The titular character is just a normal family man doing his best to support his wife and two kids. A recovering alcoholic, Buddy hasn't had a drink for the best part of a year.
But the only reward for his good intentions is a failing business and a cheating wife.
Include a bounty hunter and an hot-tempered ex for good measure, and Buddy's already short fuse is about to blow.
Pushed over the edge, with nothing to live for, and armed with a chainsaw, Buddy is out for blood.........
If you haven't seen Jamie Kennedy in anything for over eight years, like myself, be prepared,the years haven't been kind to this man, he looks awful, a bloated, pale, sullen man, which only adds to effect of the film.
Whether this is intentional I have no idea, but wow, it certainly impacts on his character. Again, with the amount of comedy Kennedy has in his cannon, I was expecting something tongue in cheek, along the lines of Santa's Slay, something cheap, and throwing in jokes for a cheap laugh, but nothing could be further from the truth.
This is serious stuff, and to say that the titular character has a worse day than Douglas did in Falling Down, is an understatement.
It's wholly unlikely that in the space of a couple of days you could lose,your family, your mother, your business, and owe thousands of Dollars, but this happens to him, and to be fair, even though he's not a likable character, he doesn't do anything wrong, apart form what the story lets us know about his past.
There is a silly sub-plot about murder running in the family that takes the edge from the film, but it's soon disregarded in order to let the carnage commence.
But, all the characters, apart from the young daughter are all abhorrent, especially his son (which he should have really slapped), so you couldn't care less about them, and the ending is a cop out.
So it's good fun, but way too serious for my liking, and it's leaves you feeling a little dirty.
But the only reward for his good intentions is a failing business and a cheating wife.
Include a bounty hunter and an hot-tempered ex for good measure, and Buddy's already short fuse is about to blow.
Pushed over the edge, with nothing to live for, and armed with a chainsaw, Buddy is out for blood.........
If you haven't seen Jamie Kennedy in anything for over eight years, like myself, be prepared,the years haven't been kind to this man, he looks awful, a bloated, pale, sullen man, which only adds to effect of the film.
Whether this is intentional I have no idea, but wow, it certainly impacts on his character. Again, with the amount of comedy Kennedy has in his cannon, I was expecting something tongue in cheek, along the lines of Santa's Slay, something cheap, and throwing in jokes for a cheap laugh, but nothing could be further from the truth.
This is serious stuff, and to say that the titular character has a worse day than Douglas did in Falling Down, is an understatement.
It's wholly unlikely that in the space of a couple of days you could lose,your family, your mother, your business, and owe thousands of Dollars, but this happens to him, and to be fair, even though he's not a likable character, he doesn't do anything wrong, apart form what the story lets us know about his past.
There is a silly sub-plot about murder running in the family that takes the edge from the film, but it's soon disregarded in order to let the carnage commence.
But, all the characters, apart from the young daughter are all abhorrent, especially his son (which he should have really slapped), so you couldn't care less about them, and the ending is a cop out.
So it's good fun, but way too serious for my liking, and it's leaves you feeling a little dirty.