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The Big Ugly

Play trailer 2:25 Poster for The Big Ugly R 2020 1h 46m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.
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The Big Ugly

Critics Reviews

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) 08/13/2020
It's very intense... [And] very interesting politics. Go to Full Review
Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times 07/31/2020
3.5/4
I was more intrigued by the supporting players, a colorful array of wrong-side-of-the-law types Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 07/30/2020
Boozing, brawling and tedium. Go to Full Review
Pete Vonder Haar Houston Press 09/04/2020
2/5
A few craggy teardrops and a convincingly taken beatdown aren't necessarily going to perk ears up at Oscar headquarters for Vinnie Jones. Then again, in 2020...who knows? Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 08/08/2020
4/5
The characters are prisoners of fate but the film is more poignant because they know this isn't how things have to be. Go to Full Review
Stephen Silver Splice Today 08/07/2020
1/5
The Big Ugly doesn't "move," it just sits there on the screen Go to Full Review
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Frans B @FransB Mar 4 Enjoyed it. Good writing and well directed by Scott Wiper. Whole cast convincing in character. Vinnie Jones made this great, imo. Enough action, suspense, drama, emotion, intrigue and great ambiance. The stand-offs are just very very tedious and unnecessarily drawn out. Plot does have some holes to it. But all in all entertaining and gripping See more Lance C. @CapRossTheBoss Aug 21 I was expecting more, overall this movie was boring and predictable. I won’t rewatch and the only time I mention it is to tell people to avoid watching this movie. See more STEPHEN P @IslandAdventurer 03/05/2025 I am more in agreement with the pro critics on this one. Barely OK show. Very predictable and not very probable at all. See more David L @RT07050715 12/23/2024 i think the cinematographer thought that lighting this film meant backlighting this film and then doubliing down on it. just one of many reasons why this film stinks. See more Stephen and S @RT38696954 08/21/2021 Better than most, acting was good See more 06/16/2021 In order for this to work, Vinnie Jones has to be somewhat adequate as an action star. All he does is continuously take a beating by a man the size of a walnut. So cliched and terribly boring. Actors obviously working for a paycheck. See more Read all reviews
The Big Ugly

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Movie Info

Synopsis London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.
Director
Scott Wiper
Producer
Vinnie Jones, Karri O'Reilly, Tarquin Pack, Scott Wiper
Screenwriter
Scott Wiper
Production Co
4G Vision
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Brief Drug Use|Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 31, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$502.4K
Runtime
1h 46m