This film seemed to be running in a lot of directions at once without getting anywhere.
It oscillated constantly between trying to be a farce, a horror flick, a comedy, a romance, a social commentary, and an environmental movie.
The problem is while it was bouncing around trying to condemn fracking, homophobia, teen suicide, classicism, British imperialism, private education, capitalism, and a bunch of other stuff, it gave short shrift to character and plot development.
The saddest part of all this is they had some stellar actors to work with, including: Michael Sheen, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Margot Robbie.
With that kind of star power this should have been a slam dunk, but it simply wasn't.
Instead of a hilarious horror comedy; this ended up being a big tangled mess of missed opportunities.
Between the plethora of plot points and the massive cast of characters, there was simply too much going on for the audience to get much out of the film.
When you're asked to care about everything and everyone all at once, the sad reality is you end up caring about none of it because Slaughterhouse Rulez never gives you a chance to get invested in any of the storylines beyond the surface level.
It's too bad someone with a stronger vision who understands that less is sometimes more had not gotten ahold of this script.
If someone had simply paired it down to a more streamline concept, this could have been spectacular.
Instead, it mostly ended up being a slightly frustrating and therefore largely forgettable mess.
