Review of Vulgar (2002) by Grëg W — 08 Apr 2010

A dark twisted film produced by View Askew, kevin smith's film company. not a big surprise that it features a lot of the actors from kevin smith's movies. the main character is william (brian o'halloran), a hopeful but failing man who is trying to make a career as a party clown named flappy.

unfortunately for him, most of the people who hire him have had to cancel their parties for one reason or the other, leaving him without money. soon, he comes up with a crazy plan to be a stripper clown to prank people for their bachelor parties.

needless to say, his friend syd (bryan johnson), thinks he's crazy. will gets hired, and when he goes to his first job, he finds out that he has gotten into something that he very much wasn't expecting.

ed fanelli (jerry lewkowitz) and his two sons frankie (ethan suplee) and gino (matthew maher) take turns abusing, raping him, and leaving him for dead. in the morning, he wakes up and returns home completely empty, and decides to try and go on with his life trying to forget about the incident.

the next week, he gets hired for another party, only to find that the birthday girl's father is holding her hostage, causing him to save her life. his heroic act earns him a lot of media coverage, and eventually his own tv show, which makes his life a whole lot better.

unfortunately, his fame captures the attention of the men who raped him, and they blackmail him for money. finally, will and syd decide to kill them, to end their reign of terror over him. while this is a dark film, there are rays of light, such as bryan johnson's character syd and his undying friendship to will throughout the movie.

the acting is actually pretty good for an independent movie as well, but this film is definitely not for everyone. if you want to see something different than most of the view askew movies, this is one to find.