Bad Is Bad

If you've seen Michael Haneke's Funny Games you've seen the original and far superior movie that this is based on. Its only redeeming feature is the largely solid performances from the leads. Uninspired, less crafted, and gratuitous version of its more illustrious predecessor.

Hollywood should be ashamed. I thought this movie was good, but when I saw the budget, I was shocked.

Yeah, no special effects, CGI, big name stars, elaborate soundtrack, but it was better than much of the crap that comes out nowadays, and for the cost, it's impressive.

I am a big fan of movies before 1970. They knew how to tell a story without graphic violence and sex. Today, the need to spell out every detail of a sex or violence scene actually takes away from the movie, in my opinion. This movie got the message across the old fashioned way, which is one of the main reasons I liked it.

Hollywood has done this story before, in many ways. I'm glad this movie showed emotions instead of nudity, soft porn, graphic violence and gore, and a ton of curse words.

They did a good job, but after seeing the budget, I think they did a great job.

I liked this one. Kind've your typical kid gets left out by the dad he never knew revenge type movie. It's obviously low budget but they did pretty well for that. Acting aside. 5/10

I respect the hell out of this film and it's makers. I heard about this film through a friend and read a little back story about how it was made by a few friends on a very tight budget. That being said, these guys took the knowledge and creativity they had and combined it with every resource at their disposal to create a very watchable feature film. It's people like this and films like this that truly demonstrate what it means to be a 'filmmaker'. Nowadays, there's so much special effects combined with such big budgets that you don't need to be creative to make a film. Look at Bad Boys 2 for example - $130 million dollar budget. You give me that amount of money, I can make that film - throw in some explosions, gun fights and car chases and there you go. These guys didn't have those sort of resources or any funding and they still managed to make a good flick. You guys truly inspire eager filmmakers, and I'm anxious to see what you can do if and when you get a sizable budget. Good luck to you guys, and again, Hat's Off!

BAD is BAD was really very good. This thrilling home invasion story is known chiefly for it's absurdly low budget, and for being one of the few narrative features to be shot entirely on a consumer DSLR, the Canon 7D.

Unlike much low budget cinema, it is easy to become absorbed in BAD is BAD, after a few minutes you find that instead of critiquing and looking for imperfections (which are scarce), you're only interested in 'what happens next'.

I enjoyed this film more than Gran Torino (not exaggerating).

More people need to see/know about BAD is BAD.