Pawn Shop Chronicles

some great quirky performances by some major stars! One of the best!

This is one twisted, funny, surprising movie, must watch!

I'm a fan of odd ball movies and this one fits right in (in my opinion). I found it on cable one night when (with all those channels) there was nothing to watch. My curiosity was rewarded, as this was a very weird roll for Brendan Fraser. I personally think this movie could go to cult status. Real heavy overtones mixed with some sick humor. My daughter agrees, and she likes stuff I won't watch. A real roller coaster of a movie.

This movie is so under-rated. It's great. A must see. Hilarious and entertaining.

Let me start off by saying that this is maybe the most genuinely fun dark comedy I've seen in a long, long time. The three stories were all excellent, with great performances by Matt Dillon and Paul Walker (worth watching just for the way he moves his fingers). On the surface, this movie would seem analogous to a dinner at a Chinese restaurant; that is, thoroughly enjoyed but quickly forgotten. Yet, many deep questions keep coming to mind regarding one of the movie's core themes: Salvation. Specifically the characters of "The Man" and the Preacher. "The Man" shows up in a pickup truck, looking like the Marlboro man dressed in black and offers salvation in the form of a shotgun. The recipient of his largess quickly puts the shotgun to deadly use, killing his backstabbing buddies along with himself. In contrast, we have the Preacher man, dressed in white, who hangs around a local restaurant called "The Fire Pit". He has the ability to seemingly appear from nowhere and hands out pamphlets that appear to have Satan drawn on them. Oh, and he goes around making deals for people's souls. In contrast to "The Man", the result of the Preacher's dealings are pretty benign. Thanks to the Preacher, Ricky Baldowski (the Elvis impersonator) can suddenly belt out a version of "Amazing Grace" that is good enough to make old enemies (like feuding barbers Doc and Cook) make up. So, who is offering salvation and who is offering damnation? Is the point that we can't tell the difference? Darned if I know.

I suspect that the filmmakers were actually making fun of non-Louisianians for their stereotypes of Louisianians. It does seem that way. That, I like. Whether it was deliberate or just more Hollywood ignorance, it was so overwrought that they accomplished a great show of just how moronic those stereotypes are. The flick ("flick," not "film," in this particular case) is filled with hillbillies, in a state that has no hills; an event at a county fair, in a state that has no counties; and every overwrought stereotype of a southern jackass and/or accent ever invented by Hollywood, and very few people who sounded anything like a Louisianian. This flick was almost interesting, but it fell very flat on the humor and grindhouse atmosphere that it mimicked. I watched it, because I loved the "why do we hate the..." scene in the first vignette, and because the inaccuracies were so over the top that it must have been a deliberate rip on the ignorance of non-Southerners. I live in Seattle, I'm from Louisiana; believe me, there is a LOT of ignorance about the South, and these idiots are vehement about it.Five stars, because they did such a good job of making fun of non-Southerners for making fun of people they know nothing about. One star if it was not deliberate. Three stars for boredom and flat jokes. So, average it out to three.

I know Paul Walker is best remembered for his Fast and Furious roles, but to me, my appreciation comes from his a roles. Personally, I love, really LOVE Tokyo Drift, the one he was absent from.But for what I remember Paul Walker forHours. What a small cast masterpiece. I can't believe he wasn't at least nominated for an award for thisInto the Blue. Ignoring the eye candy aspect of it, it had real heart, a logical plot, and was plain fun. And who doesn't love the entire cast? The entire cast was just a class Running Scared. I can't praise this film enough. I wish I could erase my mind, and see this film again for the first time. If there was one film I wish I could re experience for the first time, this would be it.Then comes this film. I didn't realize until 3/4 of the way through it that it was the Running Scared director. I loved it. It isn't quite the same level of Running Scared magnificence, but it is 90% there. I personally feel the end let the film down, mainly Elijah Wood's character. But I would give the director the benefit of the doubt and accept his vision.

This movie is a nice return to Dark Comedy Movies before everything had to be Politically Correct. I doubt Hollywood would make this movie today. I found the movie highly enjoyable with multiple storylines intertwined that connect with each other in the development of the movie. Not everyone will enjoy this movie and some will be highly offended, but I felt the movie had some memorable actors and a storyline that worked well together and made this a classic movie in the genre of "Napoleon Dynamite" but more extreme.

The movie starts off o.k then picks up pace up to the clown scene . which is incredibly funny with some fantastic acting but unfortunately that's where the mojo ends . This film could have been a classic if only they'd have invested more into the characters within the first quarter of the movie and left the latter ones out .

Good film, great performances. Just a 15 minute period in the 2nd half of the film that dragged featuring Brendan Fraser as Elvis impersonator.

Average movie but keeps u interested, note this is the same movie as hustlers only this is region 1 locked (usa)

received the dvd which does not work

Arrived early from seller..new & in proper packaging..perfect shape.......already seen this flick but wanted it for my library.....no spoilers cept its "off the wall funny".....mejostrc............