ROTTEN TOMATOES: Review Revue: Pick Your Poison -- Death Race, House Bunny, Rocker and Longshots

Review Revue: Pick Your Poison -- Death Race, House Bunny, Rocker and Longshots

Critics consensus: OUCH.

by Alex Vo | August 22, 2008

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Smart moviegoers know some months you just don't need to try that hard in keeping up with new releases. January's one of those months. Sometimes September. And August definitely classifies as one.

But here's the silver lining: choices. More releases are stuffed in multiplexes than usual. So it was a mouthful during this week's Review Revue as Editor-in-Chief Matt, editor Jen, and creative director Gabi discussed the reviews for Death Race, The House Bunny, The Rocker, and The Longshots. (All four released in the dog days of summer, and all four being wide rotten releases, which could be a record if we kept track of that sort of thing.)

Check out the video embedded below!

And join us next week for...how many new releases? FIVE? Knock it off, studios!

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 22 2008 07:13 PM

Yes another piece of crap movie coming from FOX not just this week but also next week with BABYLON AD.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 22 2008 07:22 PM

What the hell guys?!?!? No love for Limp Bisket, you guys are trippn!

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 22 2008 07:27 PM

Also TRAITOR looks like it might actually be reallt good.

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EXECUTIVE-BOSS writes:
on Aug 22 2008 07:29 PM

hahahahah...Limp Bizket...LOL

I think I might watch Tropic Thunder again...not only was that movie a comedy classic BUT it was film genius in so many ways! 2 many ways for me to talk about...this post will be long as f*** if I do...LOL

Im proud of what you've accomplished with this movie Mr Stiller! CHEERS!

And I didnt forget Robert Downey's BRILLIANT performance either...give that man some type of an award!

Tom Cruise also did the damm thing with his role...GREAT!

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CaptainSiberia writes:
on Aug 22 2008 08:41 PM

It's only barely a remake of Death Race 2000, in which a motley, colorful cast of race car drivers drove a race cross country in which the object was to hit as many pedestrians as possibly, with high points being given for old people and babies. Gleeful madcap comedy! This is more the kind of action movie where the makers said, "**** you and **** everything you love! We're gonna give you a giant piece of ****, and you're gonna like it!"

Now here's another thing. You said a lot of movies were coming out this week. A lot of movies come out every week! Why don't you do so many reviews on other weeks?

Ok, Gabi starting to prove himself a little this week.

Oh, I get it now. You just stick to wide releases.

I'll let Anna Faris carry something! Eh? Get it? Eh? Love the line about soup, though!

Kick those Disaster Movie guys in the nuts!

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screwhead100 writes:
on Aug 22 2008 09:36 PM

Babylon A.D. actually doesnt look that bad...IMO

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Aug 22 2008 11:02 PM

In reply to this comment (#1998585)
lol..good one screw!

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JLOPZ12 writes:
on Aug 23 2008 01:21 PM

Babylon A.D will suck ***

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MaxFisher14 writes:
on Aug 23 2008 01:36 PM

Wow.... I can't believe the steaming pile of ***** these companys through out there, I mean the ROCKER, c'mon, no one believes Rainne Wilson as a rock star. STICK TO THE OFFICE!!!!

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Badgerman writes:
on Aug 23 2008 02:43 PM

Tropic Thunder was one of few movies I have seen in a while wherein you left the theater feeling like you'd really been entertained. Everyone was excellent throughout with particular kudos to Downey and Cruise who seems to have found a venue he should stick to, namely eccentric cameos. Perhaps in this way he can resurrect his flagging career. Great fun.

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infernaldude writes:
on Aug 23 2008 02:52 PM

I want to see Tropic Thunder!

I haven't seen House Bunny, but I think it will be lame. To bad Farris can't land better roles. She's funny and not bad on the eyes either.

I'll avoid Death Race. Anderson hasn't made a good film since Event Horizon. ( I think that's his only good film actually)

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RottenDC writes:
on Aug 23 2008 03:27 PM

The House Bunny was a real crowd pleaser! I caught it this Friday in a sold out theater (to my surprise!). For the demo it's reaching for, the jokes definitely hit and Anna Faris is not only hot, but really charming as well. Outside of the target demo, I had a group of grandparents sitting to my right who couldn't stop laughing and commenting on how "adorable" she is in the film. Some middle/high schoolers in front of me were in absolute hysterics and I have some good laughs too.

Personally, as an Anna Faris fanboy and lover of teen-ish comedies, I thought it was great. If you don't like Anna Faris' brand of funny voice/expression comedy, the movie won't be funny to you at all. But if you do, you'll laugh out loud a bunch of times. The critics were right in saying that she is the best part of the movie by far though. The story is a little blah, but Anna Faris made it fun.

Nothing else really caught my eye this weekend :( I regretfully did catch Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 right after THB after pulling the "double-feature" out of convenience. In terms of general entertainment value, that movie made The House Bunny seem like an epic.

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RottenDC writes:
on Aug 23 2008 03:29 PM

*had some good laughs.

Yikes on the Fred Durst... all for the nookie...

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Aug 23 2008 04:02 PM

Farris actually did carry the film "Smiley Face."

She did a good job, too.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Aug 23 2008 06:54 PM

I loved the House Bunny line : The eyes are the nipples of the face. . .

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707PG13 writes:
on Aug 24 2008 03:53 AM

"Paul W.S. Anderson hasn't had a fresh movie on the tomato meter".

I checked MORTAL KOMBAT on the tomato meter and to my surprise...it's actually rotten! 24%! I grew up on that movie! Oh well, atleast it was better than the STREET FIGHTER movie w/ Van Damme.

P.S. Since Dave vouches for HOUSE BUNNY, I think I'll check it out.

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