Give 'Em Hell Malone

This strikes me as more of a cult hit than something that will be widely accepted. A semi-modern noire/graphic novel-esque movie, it definitely is in a category of its own. Is it in the past, present, alternate present, or alternate future? Who knows, but it was still pretty entertaining. I'd suggest renting it from Blockbuster or Netflix before you purchase. I don't regret my decision, but tastes differ from person to person. I enjoyed this movie, but know exactly what you're getting before you get it. You'll either love it or hate it, there's very little room for middle ground.

Great movie, but I think the star should have had more screen time. After all, it was one of the coolest Buicks on the screen!!!

It was like watching a train wreck, or a B western, Hoping it would get better, but ... What can you say, I like train wrecks. Thomas Jane has been in better movies than this

This was a good movie, mimicking an 50's kind of tone, with a guy who drives a fast souped up 50's style cheverolet, Thomas Jane and Ving Rhimes is the action in the movie, decent movie.

I love this movie! It has a great bunch of male characters and some good female ones also. I think the beginning grabs you and doesn't want to let you go. Gets a little cheesy towards the end, but I really didn't mind. Had some great one-liners also.

Snappy title, sounds like a film from the 70s. Give Em Hell Malone is one of those high octane action flicks that gives us just enough plot to move us from action sequence to action sequence. Most of it is gunfights and brawls as Malone, accompanied by a hot chick(of course) demolishes bad guys in search of fellow tough guy Ving Rhames, and the top crime boss. Like I said, not much plot. It's not about plot though, it's about action, and very comic bookish action at that. It's done with that highly stylized computer slow-mo bullet crap and whatnot, as to be expected. Sometimes the movie is like watching somebody play a shoot em up video game, like in the opening scene. The movie's obviously got it's tongue in it's cheek, and it shows as in a running joke that has Malone visiting his mother in a rest home every time he's shot so she can remove the bullet and patch him up. Of course there's a smoking hot, deadly Japanese samurai chick too. Thomas Jayne is always good for the macho action tough guy, more so than a lot of guys who pass themselves off as action stars these days. Not a role that requires much in the acting department, but he's definitely got the look, as Roxette would say. The whole thing has a noir type vibe with Jayne and Rhames decked out in snazzy old 30s attire and Jayne narrating like an old hard boiled detective.The film was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who has dazzled us with flicks like Highlander, the giant wild boar on the loose epic, Razorback and Scorpion King 2. And lets not forget the masterpiece Highlander 2: The Quickening.Though Give Em Hell Malone tends to use a lot of the cheapo modern day action film tricks and gags that make me hate today's action films so much, and also the fact that there isn't one original bone in it's body(it's so shameless in it's ripping off of Sin City and Kill Bill), I was still quite entertained by it. Very odd. For mindless action, it's about as mindless as it gets, yet it still seems to be a cut above many others.

Lots of shooting, blood and gore, cool costumes and sets, a cool rare semi automatic revolver carried by the star, and one very cool car, most of the acting was pretty good and I enjoyed the overall feel and mood, but for me something was just lacking almost to the point of becoming boring. The story just seemed to drag on, and I actually began to look forward to the movie finally being over. Although I did not expect what happened at the end, it did not really surprise me either. I was hoping for more, and wish I could have rated it higher.

Filmed on location in Spokane, it just doesn't fire on all cylinders. Ends with "To Be Continued..." but I doubt it. The over the top stereotyped baddies were fun, and the lead should have been Harison Ford or Jeff Daniels or a few others I can't recall right now. The lead character was about as lifeless as Roger Moore playing James Bond. The pyro guy reminded me of the Joker, and the oriental womn and big, suffering hit mad also did well with their characters. But the whole was not as good as the parts