Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Did you people see the same film I saw?

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Worst movie I have ever seen!! Slow !! Terrible actors and the story was worse!!! Please never make a movie again. That was a waste of time and money ... the 1 dollar I spent a red box. I should've just lit the dollar on fire.

"I thought you were some sort of monster or something, like f*cking Charlize Theron. But look at this. Nice house. Nice woman. You're not a big tough guy. You're a f*cking pussy."Frank (Kevin Interdonato) seems like a dead-normal, hard-working guy who occasionally suffers from horrible headaches. But this Frank in "Bad Frank" is a labile person. "He was born bad" as someone says later in the film. Frank is an ex-marine who got into trouble due to his hot-tempered character and he's forced to end his military career. Apparently a course about "Anger management" was a necessity. But now Frank seems to be on the right path. A decent job, a handsome wife (Amanda Clayton), a cozy house and he stays away from people who could have a bad influence on him. A calmer and healthier life with alcohol being banned as well. And this could be accomplished with some medical supervision. frank keeps everything under control when he takes his medication on time. I found it strange however that he had problems with making an appointment when he notices that he's running out of pills. Apparently his medical and psychological condition isn't really clear to the attending doctor. Otherwise his case would be treated with high priority.It all goes wrong again when his best friend Travis (Brandon Heitkamp) asks Frank to help him with a job. A job causing Frank to look an old acquaintance straight in the eye again. It's Mickey (Tom Sizemore), someone out of his dark past. The rest of the story isn't quite original and has been used repeatedly in films. What you get is a kidnap / revenge movie with Frank releasing his demons again. Demons that made a mess of his life. A violent life full of victims. Not only those who bumped into his muscular body, but also relatives who don't want anything to do with him anymore because of his aggressive behavior and use of alcoholic in the past.Kevin Interdonato plays the tormented Frank perfectly. You just feel the oppressed rage and you know this uncontrollable aggression can be unleashed any moment. Unfortunately I have mixed feeling about "Bad Frank". There are parts which are excellent. But these are alternated with some weaker ones. I wasn't impressed by the emotional Frank. And to be honest, I thought the outcome during the job looked a little amateurish. So, at that moment, I really feared this would be nothing more than a pale and uninteresting B-movie. Everything changed the moment Frank starts to kick stand like a madman. An individual in a bar and Donny Shakes (Brian O'Halloran) experience this in a painful way.Even Tom Sizemore surprised me as the psychopathic Mickey. The scene with him and Travis was the most entertaining and frightening part in this movie. A highlight full of pure rage and madness. The last time I saw Sizemore act, was in "Weaponized". But that was too horrendous for words. Sizemore seems to be in money problems, considering the number of post-productions he is currently working on. Unfortunately, this is followed by the weakest moment of the entire film: the conversation between Frank and Crystal Duro (Lynn Mancinelli). In my opinion this scene was way too long and largely unnecessary. In my view this was used as a filler and they could have shortened this part so the movie had a perfect total playing-time of 90 minutes."Bad frank" isn't really bad. But you can't really call it a top movie. It wouldn't be fair to compare it to a movie like "Taken" because there's a significant difference in budget. Though it's really suitable as a typical Saturday night movie.More reviews here : http://bit.ly/2qtGQoc

Frank (Kevin Interdonato) is a recovering alcoholic who has burned a lot of bridges. He has a bad reputation well deserved, although at this early stage he appears wimpy. His wife Gina (Amanda Clayton) is supportive. While helping a friend (Brandon Heitkamp) he runs into an old acquaintance Mickey Duro (Ted Sizemore) and the film finally stops limping along and takes off with killing and torture.The film starts out slow and picks up to be a decent crime thriller with some personal drama and a small twist that had clues. Neatly done.Guide: F-word, sex, and nudity (Amanda Clayton)

Oddly enough, even though this was a gripping movie and Frank was indeed very bad, I think there were still levels to which he could sink that we didn't witness. I would have liked to have seen these avenues explored as there was so much more to come from him. Still as it stands, the film is a good one and Kevin Interdanato is just excellent. And! actually I think this is the best performance I've seen from Tom Sizemore, and that is seriously saying something. In fact rather than account for individual performances I will simply say the whole cast is outstanding... as is the direction.The story is a fairly simple one but done well. Most of the fat has been trimmed from body of this movie and what's left is a very tasty morsel indeed. The direction is very good and though the script is slightly odd in places, given the story and development it does well.There are a couple of things I didn't like. Firstly, given Franks character, a clearly deranged psychotic individual on medication to deal with his mental state, his wife (a nurse no less) seemed oblivious not only to his temperament, but also his propensity to become unstable when distressed or provoked; all while she was blatantly aware he had run out of medication. I mean that's just insane. With such lapses in judgement, she could benefit from medication of some kind herself.The scenes where Frank holds Crystal takes Stockholm syndrome to another level. Even with the alcohol to supposedly 'calm him down' (something which is contrary to medical opinion) this is out of character for our edge ridden hero. Her behaviour is equally bizarre given she's kidnapped and wakes up tied to a chair with her dress almost around her waist. Yes, she initially thinks its by one of her 'liaisons', but even after finding out it's by an associate of her father who she knows is a thug and a criminal she's not perturbed for long. The ease with which the seduction occurs, though well portrayed, is unlikely. I personally think Frank should have been a really bad boy and raped her in a fit of psychotic sexual abandon. He's Bad Frank for Christ sake, don't start pulling punches when we've seen him bite a guy in the face and act with levels of aggression not seen since Max Cady.Additionally, I would have preferred a more comprehensive ending; not that the outcome isn't implied clearly, but still I felt a little short changed. I wanted more, and it seemed like things were just gathering steam when the end came all too quickly and a little abruptly. Again, I just think a little more 'Bad Frank' and a little less of (or in addition to) the in-between would have really put a sharp edge on this one.But anyway, as usual I digress. All that said, this is a great film with great acting, screenplay, and a good amount of action. Well worth watching. I hate writing reviews with spoilers. I try to avoid them whenever I can for obvious reason, but with this one I just can't help it... some things just will not stay buttoned up.