Movie Review: The Hardy Bucks Movie

The Hardy Bucks Movie (18)

Directed by: Mike Cockayne
Starring: Martin Maloney, Chris Tordoff & Owen Colgan

For those of you stateside who have not heard of The Hardy Bucks, it is an Irish Mockumentary TV show similar to The Trailer Park Boys. It is set in a small town in the West of Ireland and follows the mis-adventures of five lads who drink, smoke, fight and dream of making it to the big smoke – Galway. The Hardy Bucks started out as a series of You Tube videos but after winning a competition called Storyland, ran by Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE, they got their own TV series. The boys have a very loyal fan base and have now hit the big screen.

This is a road trip movie which sees the lads head off to Poland to watch Ireland play Poznan in the Euros. They stop off in Amsterdam on route to Poland where French Toast and Eddie land themselves in trouble with gangsters after a night of partying which neither can remember the details of… The Viper meets two ladies and brings them back to his camper not realising their ‘profession’ and The Boo undertakes some research in the Red light District while Buzz and Salmon have their own little adventure there.

From the word go, this movie is laugh out loud funny. The thing we all need to remember is these guys are not professional actors and yet they play these characters like pros. The Irish humour is captured perfectly but they also go to places with their comedy that you would not normally see in an Irish movie. I think this movie will introduce them to a whole new audience who may not have seen them before. Personally I can’t wait for the next movie!

4 Sheep

Rita Scott from Following the Nerd
My name is Rita Scott and I was born in 1980. All my life I have been a massive horror movie fan and have been an avid follower of shows such as Buffy, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, American Gothic, there are literally too many to mention. I am obsessed with Friends and live in hope of a movie. I love to write and I hope you enjoy my articles.

Movie Review: Texas Chainsaw 3D

Texas Chainsaw 3D
Directed by: John Luessenhop
Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Tania Raymonde and Scott Eastwood
Released: 1/4/2013
Running Time: 92mins

A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance; little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding killer is part of the reward.

So far, I had not read too many good reviews about Texas Chainsaw 3D even though it is at the top of the US Box Office, so I was looking forward to seeing what I thought of it.

Texas Chainsaw 3D was directed by John Luessenhop (Lock Down, Takers) and this story starts where the original ended. The story is based on a young girl who finds out she has an inheritance from a grandmother she never knew she had. Both her and her friends go on a road trip to collect her inheritance in Texas and so begins their night of terror.

Firstly, the 3D left a lot to be desired. I was expecting much more from it in this particular movie. I thought the plot was good. It was nice to have a continuation of a story rather than a straight out remake. Although, it would have been nice to have a twist in the plot. You pretty much knew where it was going the whole time.

When going to see this movie you cannot compare it to the original. The first Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a cult movie and was extremely shocking and violent for its time so you really need to look at this movie in its own right as the chances of it being equal or better than the original were always unrealistic.

The acting is not going to win anything at the Oscar’s, but hey, when is the acting ever great in these slasher movies? Personally I enjoyed it, I can’t see it making an appearance on my fave movies of 2013 list but it was enjoyable and passes a few hours.

3 Sheep

Guest Reviewer Rita Scott from Following The Nerd