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CrimeYear2020Duration1h 46mIMDb5.1

The Big Ugly

CrimeDramaThriller

Anglo-American relations go bad when London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.

Trailer

Cast

Scott Wiper

Director

Vinnie Jones

Neelyn

Malcolm McDowell

Harris

Ron Perlman

Preston

Nicholas Braun

Will

Leven Rambin

Kara

Brandon Sklenar

Junior

Lenora Crichlow

Fiona

Bruce McGill

Milt

Dan Buran

Stoney

DM

David Myers Gregory

Thomas

Stephen Marcus

Big James

Elyse Levesque

Jackie

Joelle Carter

Tomi

Leilani Barrett

Mike

NN

Nathan Neorr

Ruffian

JG

J. Gary Thompson

Webster

Kevin Crowley

Joe

PC

Patt Connolly

Additional Voices

Scott Wiper

Writer

Paul Tarantino

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

Jojo🧚‍♀️Mar 29, 2023

Terrible. It's just awful. Embarrassing. Dreadful pacing, terrible dialogue. Holier than Swiss cheese. The story line is so dull. It's not even so bad it's good. One assumes Perlman, Jones and mcdowell are all short on funds

🔥3issam🔥Mar 29, 2023

This film start with the narrator talking about oil and god, and the introduction of three main character(Neelyn, Harris, and Preston) scene! As turnout, this film is about Neelyn need to take revenge on Preston's son "Junior", after Junior causing his lover "Fiona" death! Entire film full of boring conversation, and annoying overuse scene! Such as, overuse of the drinking scene, overuse of the smoking scene, overuse of the song playing at the background scene, overuse of the flashback scene, overuse of the searching scene, and overuse of the flirting scene! Make the film unwatchable! All the action scene in the film have blood at certain point, but overall portray by sideways! Barely intense scene is, Will blow up a truck! At the end, Neelyn kill Junior! Harris, Preston shot at each other and die! Will and Kara escape with a plane! That's it! Another disappointed film!

Michael oMar 29, 2023

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.

Roshan GhimireMar 29, 2023

I only got this because i like Ron Perlman but he was wasted in this boring trash!!! Vinnie Jones can't act is horrendous here & everything about the film was crappy & all characters are scum. Absolutely No redeeming Qualities at all

henvi_darjiMar 29, 2023

Where to start with this nonsense! With real heavy weights like McDowell and Perlman, I thought we would have some substance, but it looks like a cheap payday was on offer. Jones can't act, so when he appears as the main character, you know the film will struggle!. I am two thirds finished, it's so poor I'm thinking of switching off! I can't think of one positive from this film, cheap,nasty film, with no plaudits!.

El AhnasMar 29, 2023

First, the cast is good for a cheap action B movie. Vinnie, Ron and Malcolm do an acceptable job here. Second, the script itself it's simple but well executed. Last, Vinnie here looks more human than ever. Remembered me sometimes a cheap Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. So, overall an acceptable B-action movie from the old Vinnie.

Magdalene Chriss MunMar 29, 2023

This movie starts off slow and kinda boring but if you are a real movie fan, you can spot a movie that will not disappoint. the characters are top class,btw the plot is not about junior,the ending is classic, makes you forget about the begining.

Julia Ilumbe04Mar 29, 2023

From the beginning there's lazy narration, lazy character introductions, nothing really happening.. the women are reduced to objects, the men just kinda grunt and barely do much. Some guy gets shot in a barn for seems like no reason at all. A movie is supposed to be visual/ moving... but the characters just sit around the whole time talking to each other about the same thing over and over. There's no real character goals. Who is the hero? Vinnie Jones or Nicholas Braun? Who is the villain? Junior or Ron Perlman? Really didn't know who to root for or against. Leven Rambin was very underutilized. I was expecting an awesome Vinnie Jones vs deliverance backcountry Appalachia, violent, action packed and instead got a snooze fest. Also I feel like The Gentlemen is basically the same movie idea but done much better and with way more clever dialogue and scenes.

Kyle EcharriMar 29, 2023

Hard-Guy Vinney, soccer-player-turned-actor just about acquits himself here. The W. Virginia location looked good, as did the contributions of his screen-partners Ron Perlman, as aged London gang-leader, "Harris" , and Malcolm McDowell, red-neck oilman's-leader, "Preston". The clash of culture between limey metropolitan gangster and backwoods oil-man, with an unexpected ecological & ideological tinge was always going to be a pretty difficult one - as it proved. The real disappointment here was the Plot, which started OK enough, but really was grasping for straws a long time before the last reel of film.

Barbara Eshun🌸💫Mar 29, 2023

The Big Ugly is about an English crime enforcer looking for vengeance after the love of his life is killed in West Virginia. The fact that she was drugged and killed by the son of an oil man who happens to be best friend with the enforcers English boss complicates matters as do the 25 million pounds which one has given as a loan to the other. This movie is not as bad as one could expect and the actors including Ron Pearlman as the Oil Man and Malcom McDowell as the British Crime Boss are decent in their supporting roles. Vinnie Jones as the aggrieved enforcer is not bad either. The fact that all three had a hand in producing the film probably had them act as well as they could. The actors in the smaller roles are all ok as well. The biggest problem here is the bad story which feels like it is dragging way too much and gets too slow and at times repetitive. Most of the characters also feel either like too much of a cliche or do very dumb things to advance the plot. Overall, this was not very exciting or engaging although everyone tries their best to produce a decent film. It could have been much better had the story been better written.

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