Cactus Jack

The word "Intense" doesn't even begin to cut it. This film WILL make you feel something. It might be anger, it might be fear; it will most certainly be disgust. I seriously felt gross watching it. And that is why I believe the filmmakers did something really brilliant here. If you can stomach listening to the hate-fueled words of the most racist individual you could imagine for 90 minutes, this is worth watching. The way it's put together is artful and beautifully cinematic, (in a gross and gritty way). I was horrified, appalled, and impressed by this film.

Cactus Jack is a complete waste of potential, and I wish it did wasn't. The film centers around what some would envision the average 4chan user to be, spewing his hateful rhetoric until it leads to a really powerful moment showing his mother screaming at him and berating him and it shows the trauma and the influences on him that gave him such twisted views, the moment is powerful, the specific hand movements he does, it shows a broken man trying not to snap and after this scene it goes downhill. The movie contains two clear ideas for a movie a dramatic portrayal of a man with mental illness and hateful views and a weird over the top exploitation flick both I find entertaining in their own different respected ways but put together they clash and undermine each other, I give Cactus Jack a final, 4/10.

Not necessarily bad but too long scenes, same speech countless times. Could have been a good short movie and still pass the message.

This is very hard to watch. But I recommend everyone watch it because these people do exist and they exist en mass. The film is well done if you can listen to how the main character talks long enough.

" A good library has something that offends everyone."

Cactus Jack is not for the timid, or the easily offended. But good art is often offensive. This film is a barrel of TNT with Wile E. Coyote lighting a match on top of it, because it is a film about truth--there are those among us who spout hatred of their fellow man or woman, who incite violence and sponsor extremism in the name of a better America, in the name of a better world.

CACTUS JACK dares ask the questions, 'Are they your neighbors? Do you really know what they are capable of?'

CACTUS JACK takes the worst of these extremists and rolls them up into a single ball of fire, vividly and ferociously portrayed with an all-too-truthful realism. Nobody wants to admit these people exist, but the most terrifying aspect of this film is admitting to yourself they are out there. Among us. Next to us.

CACTUS JACK is a well-placed window into the soul of extremist xenophobia. It's a movie with balls, one that will offend many times over, but just when you believe it's too much, you'll realize it's making you think.

It is a brilliantly crafted film, a labor of love with a message. And if you can think for yourself, you'll see it.