VFW
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group | Release Date: February 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatChuck FosterJan 3, 2020
When you get old and crotchety, you say things like, “They don’t make ’em like that anymore.” For the most part, “they” don’t. Then you see VFW and realize it’s not a nostalgia thing. It’s genuinely not done this way anymore. Thank you Joe Begos for reminding us how it should be. Read full review
83
ConsequenceMike VanderbiltJan 3, 2020
VFW delivers the goods—tough-guy dialogue, memorable characters, and so much splatter— and audiences will be giddy as adolescents as the gore literally explodes on screen. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerFeb 18, 2020
An unrelenting throwback to a gleefully caustic view of America's capacity for untrammeled nastiness. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakFeb 13, 2020
McArdle and Brallier have thus rendered VFW an efficient us versus them scenario with Fred’s crew possessing an infectious, three-dimensional rapport opposite Boz and cronies leaning into their one-track yearning for a fix. Begos then brings the grainy and gritty aesthetic its predecessors possessed to really deliver a throwback vibe augmented solely by new advancements in violently realistic gore. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJan 3, 2020
Soaked in neon and coated with a thick layer of 16mm film grain, it’s a visceral throwback to the gritty action fare that lined video store shelves in the early ’80s as grindhouses gave way to the VHS boom—coincidentally, also the era that made VFW’s core cast famous. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 13, 2020
VFW ultimately lacks the cinematic flair to be truly memorable. But the pic succeeds on its own terms of being a nostalgic throwback to the days when such B-movies routinely opened on double and triple bills in urban grindhouses. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 13, 2020
Essentially a geezers-fight-back siege movie (Tom Williamson plays the sole young veteran), VFW is riotously scuzzy and warmly partial to its rusty heroes. Read full review
70
SlashfilmMatt DonatoJan 3, 2020
If you’re into “Splatterhouse Cinema” that respects its elders and tenderizes human bodies without remorse, Joe Begos has a pile of discarded corpses waiting for you. It’s vile, slick with repugnance, and appropriately inhumane. A canon full of guts blasted straight into your face – the Fangoria way. Read full review
69
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpFeb 26, 2020
Unlike Bliss, which has a cogent intention pushing it forward, VFW plays slapdash, which admittedly fits the film’s grimy aesthetic, a delirious theme park ride. Maybe that’s all a horror movie needs to be to be worth watching, but Begos can do more than douse a set with viscera, even if VFW doesn’t need “more” to justify itself. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 30, 2020
They made a promise, with their cool trailer, that their dull, bloody movie couldn’t keep. Read full review
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