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 HEAVY TIMES is a movie about three friends kidnapped by one's brother-in-law, who insists on showing the trio the time of their lives by taking them to Montreal.
While the storyline's plot has potential, the movie as a whole is missing some key ingredients of successful road-trip movies. Rather than meeting quirky characters who put up roadblocks to the group's destination, the audience tires quickly of the most outrageous character always in the lead. Combined over-use of profanity and under-use of scantily clad women alone will prevent this picture from achieving status as a wide public release.
The acting is average at best. The most memorable characters are the brother-in-law, Rick O'Leary (Jeff Koen), and one of the friend's satanic college roommate, Gunther (Keaton Farmer). Even the brother-in-law's antics and constant profanity grow old after a while. As for the rest of the cast.anyone off of the street could do an equal if not better job of delivering the lines.
A camera work reveals itself in numerous scenes where the angle is way too wide which detracts from the characters and story. A few shots are completely different from the rest of the picture, as if they were shot on a completely different camera technology for no apparent reason.
The only use this reviewer sees for this movie is a college beer-drinking game requiring you to drink every time the F-bomb gets dropped. Unfortunately, I don't think the entire movie would ever be seen; everyone would be passed out before the end.
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