Drillbit Taylor (2008)

Please don't spend money on this.

just watch it!

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

I first watched this due to my favourite actor Owen Wilson starring in it, after watching the film I noticed one of my other favourite actors 'Josh Peck' starred in it. This film stands out to all the other comedy's as teens in high school are able to relate to it. This film although being a comedy contains sad emotional scenes, the fact that they are unaware of Drillbit's background adds suspense to the film. unlike a lot of other films this had a good plot and it was well pulled together and it managed to fit together nicely; it also did not fail as a comedy unlike some other comedy's. The bullies and students are great actors and Owen Wilson just topped it off. In my opinion this film is underrated and deserves at least a 7. I would highly recommend this film although it is not for everyone.

On their first day at High School, Wade (skinny geeky kid), Ryan (fat mouthy kid) and Emmitt (small nerdy kid) fall foul of sociopathic bully Filkins. So they hire down and out Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) as bodyguard, believing him to be an ex Army Ranger. Drillbit talks a good talk, but maybe he can't walk the walk that well...This is really a high school movie and the kids - who are all very good - are the stars, although Wilson adds his amiable presence to a part which is a mild variation on his usual screen persona. Filkins (Alex Cross) is an odious and very effective bully, although his actions are so anti-social that I have my doubts as to whether even the most idiotic school administration could allow him to continue his pattern of property damage and assault.This film is amusing without being hysterically funny, has good performances, and you care about the characters.

Believe it or not, while I missed the opening credits, I kept telling myself during the viewing; this is so close to the atmosphere of John Hughes. Surprisingly I discovered that it was an old idea for him indeed. Using the pen name of Edmond Dantès or not, he was so visible. Everything can be rooted according to his familiar world. We have some nerds who don't have a chance, hoping a miracle to change their lives to feel alive (Weird Science – 1985). A homeless lost person (Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York – 1992), who goes through life by little conning (Curly Sue – 1991). The problem though, yes there is, comes I think from the fact that Hughes didn't write it, and the time it was made too.Initially you have to like the smart resemblance between the title character and the kids that hired him where both of them are afraid of facing life, using different ways of escaping; living as a marginal jobless, stealing to eat (the lead), and searching for someone to defend their prides instead of themselves (the team of geeky boys). So they all got to "fight" their own battles eventually and there is some winning in this for sure. This lovely meaning is realized, with some swift comic moments, but while being hindered by enough drawbacks.Many moments looked freely gross (the film lesson) or gruesome (cutting the pinkie; THAT WAS DAMNABLY HORRIBLE !). The script has its share of weak points. I mean the matter of the sword ?? Or throwing it on the leads like what happened at last ?? Yet, punishing the bully who used it, in obvious attempting murder witnessed by many people, by only sending him away to his parents is more weak !! Then, how Drillbit Taylor managed to be a school teacher that easily (it just takes a suit ?!). It's weird to hire him without papers, however if he used fake ones, how he could teach English while he's clumsy little fellow?! Over and above if he's hired already, working and cashing his fee, why oh why he had to shower naked in the beach, living the same pathetic life of a homeless?, knowing as well how he definitely became known for a lot of the city's kids and parents ?! Too far-fetched ! Although (Owen Wilson) did nice efforts, he didn't convince me utterly as a street hustler or resourceful liar. Actually he's always the same in whatever he does. Plus he's not that great comedian by the way. (Leslie Mann) was a joke, with no depth of a love story or even relatively similar matter, only the joy of having sex in the school daily (so outrageous it's attractive for some !). No doubt among that cast, as a whole, the 3 teens (Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile, and Ian Roberts) ruled.It has a spirit of soft innocence and inner sad sense exactly as every John Hughes's classic does (I mean almost all of his movies by that by the way!). However the rudeness of the 2000s, the weakness of the alternative scriptwriters, not having a stronger lead around (John Candy, John Belushi, Bill Murray maybe, or anyone as good); all of that pushed the movie to the "average" side, and deprived (Drillbit Taylor) of being another John Hughes's classic, unless internally.

A very unfunny comedy starring Owen Wilson as a bum who is hired by a trio of high school nerds to protect them from the school bully. Along the way, Wilson teaches them a series of life lessons. It all ends with a battle royal with the bully and his buddies, and as such is similar to several other teen-oriented flicks from an earlier era, like MY BODYGUARD, WEIRD SCIENCE and THREE O'CLOCK HIGH. Wilson is just plain terrible, and the three child actors playing the nerds aren't very convincing. Some violence and sexual situations save it from total ruin, but again this is just a rehash of other teen-oriented movies, everyone of them better than this.