All Hell Broke Loose

Normally I love westerns, enough so that I am frequently forgiving of any shortcomings that they may have. However, "All Hell Broke Loose" is so unbelievably awful that I couldn't find any enjoyment out of it. The first clue as to its awfulness is that it's made by Barnholtz Entertainment, who are notorious for making and distributing shabby product. The second clue is that David Carradine was in the movie. In the past he made some entertaining movies, but towards the end of his life he was in one stinker after another, including this one. Though he is top-billed, you should know he's actually just in a minor supporting role. He doesn't seem very enthusiastic, and looking at the rest of the movie you'll soon see why. The photography is often washed out and murky, there's a cheap look to every shot (even those taking place in the wilderness), some of the actors are VERY OBVIOUSLY dubbed, the action is almost non-existent (and boring when there is "action"), the story is confusing, and the movie is so gosh-darned DULL. There is NOTHING of merit in this movie, and the movie's badness is not of the so-bad-it's-good type, so there's no reason to watch this movie, even if you are a Carradine fan.

Possibly the worst video ever made. Who financed this crud? Criminal use of equipment and bozo talent from the director, down. Even Carradine looks bedraggled and embarrassed for the five or so pointless minutes he's in this bomb. The actors are so amateurish as to be embarrassing. The post-production voice dubbing makes characters sound like they're in a recording studio. The script is simply phenomenally and unbearably childish. Even the costumes are bogus...made-in-china versions of a smattering of different periods, mostly Dollar Store. The buildings are cheap facades or obviously your uncle's vacation cabin. Everyone wears biker's vests...no collars! A few of the sidearms are big and bulky, but this pathetic director has made the saddest Leone attempt in history with enough time, gear, money and people to make at least one blade of grass watchable...and nothing is. Some adults should have manned the equipment and allowed a class of first-graders write and act exactly as they pleased and it would have been "Once Upon A Time In The West" in comparison to this donkey. Actually...maybe it was a bunch of first-graders. Even the beards were stupid looking. Message to director Christopher Forbes: you've managed to make every error in the film world and then some. Learn IMMENSE amounts from this or look for another line of work.

Ever heard of a B~Movie ? This is a Z. This Movie is so bad. Bad acting, Bad lines, Bad Shooting Scenes. The guns firing even sound toy like.

The only thing I rented this for was because I am a huge David Carradine fan and have been for many years. The movie box misleads the potential renter/buyer into thinking David is the main character..for those of you who didn't look up the synopsis of the movie online first. David would be furious if he saw just how amateurish this movie came across as and I'm thinking had he lived he would have had a few things to say about it. He was great...the rest was a total disgrace. The director, camera work, dialogue, set decor, sound, picture and acting were sub par by professional standards.Poor script, poor delivery of a poor script. David again was "the rock" and steadily delivered as he has always done. One part at the beginning of the movie had the dialogue voiced over (so it had the look of lip syncing - you could see how some of it was not matched/synced well) simply because it was a wider picture of several cowboys in a green field of some kind...and obviously they couldn't afford proper sound equipment to use the original dialogue that was spoken in the scene I.E. a boom mic for starters. Characters seemingly made out of cardboard, emotionless delivery, terrible camera work..I remarked while watching it that if I didn't know better you would think a few acting school graduates had gotten together to make a movie using home video equipment on a shoestring budget. The premise of the movie is excellent - HAD THEY HAD THE BUDGET TO ACHIEVE THEIR LOFTY GOALS. You can't do a grand western on no money...and on the box it compares this movie to The Outlaw Josey Wales..that is laughable. My biggest issue aside from this other crap is the fact that Mr. Carradine has a supporting role and on the box you are led to believe he is the main star of the film. The images are all him in dramatic pose with gun in hand and you think "man this sounds like it could be really good". How many people have been suckered into renting this? Using David's image and name to sell this amateur garbage is the real disgrace..pure and simple. If you want to see a great latter day David Carradine movie, go and rent/buy Son Of The Dragon. You'll be surprised just how good that one is..as you will be/were surprised how terrible this one is/was. I would think they spent most of their movie money on getting David into the film..and then scrimped on everything else. Sorry, this was a total bomb..and I have been a fan of westerns for 30 years. The guy above saying don't listen to the negative reviews is no doubt inspired to say so by personal financial interests in seeing this film succeed.

Forget it, avoid it..at all costs.

David Carradine may have appeared in many Classic "B" movies that were enjoyable to watch. A four time nominee for the Golden Globe Award he had to be completely broke to have joined up with Christopher "B flop" Forbes. What a shame after all the good work he did over the years to fizzle out in a wreck of a film.

This is the bottom of the barrel of movie making. no.. better yet, kick the barrel aside a dig underneath is where this high school style acting, ketchup splattering gun shot movie rests.

Christopher "B flop" Forbes wishes he had the talent and style of Ed Wood yet this film proves he is a close runner up to Larry Buchanan (one of the worst filmmakers of all time). "All Hell Broke Loose" was boring and tedious, containing some of the most uninspired acting I've ever seen. It lacks entertainment value despite the fact that a competent director could have probably done a good job with the material. It's a sad fact of life though that directors like Christopher "B flop" Forbes are a necessary evil. If there weren't people doing it wrong, then how would you know who was doing it right?

I think I will go watch a Kill Bill flick to get the taste of this movie out of my head. RIP Mr David "Jack" Carradine