Hits (2014)

Hits 2014 is a dark comedy that truly points out what people have become. It's a film about everyone doing anything to get popular, no matter what they do as everyone has a price tag on them in today's world. Hits was a film in which I almost didn't watch due to it's trailer and of course very little marketing. I found it on Netflix and hit play so I could just pass out to some sound in the background, well the movie caught my eye.After the first few minutes I was giggling already as how it shows mankind at it's finest yet still being a funny atmosphere, this film just put humanity under a microscope in a big way, yet few people out here have caught on to this since the beginning of the Zombie flicks. If you're looking for a laugh this one is slow yet funny, not badly done at all; and I'd for sure watch it again. The cast was perfect for this film, the story-line and how everything played out just hit the nail on the head.

Maybe the movie would have been better if David Cross was actually in it, instead being behind the scenes as writer director. The Mr. Show star turns what feels like a few sketches into one big movie about a girl trying to be a star in this era of Reality TV shows like Teen mom which the protagonist is obsessed with and social media, while her dad is getting the attention she thinks she deserves when his complaints about a pot hole in his street goes viral and all the hipsters from Brooklyn come out to help him.The movie was not funny, although I'm in complete agreement with the joke, it did not make me laugh one bit sorry to say. It was cool that David Cross got all his friends like Micheal Cera to take small roles adding to the feel of it being a bunch of sketches. Overall, I got no real satisfaction on his parody of today's version of fame

David Cross released this bunker buster of a movie online for the world to download via torrent. This was purely to ensure maximum distribution. I sincerely hope everyone who ever loved a Comedy makes time to enjoy it. HITS is destined to be a legendary film not just for the way it was released, but for the consistent comedic content. It is an absolutely hilarious look at the world we live in today. The social media references are seamlessly integrated and the writing is impressively current. The manifold characters are outstanding and full of stars. Each character is exceptionally well defined. Usually I hope for 3-4 good characters. The array of unique characters exponentially exceeds expectations like Jim Henson's MUPPETS exceeded the expectations of sock puppets. I almost never beg, but I beg that you see this movie. Reward the fact that an artist has forsaken industry greed to provide the world with a comic masterpiece. No movie is similar, thus no movie compares. This is the easiest movie I've ever tried to rate. It's surely a one in a million 10/10 stars. Do yourself a favor and download or watch online today!Knox D. Alford, III

Ahhh, Hits. It's one of those movies that you want to like going in more than you actually like after seeing it.I think the main problem with this movie is that it suffers tremendously from "my first film" disease. Cross wrote and directed it, and because of that doesn't seem to be willing or able to throw anything away.For example, Michael Cera plays a drug dealer and has two scenes. In those scenes we find that another character really likes a particular type of weed. That character's liking that particular type of weed is never referenced thereafter. (Nor is weed itself!) In other words, the two scenes with Cera are entirely superfluous to the story, they don't have us gain any insight into the characters (other than weed choice), and in general are just a waste of the audience's time. They don't make the characters any more relate-able, they don't draw you into the story, they just sit there like giant boxes on a storyboard taking up time and space but not advancing anything.In a similar vein, we learn that another character's wife is baby crazy. This character being baby crazy is not used for comedic effect, it doesn't affect the actions of the main characters in any way, and again just takes up time. The movie would be exactly the same (the characters would still have motivation and do exactly the same things) if that entire character was excised from the script! So if that character is a giant GNDN, why are we wasting time learning about them?Both of these scenes really typify the problems that Hits has; it has the genesis of a lot of funny ideas but few are seen through to completion and payoff. Baby crazy lady could make an unexpected entry into the final train wreck scene, adding tension and zaniness. Instead she attends safe and sound via teleconference -- no zaniness or tension there. The other character's choice of weed (or even tendency to smoke weed!) could have been used to play off the cops that are around town. Nope. Even one character who is caught peeping in a window is never brought to justice nor is said peeping ever referenced again. What a waste!The giant train wreck at the end is a proved winning formula for a movie, but unfortunately comes very late. Moreso, it isn't a large enough train wreck payoff to satisfy the journey getting there. It needed more characters' threads coming together rather than only three to be a really satisfying payoff. More to the point, the great reveal is handled fairly ham-handedly and is formulaic.There are some funny scenes in Hits, but as Cross' own introduction says you'll laugh more than three times but definitely less than ten. The movie itself isn't a train wreck, but I really wish it was more (and paradoxically, less) than it currently is.