Review of Tusk (2014) by Dan H — 08 Mar 2015

Justin Long, Michael Parks, and Genesis Rodriguez (who is stunningly gorgeous and sexy here) all put on fine performances (for the most part), with Rodriguez being the best out of the three I'd say.

. Unfortunately, the script is pretty awful, the sfx are quite hokey (the walrus suit looks downright silly), and Johnny Depp almost hijacks the film every time he's on screen (I mean this in a bad way, the camera keeps running for way too long in almost every scene he's in, and he seems to improvise and get carried away quite a bit).

I will say Depp creates a full character here, but his Guy Lapointe is almost too silly (complete with a silly accent and Depp's signature silly hat) to be taken seriously as the "hero" of the film or as a competent investigator.

I would be slightly more forgiving, but the ending is just atrocious and a slap in the face to anyone who even dared to get even semi-emotionally invested in the characters. Kevin Smith seems to have made this film purely for his own entertainment and while it is enjoyably bizarre at points, and pretty interesting during it's first act this film is never funny enough or scary/creepy/tense enough for it to be considered a success.

Tusk is a bad movie, and one you would be wise to skip (and don't get me started on the sole scene Johnny Depp and Michael Parks share, or on the walrus fight scene between Justin Long and Michael Parks.

...just awful).