become a man. And he will hunt. A lot to laugh or at least smile about.There is really only one thing that is bad about it. The landscape is not Finland.