The Big Ugly

The Big Ugly is a typical story you can expect with Vinnie Jones. Vinnie Jones was as a footballer (soccer player for the Americans) already one of the meanest player there could be and in his movie career he's just playing that same character over and over. I guess he has the face for it, but it would be nice to see him playing something different in the future. Vinnie Jones, Malcolm McDowell and Ron Perlman did a fairly good job playing their characters, the story on the other hand is one of those stories we've seen before, macho against macho seeking revenge. It's all déjà-vu but it's entertaining if you like that kind of stuff. Good enough to watch once.

The Big Ugly Micro Review -

First and most importantly Ron Perlman is absolutely fantastic. Vinnie Jones, Malcolm McDowell, and Bruce McGill are also all wonderful. Unfortunately, the film's positives end with its cast. The Big Ugly features a great setting with intriguing character relationships but fails to deliver on its promise of West Virginia Gangster Shakespeare.

The Big Ugly has numerous questionable production choices. Interior bar scenes are filmed against bright large front windows blowing out the shot. The editing is extremely overworked bouncing around the room without motivation other than to give the appearance that talking about events is fast paced. The action that is portrayed in this genre gangster film is generic and forgettable lacking any personality.

Perlman, Jones and McDowell elevate the quality of a film that would have been a complete disaster without their natural talent, charisma, and excitement. That's the disappointment aspect of The Big Ugly. The story idea is actually interesting with an upper class West Virgina Gangster family dispute. Unfortunately, the talent of the Big Ugly's actors are miles above the quality of the film.

British lads buy into an oil deal in an attempt to launder money. Vinny Jones and Malcom McDowell star as Neelyn and Harris, trying to make some easy cash. With Preston (Ron Perlman) as the usual sidekick. Here, he respects and bonds with the locals. Also produced by Ron Perlmen. So of course, he's going to come out looking good. It's a little spacey.. intentionally, for affect. And when Neelyn's girl goes missing, things start to get hairy. People on both sides.. the outsiders and the locals try to figure out how Junior (Brandon Sklenar) is involved. The subplot here is that Will (Nick Braun) wants his girl to quit her job so he can take care of her, but she's not having it. And then it gets silly.. when the company tries to tell Will who he can date, he fights back. Fans turning slowly... what the hell ? In lieu of a good script, write weirdness, and lots of violence. I kind of lost respect for the story here. It could have been a good murder mystery. But not so good. Written and directed by Scott Wiper. And Paul Tarantino.

No character backgrounds confusing. Just really boring. Great cast of good actors but lacking any real purpose in the story. Just awful

I must admit when i saw the casting i was expecting at least some great moments of acting between the Trio Mac Dowell, Pearlman and Jones and i'm sorry to say i didn't have that.... This movie is bad from the core : the script is poorly written, there's is no good dialogue so no good acting moment possible between protagonists. Lots of useless scenes. The editing is lazy. The music choice is lame most of the time (all the time!). I watched it to the end hoping for something good happen to save it a little bit but it didn't come.... Very disappointing and very Boring... i put 3 stars for the 3 stars in it....