Rating: 
Summary: Over-The-Top is the absolute understatement
Review: I rented this movie basically because of the fact that it touted itself as a "road flick," a genre that I'm usually a fan of. I'll admit the gratuitous violence in the beginning had me laughing just because of how corny it was presented, but this wore itself out several minutes later. The film tries to loosely have some kind of "hell" theme by continuously referring to $6.66 as payment for different items they buy along the way. We get it. You didn't have to do it 7 times. I wasn't sure exactly what theme the writer was trying to convey, but it doesn't matter because the story it was based on was so bad anyway. The filmmakers try to use shocking visuals and group sex to (I guess) grab the attention of the audience, which is good because it diverts that attention away from the terrible story that's going on. Don't waste your time.
Rating: 
Summary: The "Eww, taste this!" reflex....
Review: ... in which, after tasting something gross, someone tries to get another to taste it to verify that it is indeed gross, is the main force behind this movie's popularity. The idea is good - a mysterious, violent stranger shows up in the lives of a young couple and trouble starts wherever they go, with lots of celebrity cameos and some seriously disturbing antagonists. Not villains, mind, but antagonists - there are no heroes here, which makes things more interesting. Amy (Rose McGowan) alternates between apathetic and mean, shows no real interest in her boyfriend Jordan, or any emotion at all other than anger. Jordan possesses an optimism and certain air of innocence that's compelling, but it makes him seem drastically out of place among the other characters, as if he's accidentally wandered in from some other movie. Xavier, or X as he is called, doesn't seem inerested in anything other than having sex and ruining people's lives. The music is good. Nine Inch Nails, This Mortal Coil, and similar provide the backdrop for the movie's descent into violent insanity. The presentation is what lowers the score to two stars. The conversations seem vacant and emotionless, the relationship between Amy and X seems to come entirely out of nowhere, and the end result leaves viewers titillated and disgusted at their own titillation. It's just a bad movie trying to pass for an intentionally-bad-for-comedic-purposes movie.
Rating: 
Summary: Satire to the extreme / black comedy
Review: Gregg Araki's Gen X film often to satirical at times. The movie is a road romp staring a very young Rose McGowan at the time as a spoiled teenage girl her soft spoken boyfriend and a crazy drifter. Basically they embark on an odyssey of sex, violence, and drugs after Mr Drifter shoots a convenience store clerk. They encounter all these eccentric characters along the way on a road to nowhere. Rose McGowan is quite funny at times & any movie with a cameo by Perry Farrell (Janes Addiction) is a must see at least once. A lacking script and too much satire/exaggeration but the movie obviously wasn't made to be philosophical, it will make you laugh. A black comedy about the careless/adventurous side of youth.
Rating: 
Summary: A very moody guilty pleasure
Review: I will start out by saying that this film is definitely NOT for everyone. In fact it almost falls into the "cult classic" category. If you're expecting a deep film with a defined linear plot, you will not like this movie. If you want to watch an interesting film full of sick-but-intriguing humor, violence and the personification of lost youth, then this is the film for you! Gregg Araki succeeded here where he fell short on Totally F**ked Up and Nowhere (the first and third films in this trilogy). The characters are actually fun, despite not wanting to like them. James Duval and Jonathan Schaech (sp?) put in fantastic performances, but the best acting is done by Rose McGowen. Her character Amy, a foul-mouthed, pissed-off superbitch is simply hilarious! You have to wonder where they came up with some of her lines! As the movie progresses, this threesome move from place to place and somehow end up in bigger trouble than they were in before. Along the way they meet weird people, played by famous celebrities (from Margaret Cho and Parker Posey to Perry Farrell and Amanda Bearse). The film's climax is very disturbing and impactful. Again, this film is not for everyone, but you really can't help but like it sometimes. Watch it with an open mind and just enjoy it at face value.
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