Les brutes

The Cullen boys are a nasty bunch. They take whatever they want from the local shops, dance with whoever they like at the local bar, beat their sister and blame it on one of the local boys. If anyone stands up to them, they know they're in for a taste of Cullen family attention, which is particularly brutal.

There are a few good scenes of intimidation, especially the treatment of Vern the mechanic, but somehow, they're just not made out to be as scary as they should be. Pity, because the actors were good at being bad when they were allowed to be.

Criminally unsung British horror movie maverick Paul 'Prom Night' Lynch's super intense backwoods nightmare is not only blessed with another righteous Paul Zaza soundtrack and the deliciously luminous presence of Olivia D'Abo but is an usually bleak and mean-spirited redneck head-wrecker about the suburbanite Morris family moving to a rather isolated ski-resort town and instead of enjoying a little respite from the stresses of the big bad city only to discover the country can present a uniquely unpleasant threat all of its own. Very soon all the members of the Morris family have a series of increasingly violent confrontations with wealthy, profoundly inhospitable land owners The Cullens, a despotic clan of thugs who run the town like it was their own personal fiefdom. The director does a bravura job of raising the volatility of his bellicose 'Bullies' to a feverish pitch of intensity, delivering a truly exhilarating and breathlessly satisfying, if not to mention highly combustible conclusion!

While the film is far from unpredictable there is an undeniable primal viscerality to Lynch's pulse-pounding filmmaking which maintains rigorous interest throughout, cannily replacing originality with unleavened emotional force. It must be added that youngsters Jonathan Crombie and Olivia D'Abo truly make a delightful pair of greatly embattled lovers. Great stuff! Blu-ray Please!!!!

It seems to me that perhaps the incessant violence in this film is what saves it, and what ruins it. I have to confess, the first scene of senseless violence got my attention in a big way, but after a while it began to get rather repetitive. There were just too many beatings, and there was too much intimidation for the film to be enjoyable. Was it interesting? For the most part, yes. Unfortunately, anyone who has seen a film before would know that this family would eventually be put in their place, so the interest was only maintained by waiting to see who would be attacked next.

this movie really contain a lot of brutal action... i really like this movie indeed... it has a lot of action, and the story line goes well. this is one of the better grade b movies i have seen! come on guys... this is not a stupid movie. give this movie a chance. it deserves to be rated 6 and above in IMDb list. what can i say about this movie?? the actors are unknown, but still, they perform well in this movie! the story line is pretty good too! i'm giving this movie a chance! so i'm giving it 10/10..

try to watch this movie.. i really recommend this movie to everyone... every movie should be given a chance... as a conclusion, this a GOOD MOVIE!!! BRAVO !!!

10/10****

Olivia D'Abo in a wet T-shirt is the only thing this movie has going for it. Other than that, this Canadian production about a man taking out a vicious band of hillbillies is not worth anybody's time. The writing is bad, the acting is poor and the direction is sub-standard.