Vince Vaughn (Image © RLJE Films)
BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99: F
I should’ve known from the opening sequence that I was tiptoeing around manure. Watching Vince Vaughn destroy a car with his fists was a dead giveaway. The dry conversation with Jennifer Carpenter felt like an exercise in Acting 101. But the sheer audacity to create one-note characters, flat dialogue, and laughable violence is appalling, given the fact that the movie rates so high. Whatever the critics are smoking, someone tell them I’d like a toke. Nevertheless, I chuckled my ass off for most of the 132 minute run time. So bad, so bad. If you want to laugh at something that’s not comedy, give this a shot.
Derrick Lafayette
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, and Don Johnson
Written & Directed by S. Craig Zahler
Available on DVD & Blu-ray/Streaming on Amazon Prime