Brawl in Cell Block 99

It’s Vaughn’s caged-beast charisma (that bounces off the screen long before he is actually caged) and way with a wink or a pithy putdown that keeps us riveted through the substantial sections of the film where heads remain, for the time being, unstomped.

2550d ago

For one thing, the buildup is so grippingly patient that we’re more than halfway through before the titular battleground is reached. And for another, this painstakingly paced thriller displays an intensity of purpose that makes it impossible to dismiss as well-executed trash.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn finds his inner Lee Marvin in the terrific slow burn pulp thriller Brawl In Cell Block 99.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn finds his inner Lee Marvin in the terrific slow burn pulp thriller Brawl In Cell Block 99.

2550d ago

It’s Vaughn’s caged-beast charisma (that bounces off the screen long before he is actually caged) and way with a wink or a pithy putdown that keeps us riveted through the substantial sections of the film where heads remain, for the time being, unstomped.

2550d ago

For one thing, the buildup is so grippingly patient that we’re more than halfway through before the titular battleground is reached. And for another, this painstakingly paced thriller displays an intensity of purpose that makes it impossible to dismiss as well-executed trash.

2550d ago

For one thing, the buildup is so grippingly patient that we’re more than halfway through before the titular battleground is reached. And for another, this painstakingly paced thriller displays an intensity of purpose that makes it impossible to dismiss as well-executed trash.

2550d ago

For one thing, the buildup is so grippingly patient that we’re more than halfway through before the titular battleground is reached. And for another, this painstakingly paced thriller displays an intensity of purpose that makes it impossible to dismiss as well-executed trash.

2550d ago

It’s Vaughn’s caged-beast charisma (that bounces off the screen long before he is actually caged) and way with a wink or a pithy putdown that keeps us riveted through the substantial sections of the film where heads remain, for the time being, unstomped.

2550d ago

Have you ever wanted to watch Vince Vaughn beat up a car with his bare fists? Or scrape the flesh off of a man's skull? Or break several other men's heads open with a few powerful stomps? The grisly prison picture-action drama "Brawl in Cell Block 99" assumes that the answers are yes, yes and yes.

2550d ago

Have you ever wanted to watch Vince Vaughn beat up a car with his bare fists? Or scrape the flesh off of a man's skull? Or break several other men's heads open with a few powerful stomps? The grisly prison picture-action drama "Brawl in Cell Block 99" assumes that the answers are yes, yes and yes.

2550d ago

Have you ever wanted to watch Vince Vaughn beat up a car with his bare fists? Or scrape the flesh off of a man's skull? Or break several other men's heads open with a few powerful stomps? The grisly prison picture-action drama "Brawl in Cell Block 99" assumes that the answers are yes, yes and yes.

2550d ago

Have you ever wanted to watch Vince Vaughn beat up a car with his bare fists? Or scrape the flesh off of a man's skull? Or break several other men's heads open with a few powerful stomps? The grisly prison picture-action drama "Brawl in Cell Block 99" assumes that the answers are yes, yes and yes.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn reinvents himself as a hooligan badass in a stylish neo-'70s grindhouse prison flick that — like its star — means it.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn reinvents himself as a hooligan badass in a stylish neo-'70s grindhouse prison flick that — like its star — means it.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn reinvents himself as a hooligan badass in a stylish neo-'70s grindhouse prison flick that — like its star — means it.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn reinvents himself as a hooligan badass in a stylish neo-'70s grindhouse prison flick that — like its star — means it.

2550d ago

Brawl in Cell Block 99’s economy of storytelling is as efficiently brutal as the eventual skull-crackings.

2550d ago

Brawl in Cell Block 99’s economy of storytelling is as efficiently brutal as the eventual skull-crackings.

2550d ago

Star finds his perfect late-act exploitation movie groove in this violent tale of a convict bare-knuckle fighting his way through hell.

2550d ago

Brawl in Cell Block 99’s economy of storytelling is as efficiently brutal as the eventual skull-crackings.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn has morphed into a terrifying badass.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn has morphed into a terrifying badass.

2550d ago

Star finds his perfect late-act exploitation movie groove in this violent tale of a convict bare-knuckle fighting his way through hell.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn has morphed into a terrifying badass.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn has morphed into a terrifying badass.

2550d ago

Brawl in Cell Block 99’s economy of storytelling is as efficiently brutal as the eventual skull-crackings.

2550d ago

Star finds his perfect late-act exploitation movie groove in this violent tale of a convict bare-knuckle fighting his way through hell.

2550d ago

Star finds his perfect late-act exploitation movie groove in this violent tale of a convict bare-knuckle fighting his way through hell.

2550d ago

This film is unusually slow-paced for its genre, but Zahler’s screenplay is driven by a solid central character and dialogue that might have made Elmore Leonard sit up straight.

2550d ago

“Bone Tomahawk” filmmaker S. Craig Zahler turns in another viscous blend of low-key character study and violent low-art pulp.

2550d ago

This film is unusually slow-paced for its genre, but Zahler’s screenplay is driven by a solid central character and dialogue that might have made Elmore Leonard sit up straight.

2550d ago

“Bone Tomahawk” filmmaker S. Craig Zahler turns in another viscous blend of low-key character study and violent low-art pulp.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn smashes skulls to protect Jennifer Carpenter, the mother of his unborn child, in 'Bone Tomahawk' director S. Craig Zahler's visceral prison thriller.

2550d ago

“Bone Tomahawk” filmmaker S. Craig Zahler turns in another viscous blend of low-key character study and violent low-art pulp.

2550d ago

This film is unusually slow-paced for its genre, but Zahler’s screenplay is driven by a solid central character and dialogue that might have made Elmore Leonard sit up straight.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn smashes skulls to protect Jennifer Carpenter, the mother of his unborn child, in 'Bone Tomahawk' director S. Craig Zahler's visceral prison thriller.

2550d ago

“Bone Tomahawk” filmmaker S. Craig Zahler turns in another viscous blend of low-key character study and violent low-art pulp.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn smashes skulls to protect Jennifer Carpenter, the mother of his unborn child, in 'Bone Tomahawk' director S. Craig Zahler's visceral prison thriller.

2550d ago

Vince Vaughn smashes skulls to protect Jennifer Carpenter, the mother of his unborn child, in 'Bone Tomahawk' director S. Craig Zahler's visceral prison thriller.

2550d ago

This film is unusually slow-paced for its genre, but Zahler’s screenplay is driven by a solid central character and dialogue that might have made Elmore Leonard sit up straight.

2550d ago

Hollywood’s affable man-child is recast as a tattooed, eye-gouging inmate whose wife is held hostage in S Craig Zahler’s gloriously gory slice of macho grindhouse.

2550d ago

Hollywood’s affable man-child is recast as a tattooed, eye-gouging inmate whose wife is held hostage in S Craig Zahler’s gloriously gory slice of macho grindhouse.

2550d ago

Hollywood’s affable man-child is recast as a tattooed, eye-gouging inmate whose wife is held hostage in S Craig Zahler’s gloriously gory slice of macho grindhouse.

2550d ago

Hollywood’s affable man-child is recast as a tattooed, eye-gouging inmate whose wife is held hostage in S Craig Zahler’s gloriously gory slice of macho grindhouse.

2550d ago