Theo Robertson
To be honest I would have instantly dismissed DAD SAVAGE as " A British Tarantino wannabe that starts with a pre title sequence followed by a soundtrack by The Jam similar to the opening of RESERVOIR DOGS followed by a not very interesting story that cuts back and forth like PULP FICTION "
But I`ll modify my opinion by stating " It`s also very bizarre due to the casting that makes it rather more watchable " That casting choice is Patrick Stewart as the title character . Who`s Patrick Stewart ? you ask . He`s only the captain of the USS Enterprise from a little known show called STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION . Unlike William Shatner Stewart can act but after being cast in ST:TNG no one will ever think of him than anything else than Jean Luc Picard . A shame perhaps but I had to admit there`s a great novelty value to DAD SAVAGE walking around like the cowboy from The Village People , speaking in a ridiculous accent , spouting the F word frequently and getting nasty with a shotgun . If they`d given the part to an unknown actor I wouldn`t thought much of this movie but it contains a watchability level and novelty value due to Stewart`s bizarre performance
nastynige
Damn I'm good! I appeared 4 or 5 times in this film shaking my butt in the line dance sequences! Poor old Patrick thought HE was the star of the film?!?! LOL Pity I didn't get to speak but hey, you've got to start somewhere! I haven't been approached for any more parts yet but who knows, stranger things do happen! LOL
rodental
Very much in the style of contemporary films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects, Dad Savage is a more realistic and significantly less humourous film.Patrick Stewart definitely carries the film as the patriarchal head of a family of criminals - not to belittle the performance of the films other actors it's just that none of them are as memorable. Although far removed from the Star Trek universe, Patrick Stewarts portrayal of Dad Savage is reminiscent of Capt. Picard: namely that of a man with a hard outside and a soft - even vulnerable - inside. Dad Savage is a cantankerous old man as easily capable of sticking a shotgun in the face of someone who betrayed him, as he is of dressing in country and western clothes and going line-dancing with the other local senior citizens.I've tried - unsuccessfully - to convince my friends to see this, I hope many more people will though...
etn
I hate spoilers so you won't get them here, Dad Savage is a breakout debut by a new director using a classic formula, if you've seen Reservoir Dogs and enjoyed it,you'll like this movie. Great cast,strong performances,drags a little at times but overall a good rental.
