Bloody Hell

A brisk, just-funny-enough escape thriller.

Everyone involved with "Bloody Hell" is doing their jobs with creativity and gusto, even if it's hard to discern any larger point.

It's a buffet of only sour dishes, a rank fete of foulness.

The film's manic blend of gore and relentlessly cheeky comedy eventually leads to diminished returns.

A wild, wickedly funny and suspenseful ride.

The film struggles to pay-off all of these threads and themes equally well from that point, but its plot takes enough unexpected zigs and zags to avoid running out of steam entirely before it crosses the finish line.

While [it] doesn't escape some doldrums, its snarky attitude and gleeful ghoulishness, especially in the final reel, will probably satisfy those with a hankering for the genre.

Where it tries too hard to make a statement about its hero's soul the film is a tad out of its depth, but when the cutting starts the film really shines.

At no point in the entire 95-minute runtime was I exactly sure what was going on. For better or worse, it absolutely keeps you guessing.

Bloody Hell is bloody good.