Leofwine_draca BULLIES is a low budget revenge thriller of the 1980s, better than I expected it would be. A family consisting of a mother, son, and stepfather move into a small redneck town to take over the running of the local grocery store. They soon make enemies of a local redneck family who use violence and general unpleasantness to keep the townsfolk at bay. I wasn't expecting much from this movie, but it turns out to be fast-paced and relatively engaging, even if the cinematography is too dark and the acting nothing to write home about. As in the best revenge thrillers, such as CLASS OF 1984, things build slowly to a violent climax which doesn't disappoint, and the villains are truly nasty in this one. Watch out for CONAN THE DESTROYER's Olivia d'Abo, far too pretty to be playing one of the redneck family.

birchall-1 Olivia D'Abo in a wet T-shirt is the only thing this movie has going for it. Other than that, this Canadian production about a man taking out a vicious band of hillbillies is not worth anybody's time. The writing is bad, the acting is poor and the direction is sub-standard.

helfeleather The Cullen boys are a nasty bunch. They take whatever they want from the local shops, dance with whoever they like at the local bar, beat their sister and blame it on one of the local boys. If anyone stands up to them, they know they're in for a taste of Cullen family attention, which is particularly brutal.There are a few good scenes of intimidation, especially the treatment of Vern the mechanic, but somehow, they're just not made out to be as scary as they should be. Pity, because the actors were good at being bad when they were allowed to be.

Tito-8 It seems to me that perhaps the incessant violence in this film is what saves it, and what ruins it. I have to confess, the first scene of senseless violence got my attention in a big way, but after a while it began to get rather repetitive. There were just too many beatings, and there was too much intimidation for the film to be enjoyable. Was it interesting? For the most part, yes. Unfortunately, anyone who has seen a film before would know that this family would eventually be put in their place, so the interest was only maintained by waiting to see who would be attacked next.