Very Bad Things (1998): Dir: Peter Berg / Cast: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau: Miserable comedy that had me disturb when the audience laughed at its senseless violence. It is not funny to see people kill one another yet it is presented as humour in this mindless chunk of dung. A bachelor party goes horribly wrong when a prostitute ends up dead. While five males point blame Christian Slater devises a plan to bury the body in the dessert until a security guard investigates a noise complaint and is shot dead. The bodies are buried but everyday life becomes clouded with guilt until Slater goes berserk. One of them runs his brother over with a car. Slater attempts to strangle a victim's wife but she retaliates by biting his testicles. Absolute garbage full of disgusting images all intended as so-called comedy. Director Peter Berg must have had his mind in the gutter because there are so many ways that this could have been funny, yet instead it is just plain sick. Slater is difficult to read due to motives. Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, etc play other members of the party gone wrong and they either try to off each other or Slater decides to attempt it for them. Cameron Diaz plays the frustrated blushing bride whose final scene has her wailing in the street. That was pretty much my reaction after witnessing this bile piece of trash. Score: 0 / 10
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