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The Aggression Scale
When out-on-bail mob boss Bellavance discovers that $500,000 of his money is missing, he sends four hardcore hit men to send a "loud and messy" message to the suspected thieves' families. But when the killers invade the Rutledge home, they'll meet the household's emotionally disturbed young son Owen. Owen has a history of violent behavior, knows how to make lethal booby-traps and is about to teach these thugs some deadly lessons in extreme vengeance.
| Release : | 2012 |
| Rating : | 5.9 |
| Studio : | Anchor Bay, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Ray Wise Dana Ashbrook Derek Mears Jacob Reynolds Lisa Rotondi |
| Genre : | Action Thriller |
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Why so much hype?
Absolutely the worst movie.
Absolutely brilliant
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Four heavily armed hitmen and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen cash. The Aggrassion Scale stars Ray Wise (Robocop) and Derek Mears (Arena, Predators, Friday The 13th) and it's basically a low budget home invasion thriller of 2 teenagers being chased by hitmen and then those kids turn into John Rambo and the hunted becomes the hunter. Pretty much i've seen things like that happening in way better filmed movies that don't have Steven C. Miller's name on it. The film's plot was pretty stupid just like the opening, the acting was awful by everyone even from Wise who was amazing in Robocop and the overall film as a whole did felt like a Miller movie. (0/10)
I saw this first on a DVD in 2012. Was browsing the dvds n came across this title. Immediately searched IMDb n read some good reviews. Most reviewers have described this movie as Home Alone on steroids. Indeed. Add a lil of Rambo too. The plot is simple - a group of armed men attack a family looking for stolen money, the children hit back. Awesome flick. There's plenty of shotgun/gun violence, stabbing, bashing, limb breaking, hand skewering, and bloody booby-traps. This is a tense, suspenseful and violent movie nicely directed by Steven C. Miller n the cast has given decent performance. Ryan Hartwig (the kid) is creepy as hell with an anger issue. His role was wordless and he really nailed it. I have enjoyed Millers Automaton Transfusion n Silent Night, Deadly Night. Heard that Miller will b directing Escape Plan. Thats some good news.
I completely agree with the review from F_Jenkins.The premise is the only redeeming factor, but unlike him, I could not finish the movie. I discovered this movie because it had the kid from "Gummo", but his role in this movie isThe lead bad guy is just horribly miscast. His character coincides better with House from the TV show than it does as a lead killer thug. Not convincing at all. The sound effects are poor and stand out. For example, when a thug whips his shotgun up, you hear a very cartoonish "hwhoo" sound. Terrible. The kid is okay but mainly because he doesn't speak. But like the review from F. Jenkins, I was never convinced he was capable of what his character was doing. Last of all, all of these reviews spouting a R-Rated Home Alone... if this were actually the case, I would have enjoyed the movie. Don't expect elaborate traps and clever ways to take down the enemy. Nothing clever here whatsoever. Life is short. This movie is crap.
This movie was one of those films that was a great surprise. I'd seen the trailer and read a little about this film but I wasn't expecting what I'd just seen. It was great from start to finish, the acting, the story (especially) and the action were all top notch. And Derek Mears played his part very well. It was one of those movies (for me) that I'd be very happy to watch again and again, and I'm glad I own it. The action is quite violent too, which for me is always a huge bonus. I'd put it in the same category as 'A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE' (Viggo Mortensen). If you haven't seen this film, I highly recommend it. So I give it a solid 8 out of 10.
