"Knockaround Guys" is a movie that wouldn't have been hip 10 years ago, when this kind of slush was flooding the art-house and direct-to-video circuit in the wake of Quentin Tarantino's hopelessly overrated "Reservoir Dogs." The fact that it was delayed for 2 years(?) makes it seem particularly dated. And cheap. And awful. Tarantino puppet Lawrence Bender produced this rubbish, but clearly lightning does not strike twice in the era of imitation. A writing-and-directing duo (whose names will not be committed to my brainpan anytime soon) hoping to etch a name for themselves by mining cliches, prove that two heads can be just as vacuous and empty as one. The twentynothing cast of pretty yet vacant faces (including Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel *retch*, and Seth Green) are flanked by veterans like Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich, who seem to have no idea what their actual involvement in this movie really is. Be afraid, be very afraid. "Knockaround Guys" should've been knocked straight to the darkest corner of your local video store.
2/10
2/10