A dark comedy tail with extra bite, that shows the great lengths people will go to when their dogs die, especially when their dog is strung up from a lighting fixture.
Brian Petsos plays Harry, a deadbeat who is pushed over the edge when some troublemaker kills his dog Jolly, as a message that he, Harry, owes some important people money. Instead of, ahem, rolling over, Harry takes the bloodier path, unscrupulously rampaging across town in search of the dog killer. He brings his brother (Oscar Isaac) along with him, and the two use extreme force to interrogate anyone who may know who killed Jolly.
Twisted humour and outrageous violence can often be a nasty combination when it comes to Comedy films, but Revenge For Jolly deserves a treat for its efforts. There is a beautiful combination at work here, with a Pulp Fiction foundation, a Harold and Kumar brotherly love, and some of the best cameos in recent years. Including: Kristen Wiig as a trailer trash bride, and Elijah Wood as a bartender whose misplaced words put him in the, ahem, doghouse.
The cold-blooded rampage of Harry may put many squeamish viewers off, failing to understand his murderousness. And some may be violently sick when they witness Adam Brody’s long hair! It’s enough to make you play dead…for real.
Fantastic fun and quite endearing by the end, Revenge For Jolly is the murderous pet movie we have all been longing for…well since Cruella De Ville.
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