Drillbit Taylor Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

Drillbit

I hate it when it’s the school Holidays . There is a hardly any good films to go and see at the cinema unless you are under 15 years old .I found myself with a spare afternoon so i took a trip to the local Multiplex and the choice of films were : 10,000 BC , 27 Dresses , Codename : The Cleaner , Hanah Montana , Horton Hears a Who , The Game Plan , Meet the Spartans and DrillBit Taylor . None of these appealed to me so i decided to go for a Comedy in Drillbit Taylor just because i knew very little about it.

I wish i had done some homework before i made my choice!

It all begins on the first day of high school, when a trio of anxious freshmen , Ryan (Troy Gentile), Wade (Nate Hartley) and tag-along, Emmit (David Dorfman), become the instant target of the school’s senior psycho-in-residence, Filkins (Alex Frost), the ultimate school bully , (who must be at least 22 years old!) . As what they were hoping to be the best years of their lives are suddenly turned into a daily living hell, the boys realize they have only one choice , to hire their own personal bodyguard.

Enter Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), not the best but definitely the cheapest of the mercenaries, hit men and bodyguards who answer their online ad.

Drillbit is steely, dangerous and skilled in covert black-ops and exotic martial arts. He’s also a complete fraud.

He bluffs and cajoles the credulous trio through his cockamamie boot camp and, after several unfunny missteps, instills in them new skills and some much needed confidence. But when push comes to shove , and more tedious pushing and shoving , Drillbit seems to be no match for Filkins’ reign of terror ( Yawn ) . Now it’s up to Ryan, Wade and Emmit to transform this down-and-out drifter into the savior he originally promised to be.

Let me get straight to the point . Drillbit Taylor is bloody awful . It’s unfunny , it badly acted and it’s ridiculous in bad way not a Superbad way , of which this film desperately tries to be. Even the characters look the same as in Superbad . One short , fat curly haired Jewish kid . One Skinny kid and a geeky wacky off the wall kid who is always with the other two despite them not wanting him around. Where as Superbad made me laugh a lot i never laughed once during this despite Seth Rogan being credited a writer . This is not Superbad ..........it’s Just Bad.

I’m still to be convince that Owen Wilson is a comedy actor . His acting ability is not in question but is he funny ?. I don’t Think so.

It does not help when the script is awful and that nothing remotely funny happens but he picks the films to star in so he’s partly to blame .

I can normally forgive a comedy for being far fetched as sometimes they have to be to be funny , but in this case it just adds to the film being a complete Turkey .

It was reported last year that Owen Wilson had tried to take his life due to him splitting up with his girlfriend. I think the real reason is that he was making this movie at the time and had just realised his mistake!

This is one of the worst movies i have seen in a long time . It was that bad that i was desperately wishing i was in the next screen room watching Horton hears a Who!

2 out of 10

[Highly rated reviewer]

Loved It!

Brilliant & Funny, didn't lose interest once.

Absolutley amazing film, will be going back to the cinema to watch again!

[Highly rated reviewer]

Not too bad, just a tad samey..

We all knew kids at school who needed looking after, but none of them went as far as hiring a minder. The three new interns in this flick are grade 'A' cannon fodder geeks for any prowling bully and immediately come to the attention of Filkins (more than adequately played by a pretty menacing Alex Frost). Rather than surrender to what looks like beong a lifetime of highschool misery, they club together to hire a minder... after all everyone else seems to have them in the U.S. these days anyway. Enter Owen Wilson, the down and out, inept and rather lacking in bouncer potential (but cheap !) minder. But as always in farce, things arent quite as simple as that, and lead to some pretty funny moments. It isnt the best or funniest movie ever made buy young Troy Gentile as Ryan comes from a great line up of movies Good Luck Chuck, Tenacious D and Nacho Libre, and I can see a huge future for him, he definately has a way to get the laughs across. All in all it doesnt pull up any trees as a comedy, and is pretty samey, but not the worst hour and a half I've had in the cinema.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Typical Owen Wilson film

When you look at the Owen Wilson film collection, films such as Shanghai Noon, You, me and Dupree, Wedding Crashers etc, what do you notice? That all of the characters he plays, are exactly the same, and this is no different where he plays Drillbit Taylor.

A typical story line, 3 friends start their high school careers hoping that it would be the best time of their life. However this thought soon starts to fade at a gathering pace as they are very quickly picked on by 2 school bullies. They decide that rather than take the crap they are getting for the rest of the year, they decide to enlist the help of a professional bodyguard. Que Drillbit Taylor. He's not the best, not the most professional, but he is the cheapest that they can afford.

The films young actors are the ones that really steal the show, even though Owen Wilson is the one billed to headline it. Troy Gentile who plays 'T-Dogg' as he nicknames himself brings some very comedic moments throughout and never gets boring. Alex Frost has come a long way since his performance in Elephant and really looked the part as the bully, and really had a mischievous look in his eye throughout, which really added to the character. As a comedy, there weren't exactly a lot of funny bits in it, in fact the laughter is very few and far between. However there are a few laugh out loud moments, but none that will really stick in your mind which is a good sign of a comedy.

The script was poorly written. Simple as. The storyline bordered on ridiculous, and not in a good way. The film was written by Seth Rogan, and this was very apparent, as the film had a very similar look to it as Superbad and even has pretty much the same characters. In fact it looks like they ran out of ideas on what the main characters should look like, so instead just the stole the idea he already came up with on Superbad, but just taking away about 6 years to make them look 12. There are also numerous plot holes throughout, such as everyone seems to not notice the kid with the black eye, and no parents doing anything about a bleeding nose after he had been punched. All of which is just there to remind you that this is just a film and nothing more.

I would not say that this film is a complete 'Don't go and see', I think it would go down well with a younger audience, or if you were going to see it with a group of friends. But I wouldn't raise my hopes to seeing a great comedy. If you liked Wedding Crashers then go check it out.

DRILLBIT TAYLOR

just rented this and i found it quite funny actually.wilson plays a bodyguard to some first year high school students who keep gettin bullied. i dont know if i am just biased as i love owen wilson.the bully in its quite fit too.its so funny in places.its welll worth a rent.

[Highly rated reviewer]

simple fun

Ok so this film isn't original with the jokes or mind boggling on the plot but its just good fun all the way through...i was unsure when i rented it...my brother chose it but me and my mum were in histerics especially towards the end. If your after an orginal film then dont choose this...if your after a good giggle then yes highly recommend this!

[Highly rated reviewer]

unfortunately

I didn't actually watch this film so I cannot comment

[Highly rated reviewer]

A BIT DRILL!!!

Watching this teen movie made me wonder at Owen Wilson and his choice of off beat roles, he seems to favour or have foisted on him. Once again along with some interesting young actors, in Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile and Alex Frost, he stars as as zany army deserter living on the beach using his wits. This stupid movie with Wilson his usual entertaining self, had some funny scenes that were a little over the top…... the movie hasn’t much going for it, taking time to get interesting, it ends a little abruptly too.

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Oh please no!

My wife likes Owen Wilson.

The number of DVDs we've sat through which, despite being classified as comedy, raised not a smile from me is beyond my bothering to count. They are not usually my choice (honest!) and usually they star the likes of Carey, Stiller, Ferrell...and Wilson.

Anyway.

This is a formula 'bullied kids at school' film with a minor twist in that they hire themselves a bodyguard: you know they are going to get beaten up, you know their hero is going to let them down, you know all the ins and outs and in that aspect it doesn't disappoint - you could safely leave the room (like I did) and return several minutes later without losing track of the plot...And - surprise surprise - it keeps to the standard plot laws understood by one and all so that everything turns out right at the end. Ha ha.

But who is the target audience - only those who'd enjoy each unfunny pratfall being telegraphed from the moment its scenario begins, I feel.

Rumour has it Owen Wilson is a fantastic comedy actor; that he may be, but not here and after watching Drillbit Taylor my advice would be for him to get himself a better agent to allow someone else to accept the blame for the next turkey he is involved in.

(If I sound bitter its because I was promised so much with this film. I feel lied to...)

[Highly rated reviewer]

A+

A funny brilliantly entertaining film. I loved every second of this film. Obviously not to give anything away but it’s just so original. The acting is brilliant and the execution is perfect. You have to rent this film. Or buy it. Owen Wilson and the cast are brilliant.