Review of Bad Milo! (2013) by Bill B — 11 Dec 2013

If you only see one movie this years that features a man with a demon living in his ass, make it Bad Milo. You do have to wonder exactly what kind of mind comes up with an idea like this, but there is an amusing stroke of ingenuity to what is delivered here.

Surprisingly, writer/directors Jacob Vaughn dispenses with the obvious bum jokes and actually delivers a shrewdly balanced comedy with serious undertones. Marino does well to entertain this insanity as Duncan, showcasing his often underestimated propensity for blending comedy with seriousness.

He holds the film up as well as can be expected alongside his gremlin alter-ego. Expectedly though, the rest of the cast often merely serve as catalysts fir Duncan's varying levels of stress and little else.

There is no denying Bad Milo is clearly destined for cult status. And rightly so; Milo looks cheap and nasty, but the effect is brilliant realised consider its low budget aesthetics. Add to that a lean running time, and the lack of a huge amount of deliver laughs means the gags that are here work pretty well more of the time.

The result is that for a movie about an ass monster, Bad Milo as a whole inexplicably works more often than it doesn't also.