Pawn Show Chronicles is from the director of such films as The Cooler and Running Scared. Clearly this director has been underrated and does not get the credit he deserves. So how is his new film? Well it's a very disjointed hit and miss affair. Essential this film is 3 different stories that connect loosely at a local pawn shop. The film starts out great in the first segment with a dark comedy crime story. The second story then turns into a horror story that was pretty shocking actually. It features one of the most brutal torture scenes I have seen in a good while. The 3rd story involves a really weird overlong segment about a Elvis impersonator that really isn't enjoyable at all. The problem with Pawn Shop Chronicles is that it is to disjointed and weird for it's own good. It doesn't know what it wants to be, and unfortunately what this film shows us is nothing new. The movie has a huge cast and they all bring their A games to the table and clearly had fun making this film. There was so much potential to do something with this story but really all you get is a whole lot of pulp fiction mixed in with a pinch of Running Scared. This film even makes a few Pulp Fiction references. While not a awful, it's not great either. Potential was there but unfortunately it could not be taken advantage of.
Review of Pawn Shop Chronicles
