Review #18: Tusk (2014)
This review was originally written in October 2016. Day 18: Tusk My second substitute, I picked this movie because it generated a lot of buzz when it came out for being so bizarre, as well as because it was directed by Kevin Smith. So I guess I had high expectations going in. What to say about Tusk? Well, it was good- really good- ....at first. The first half of the movie was genuinely interesting and it did a great job of building up to the horror you knew was coming. When the villain began his diabolical plan, I was horrified for the main character and what was coming. But like the Titanic (the boat, not the movie) this ocean liner of film was headed for an iceberg. That is, the last third of the movie. Once Justin Long's character undergoes his transformation, I just couldn't take the movie seriously anymore. The costume he was in looked absolutely ridiculous- with no exaggeration, it looked like he was wearing a rubber suit bought from Hot Topic or something. This film, at ...