The Big Ugly

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The Big Ugly

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2020

1h 46m

Crime

Drama

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London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

It's very intense... [And] very interesting politics.

Aug 13, 2020

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

I was more intrigued by the supporting players, a colorful array of wrong-side-of-the-law types

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 31, 2020

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Boozing, brawling and tedium.

Jul 30, 2020

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Pete Vonder Haar

Houston Press

A few craggy teardrops and a convincingly taken beatdown aren't necessarily going to perk ears up at Oscar headquarters for Vinnie Jones. Then again, in 2020...who knows?

Rated: 2/5

Sep 4, 2020

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The characters are prisoners of fate but the film is more poignant because they know this isn't how things have to be.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2020

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

The Big Ugly doesn't "move," it just sits there on the screen

Rated: 1/5

Aug 7, 2020

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STEPHEN P

I am more in agreement with the pro critics on this one. Barely OK show. Very predictable and not very probable at all.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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David L

i think the cinematographer thought that lighting this film meant backlighting this film and then doubliing down on it. just one of many reasons why this film stinks.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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Terence C

4 Stars is surely a minority review - but if something feels anything like a Guy Richie movie and takes me back to Vinnie in "Two Guns and a Smoking Barrel," … I'm all in. And the musical score was a bonus. Great cinematography especially use of shadows. I don't care how many dimensions the characters had; they were great.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/17/23

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KEVIN C

There are elements to this movie that I liked. It's set in West Virginia and involves a British mobster doing business with the town's sheriff regarding some sort of oil deal. Then it kind of becomes a revenge movie mostly as the son of the sheriff kills the girlfriend of the British mobsters number one associate. So it's kind of muddled. It does have a good cast including Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman and Vinnie Jones. Seems like this would've worked better as a straight revenge flick than bogging it down with a mostly uninteresting and underdeveloped sub story

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/31/22

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Audience Member

Better than most, acting was good

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

In order for this to work, Vinnie Jones has to be somewhat adequate as an action star. All he does is continuously take a beating by a man the size of a walnut. So cliched and terribly boring. Actors obviously working for a paycheck.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/16/21

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Synopsis

London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.

Director: Scott Wiper
Producer: Vinnie Jones, Karri O'Reilly, Tarquin Pack, Scott Wiper
Screenwriter: Scott Wiper
Production Co: 4G Vision
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Brief Drug Use|Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 31, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $502.4K
Runtime: 1h 46m

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