Give 'em Hell Malone (2009)

A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writer:

Mark Hosack

Stars:

Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, Elsa Pataky

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Jane	...	Malone
Ving Rhames	...	Boulder
Elsa Pataky	...	Evelyn
French Stewart	...	Frankie the Crooner
Leland Orser	...	Murphy
Chris Yen	...	Mauler
William Abadie	...	Pretty Boy
Gregory Harrison	...	Whitmore
Doug Hutchison	...	Matchstick
Eileen Ryan	...	Gloria
David Andriole	...	Pencil Stache
Thomas Olson	...	Eddie the Cheese (as Tom Olson)
Mark Hosack	...	Sammy
Melody Deatherage	...	Nurse
Bart Heimburger	...	Clerk

Storyline

A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...

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Plot Keywords:

pay phone | gangster | private investigator | fellatio | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Hard to love... Harder to kill.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language and some sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Malone

Filming Locations:

Spokane, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hannibal Media, Malone Productions, Marlin Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Malone's car is a 1952 Chop Top Buick Straight 8, primer black with red rims and white wall tires. Thomas Jane found that car just days before shooting began and had it shipped up to Spokane from Oxnard just in time to get it running like it used to be.

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Goofs

When Malone takes Frankie the Crooner for a joy ride in the boot of his car - towards the ending of all the spins and donuts where dust goes everywhere - you can clearly see a white Jeep driving off in front of Malone's car for about 15 frames.

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Quotes

Frankie the Crooner: [from trailer] Suck my Sinatra.

User Reviews

Shootings galore, but there is a story in here

Former Detective and now freelance vigilante (for lack of a better description) Malone (Jane) believes he was set up and he needs to find out why the box everyone is trying to get is so important.

Watching this movie was like watching a comic book come to life. The dialogue, costumes, and cars from the 1940s made it so. I know many action movies are based on comic book super heroes, but this was going a bit too far and I almost shut it down. And, as far as I know there was no comic book based on the Malone character (I could be wrong about it, but…….I'm just saying).

There is so much shooting and killing in the beginning, sleepy time was coming upon me. But, nothing else was on tap so I stayed with it. Actually, it was quite entertaining and not bad at all. Yes, the shootings and killings went on unabated, but there was a story in there too. Honest.

For those of you (and me too) who forgot who Thomas Jane is let me fill us all in. He is the Punisher in those other movies actually based upon The Punisher comic book. Well, he may as well have been the Punisher in this one too. But as he says, he is a hard one to kill and yet, he does take some pretty hard whacks, and gunshots too. But, not to worry his mother tends to his gunshot wounds.

This Malone character doesn't mess around and neither does Doug Hutchinson appropriately called Matchstick, who likes to light fires every place he goes to kill people. Ving Rhames is a mountain of a man and if I heard it right, his character, Boulder, used to work with Malone back in the day on the job (Police work). The only thing he is afraid of is the story he believes that Malone actually reached in and took the hearts out of the people who killed his whole family and ate the hearts. And, let's not forget Gregory Harrison (as Whitmore), from some medical TV show back in the day. Well, he's a meanie in here and likes to use a baseball bat.

This is non-stop action, shootings and killings,but there is a story in here. Honest. You just have to stay with it. Okay, some twists too.

A meaningless note: sometimes Thomas Jane sounds like James Arness You know from Gunsmoke back in the day.

Oh, one more thing. There is a note at the end of the movie that says: TO BE CONTINUED. Can't wait.

Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: Yes, a brief shot of Elsa Pataky in the shower. Language: Yes.