Bullies 1986
5.3 / 10
Bullies
When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance they get. Matt meanwhile meets and starts seeing a lot of Becky who also likes him. Unfortunately her last name is Cullen, and when the rest of the family finds out about their relationship, they decide to get even, and their harassment is elevated to vicious assault.
When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance they get. Matt meanwhile meets and starts seeing a lot of Becky who also likes him. Unfortunately her last name is Cullen, and when the rest of the family finds out about their relationship, they decide to get even, and their harassment is elevated to vicious assault.
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... Matt Morris
... Becky Cullen
... Jenny Morris
... Clay Morris
... Will Crow
... Jimmy Cullen
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See All 1 Reviews03 Oct 2022 by Wuchak
**_Rural romance/crime drama morphs into an absurd Rambo-like revenge flick_** A mother, son and new stepdad move from the big city to a rural area in the shadow of the Rockies in the Great Northwest (Janet-Laine Green, Jonathan Crombie and Stephen Hunter). The teen meets an intriguing lass (Olivia d'Abo), but she’s a member of a hostile moonshining family that grossly bullies the citizenry of the area. Dehl Berti is on hand as an American Indian who befriends the kid. "Bullies" (1986) is curiously listed as a horror flick in some sources, but it’s not; it’s a hillbilly romance mixed with crime drama/thriller. The confusion is likely due to it being directed by Paul Lynch, known for “Prom Night” (1980) and “Humongous” (1982), plus the fact that there is some shocking gore for back then in the last half-hour. The movie is actually a meshing of the basic plot of “The Karate Kid” (1984) with the setting of “I Walk the Line” (1970) and “First Blood” (1982), along with the one-man-army element of the latter. The first two acts are a really good set-up despite the overdone villainy of the antagonists (I mean these guys are just frothing at the mouth with ee-vil). It smacks of a real-life situation and you care about the protagonists while loathing the arrogant intimidators. At around the hour-mark, however, there’s some awkward editing and the story switches to an over-the-top action flick while inexplicably forsaking a key character. It’s as if the writers never heard the proverb “Less is more.” Still, if you can roll with these issues there’s enough good here to make “Bullies” worthwhile for those interested. For instance, the relationship of the boy and Will Crow, some quality life-lessons, the teen romance and Olivia d'Abo’s fun swimming scene. The film runs about 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Marysville & Kimberly, British Columbia, which are located an eight-hour drive east of Vancouver in the Canadian Rockies of southeast BC, as well as Thunder Hill Provincial Park 40 miles north of there. GRADE: B-
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Release Date:
Aug 29, 1986 (Canada)
Run Time:
1hr 36`
MMPA Rating:
R
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
Canada
Status:
Released
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**_Rural romance/crime drama morphs into an absurd Rambo-like revenge flick_** A mother, son and new stepdad move from the big city to a rural area in the shadow of the Rockies in the Great Northwest (Janet-Laine Green, Jonathan Crombie and Stephen Hunter). The teen meets an intriguing lass (Olivia d'Abo), but she’s a member of a hostile moonshining family that grossly bullies the citizenry of the area. Dehl Berti is on hand as an American Indian who befriends the kid. "Bullies" (1986) is curiously listed as a horror flick in some sources, but it’s not; it’s a hillbilly romance mixed with crime drama/thriller. The confusion is likely due to it being directed by Paul Lynch, known for “Prom Night” (1980) and “Humongous” (1982), plus the fact that there is some shocking gore for back then in the last half-hour. The movie is actually a meshing of the basic plot of “The Karate Kid” (1984) with the setting of “I Walk the Line” (1970) and “First Blood” (1982), along with the one-man-army element of the latter. The first two acts are a really good set-up despite the overdone villainy of the antagonists (I mean these guys are just frothing at the mouth with ee-vil). It smacks of a real-life situation and you care about the protagonists while loathing the arrogant intimidators. At around the hour-mark, however, there’s some awkward editing and the story switches to an over-the-top action flick while inexplicably forsaking a key character. It’s as if the writers never heard the proverb “Less is more.” Still, if you can roll with these issues there’s enough good here to make “Bullies” worthwhile for those interested. For instance, the relationship of the boy and Will Crow, some quality life-lessons, the teen romance and Olivia d'Abo’s fun swimming scene. The film runs about 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Marysville & Kimberly, British Columbia, which are located an eight-hour drive east of Vancouver in the Canadian Rockies of southeast BC, as well as Thunder Hill Provincial Park 40 miles north of there. GRADE: B-
Cast & Crew of
Bullies
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Matt Morris
... Becky Cullen
... Jenny Morris
... Clay Morris
... Will Crow
... Jimmy Cullen
... Judd Cullen
WN
William Nunn... Jonah Cullen
TW
Thick Wilson... Sam Hogan
SG
Shay Garner... Maggie Sullivan
... Vern
... Arnie Furlong
... Ben Cullen
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