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Garlic & Gunpowder

Rating3.4 /10
20181 h 36 m
United States
142 people rated

Sonny (Steven Chase) and Archie (James Duval) are two Mafia wise guys and "contractors" for a 300 pound, cigar chompin', obnoxious Mob Boss, 'Ma' (Felissa Rose). They shake down local business for "protection" and do the occasional contract killings or rival take-outs. A comet has the world in a panic; doomsday media pundits claim it's the end of the world but NASA says it's not gonna happen- it's just media hype. Sonny is rethinking his life; his time could be up whether the comet hits or not. Sonny's thinking marriage to a nice girl, maybe even kids and retire to a vineyard in Italy with his lifelong best buddy, Archie. Neither of them trust their boss and know Ma could rub them out once they are of no use to her anymore...maybe it's time to cash themselves out before Ma does. The world's top 1% aren't taking any chances. Big City's wealthy fat cats plan to stash their money, gold and valuables in mines in the rural mountains outside the city. A convoy will take the treasure there and Ma wants to hijack it. Barry Ling (Clint Jung) rival Chinese Mafia leader wants that convoy too. Sonny and Archie see an opportunity to hit this convoy, be rid of Ma and take their dream early retirement. Federal Agents Bean (Dean McDermott) and his boss, Agent Tracey (Martin Kove) see the same opportunity and more. They use Evvy (Judy Tenuta) a former Mafia moll as bait. She finds out that Bean and Tracey also plan to hit the convoy, apprehend Ma and Ling, which will cover for lifting some serious cash from the convoy. While they line their own pockets they are the heroes in an FBI sting operation known as "Garlic and Gunpowder." Even Mayor Brown (Vivica A. Fox) is on the take. Everyone has their plan for the heist...which one wins out? Do Sonny and Archie marry some "nice girls" and head to the Italian countryside or does the comet close it all down?

Comedy

User Reviews

Le Prince de Bitam

22/11/2022 13:38
There is simply god awful and then there is this pos. WTH. This was intentional? Really makes me curious how much they lost in their budget. The whole $50 worth of it.

Qenehelo Ntepe

22/11/2022 13:38
Okay, to be clear, this is a bad movie with bad writing, bad acting, bad lighting, bad make-up, bad costumes, and just bad everything. But, if you really pay attention, you start to realize that a lot of it is bad on purpose, like they were trying to make the next big movie that was so bad that it is good and can be shown at drunken frat parties. Unfortunately, to be a movie that is so bad that it is good, the viewer has to believe that the producer truly believed that he was making a good movie but was so clueless that it really was bad. That makes it good. But, for this movie, we can tell that they were purposely trying to be bad. And that ruins the magic, leaving it as just a plain old bad movie. Yet, you can tell that some funny people worked on this movie. There are several moments and lines that really were funny or so silly that they made me chuckle. There's no choice but to rate it a 5. It's not bad enough to be a good movie and it's not good enough to be a bad movie.

sheikhseedia

22/11/2022 13:38
The film focuses on Archie (James Duval) and Sonny (Steven Chase) two lovable Italian mobster cousins who live in "The Big City" (California) and work for Ma (Felissa Rose). They are in some sort of drug/turf war with the Chinese mob. A comet is headed toward Earth and the rich people want to move their accumulated wealth out of the city to an underground unit. The plan is to hijack the vehicles. This is designed to be a crime-comedy spoof. At times it was humorous, but most of the time it tried too hard with bad writing such as the ballet scene. Michael Madsen and Vivica A. Fox have very small roles and are basically lending their names to the film. The film uses slurs against blacks, Chinese, and Native Americans. Guide F-word. No sex. Photo nudity on walls.

Very sad

22/11/2022 13:38
Hands down, this is the worst movie I have ever seen. Now, take into account that I'm 62 years old and a life long movie fan. I have seen a remake of "Plan 9 From Outer Space" which was worse than the original. I didn't't even think that that was possible. But Garlic And Gunpowder goes to an all time low. I'm not going to give any spoilers, but the acting was awful. Just the fact that Judy Tenuta was near top billing should give you an idea of how bad it was. The plot was preposterous. There were lots of sophomoric jokes. But even those were unfunny. The only reason that I gave it one star was because they wouldn't't let me give it zero stars.

Raaz Chuhan

22/11/2022 03:24
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