The Big Ugly

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The Big Ugly

R

2020

1h 46m

Crime

Drama

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London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

08/13/2020

It's very intense... [And] very interesting politics.

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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

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

07/30/2020

Boozing, brawling and tedium.

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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?

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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.

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

08/07/2020

1/5

The Big Ugly doesn't "move," it just sits there on the screen

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Stephen and S

@RT38696954 08/21/2021

Better than most, acting was good

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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.

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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