Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

this is trash.awful movie.don't even bother.bad at everything.good at nothing.it's a waste of my time to bother pointing it all out.too bad my 'review' ends up on the bottom of the pile.wish i could bump it up to number one in the list just to warn others away from .45.facts be known, i feel so strongly about how AWFUL this crappy movie is, i went to the trouble to sign up here.don't believe the others who praise it- probably just a lot of trolls anyway- put up to saying 'great' things about it in either self promotion or they were paid to do it.this is a crappy movie--- just plain sucks. plastic characters, lousy acting, terrible plot (if there was one), wannabee director copying all the tired old tricks and banal lines trying to shock a viewer into submission. sad. terribly sad and distasteful.mila hits bottom of barrel. all them others, probably wish they didn't quit their day jobs. lennon needs to go back to whatever thing he did before- this ain't working man. stupid, ridiculous, predictable, blocking in scenes that borders on criminally amateur, laughable and contrite.at every turn, at every 'important' exchange, it falls on its knees and flounders around. a few witty quippy lines does not make a good script.we've seen the worst he can do now- is there any hope? he'll have a career of making up for this turd, as will anyone else in it. shameful piece of crap that it is. only good thing to say it is a formidable Back Marker for the worst ever-- bad art is bad art and this is neither --- are there worse words to say. 'bad' seems so ineffectual in a way. and 'art' - don't even go there. pieces of feces on the wall is all.and, this is me holding my tongue. what i'm thinking is enough to turn your screen afire. it's so bad, you can't even get nightmares from watching it through.well, now that i think of it, .45 does excel in one area: proves that any jimmy joe with a camera can make a 'movie'. problem is, most of them (like this one) aren't worth watching!

I've had to have seen this film at least 10 times. What a gripping portrayal of life in Hell's Kitchen. Milla was at her very best. The film was provocative and at the same time quirky, which is my absolute favorite combination for anything.Some parts were extremely disturbing to watch, but for some reason I could not turn away. The film was gritty, dirty, sexy, disturbing, grimy, dark, witty, and at the same time it was transforming. I would recommend this film to anyone that wants to go on a real journey and know what it's like to live in NY city Hell's Kitchen around that time period.

Well, that was a waste of 101 minutes. I never would have known that .45 existed, if not for the presence of Milla Jovovich. That ignorance of this movie, probably would have been to my overall advantage. It's safe to say that I am not a fan. .45 is basically an R-rated Lifetime Movie of the Week. The story is a messy mix of domestic violence, crime, revenge, double-crosses, and general pointlessness. I was massively disinterested within the first ten minutes, but I forced myself to watch all of it, because of my misguided aversion to not finishing a movie (unless I absolutely must, ex. Darkness). No one came out of this one looking good, even the pretty Ms. Jovovich. I'm struggling to think of a single redeeming quality...nope. I'm drawing a blank. Even if you're a die-hard fan of Milla, I still could not recommend this. She does have talent, but none of it is on display, here. It's been a few months since I've seen a movie that I enjoyed this little.

Loved this movie. The thing that elevates this film out of your typical small crime genre pieces are the originality of the characters and the directions they push the story. Don't get me wrong, you get your barfights, your shower scenes, and your double-crossings -- they just don't happen in the fashion you think they will. All these characters have issues that are at once hilarious (with great talking heads quick-pop scenes that share snippets of their past), realistic and identifiable (at her core Milla Jovovich plays a woman who knows she deserves a better life), yet unpredictable (these characters have Issues!) I swear there are times where two characters are laying in bed and you don't know if they are going to have sex or shoot each other. As their stories collide, you can't help but fall in love with Milla's character as she learns what is broken in her life and takes the necessary steps to fix it.If there is one weakness, it is Angus McFadden, who over-acts his performance in trying to bring to life a character that is a bigot but still at times loving. The character was already inherently intriguing but McFadden chews up the scenery. Milla is amazing, Dorff gives a gem of a performance, and writer/director Lennon coaxes some great character fireworks out of otherwise quiet and simple scenes. Great stuff.