Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Excellent but underrated film

Brilliant and touching

Sometimes you watch a film which doesn't really know what it is. You'll find the odd drama which sways heavily into comedy and then back again, leaving the viewers wondering what they're actually watching.'Botched' is indeed a 'multi-genre' film, however, it's dabblings in various genres does appear intentional. And, better still, it works.When I first heard about 'Botched' I thought it was about a bank robbery that goes wrong. The reason being that that's how it's billed. The promotional material doesn't really go on much from saying how a trio of thieves try to pull off a heist in Russia (with disastrous consequences). That makes it sound like a simple heist movie (or crime caper). However, what you may or may not know is that what transpires into everything from a slasher film to a madcap, tongue-in-cheek farce.The trio of bank robbers do indeed get more than they bargained for, but not from the authorities. The hostages they attempt to capture have more than a few skeletons in their closets, but even they pale in comparison to who's waiting for them on an abandoned floor of the building they're trying to escape from with the loot.It's hard to say who this film will appeal to, as it crosses so many genres. But, if you're generally into heads being severed and bodies being hung up and sliced at the waist (while at the same time trying not to laugh at the cheesiness of it all) you should be pleasantly surprised.Special mention to Geoff Bell who steals ever scene in his 'alpha male' persona.

Can't see how this could have been better; seen it twice and it just keeps growing on me.As the negative reviews show, not for everyone and, at first, thought it wasn't for me either. I surfed into it during a particularly gory scene that seemed totally senseless and pointless but kept watching and soon realized I was watching a live-action Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner/Pepe le Pew cartoon. Judged as such, it's very nearly perfect.There are tons and tons of antecedents, from Chaplin (the shoe eating scene in Goldrush) to 1000 Corpses, spanning the gauntlet of of genres (echos of Mildred Pierce and Johnny Belinda; Noir crime; Slasher movies, etc.) and yet unique and fresh to itself.The positive reviews cite chapter and verse to which I have little to add, or a lot to add relative to every precedent I've detected so far, but why get all pedantic? If you get it, this is a gem of a movie that makes roller-coaster movies like Speed look lame and Slasher movies lamer. Just plain fun to watch.

This, in my opinion was a top class film, had parts i had to rewind because i found them so funny. i wont go through the storyline and the plot because that would take too long! I also wanted to mention that Boris, is now one of my favourite characters in any film, he is without a doubt the funniest character, especially when they run into the room, he farts, and mumbles, 'it was me'. people may say the accents are poor, and cheesy! and i agree, but this is what makes the movie even better, i loved the accents as i have a silly sense of humour! When you begin to watch this film, please do not go into it with a 100% serious attitude expecting a blockbuster, just sit back, and enjoy! 10/10!

Botched is well titled and possibly the epitaph for Dorff's career if he has been reduced to this. Bad Russian accents done by a mostly z-list British cast (nice to see the girl from the Commitments working again) aside, to say that this is not a good film is an understatement that dwarfs all other understatements you have ever heard about movies. Bad acting, buckets of fake blood, 2 dimensional characters and a plot that is just plain stupid. It is the kind of low budget schlock usually reserved for film school dropouts looking to make a quick buck. People write that it's a comedy but it's just not funny on any level. How this got made and how I sat through so much of it is beyond me.