VFW

VFW is a low budget grindhouse actioner in the style of the 70's and 80's. This is a siege flick in the vein of John Carpenter's Assault On Presinct 13. Steve Lang heads an ensemble cast of old school bad ass actors that includes some of my favorites including William Sadler, Fred Williamson, David Patrick Kelly and Martin Kove. The cast had a great rapport and chemistry and must survive the night at the VFW against an hoard of drug addicts. These old timer war vets take out the trash in a brutal violent matter. The film looks really grainy with bad lighting to sometimes make it difficult to tell what is going on. But for a Gonzo cheapazoid action flick this gets the job done for some gory and trashy entertainment.

Love siege movies. This one is an obvious tribute to Carpenter + the gore. It even has a Carpenter like ostinatto synth music at the beginning which establishes the menacing mood as in Assault On Precint 13. Still, the movie falls short in every aspect. The cast is good but their performance is shaky. Lang, more than anyone, is the weakest. The guy who plays the ranger is also bad. The mood is also destroyed by some mediocre continutiy. One moment a dear friend of theirs die and the next they are all laughing and delivering tacky lines. At this point in the movie, the music turns into obnoxious generic sounds. While the gore is there, the dark images prevent us from seeing it and enjoying it (a recourse to hide low budget effects maybe?). Still, it is fun to watch, the great William Sadler is in it, and it's a great (although poorly executed) Carpenter tribute.

I really enjoyed this movie. It reminded me of Peter Jackson's and Sam Raimi's early work. It feels like a total appreciation for anything "John Carpenter".

The gore is *chefs kiss*, the soundtrack is one of the best I've heard for a while, electro-bass pumping during the action. It's a great fun move worth your time.

First, here we have a non pretentious movie with a great cast and 80's style gore-action. Second, looks like the director was inspired by movies like From Dusk Till Dawn or Hobo with a shotgun and Carpenter's Vampires. Last, I really appreciate the effort of creating something decent here and in some ways it accomplished. To add, decent performances and great 80's stylish music. So, overall a great B-movie entertainment.

When I saw the cast for this movie, I must admit that I was impressed, and it was definitely a movie that I had to sit down and watch. So I must admit that I had some expectations to the movie.

And now that I've seen it, I can say that the movie was adequately entertaining. However, the script and storyline was weak and offered nothing new to the audience. In fact, it was sort of not really enough to sustain a whole movie on. And with that being said, I must state that it was the cast and their performances that salvaged the movie, as the script and storyline had massive shortcomings.

"VFW" is the type of movie that you watch once and take in the impressive cast ensemble, much like "The Expendables", and chances are that you will quickly forget about the movie, because the storyline was so flaccid and mediocre.

There is a good amount of action and violence in the movie, which definitely was one of the reasons why the movie also was bearable to sit through, aside from the casts performances.

This 2019 movie is adequate for a single viewing, but ultimately it ended up as being a very mediocre experience when you look at the movie as a whole. As such, my rating of "VFW" ends on a five out of ten stars.