Range 15 (2016) User Reviews

terrible movie

[bigrob-42388 · 3/10 · 19 August 2016]

I want to preface this that I am an active duty soldier with 7 years in special operations. I thought that being in the military this comedy would resonate with me. This was absolutely terrible. Nothing about this movie was funny. I thought there would be a good amount of team room humor in this movie. It failed to live up to expectations. I related to absolutely nothing this movie tried to play up as comedy.

I gave it a 3 because it was just barely enough to keep my attention. this was more in part bc i wanted to see how the fucktardery was going to end. The sponsor plugs were absolutely annoying and definitely added to the poor quality of the film.

i would watch Sharknado again over this movie.

This Is Not the Movie You Were Promised

[william-v-black · 3/10 · 1 April 2017]

This isn't the worst movie ever. It's a bad movie, but if you're drunk enough it can be an enjoyable-bad movie. But that's kind of the bad thing about Range 15. It's not what it could've been.

When this movie was being made, I followed all of the updates on Ranger UP and Article 15. I'm a vet, I've been in some really twisted things in Iraq, and I was looking forward to what the film-makers said about the upcoming film. A movie by and for veterans, a flick that would get the veteran attitude and outlook right. A comedy-horror film seemed about the best way to go about it.

But this movie wasn't that. It is no way a movie "for veterans." It's a movie for people who love Ranger Up and Article 15 YouTube videos. The characters don't act like cartoon versions of vets or active-duty military, they act like over-exaggerated versions of the already-exaggerated caricatures you see in those videos. I did laugh quite a bit during the flick, but not because it resonated some deep, veteran-aspect of my humor. No, it was just dumb, goofy jokes that came in at random.

What kinda pisses me off about this movie is the fact that it was so heavily marketed as this big deal due to it being by and for veterans. The movie is slapped together. The script is pretty dumb, serving only to get from one joke to the next, and the effects (both practical and digital) are Sega-CD quality. And that would be just fine. It would be just a crappy, Z-grade zombie flick. But it's not that. It's the "first veteran-made" movie. So it basically sets the tone that we veterans can't really be trusted to make anything of actual quality.

And I'm not some film-snob who is out of touch with the veteran world. I'm a vet and a fan of some pretty bad movies. But at least most bad movies are bad earnestly. The film-makers of those films were trying to make something good… they just screwed up. Range 15, on the other hand, really feels like a cash-grab.

They raised over a million and a half dollars from donations to make this film, and the amount of free stuff (weapons, gear, etc) they got form the sponsors (extremely blatant advertising throughout) makes me wonder where the hell any of the cash went. Maybe it all went to hiring the name-actors that do bit parts throughout. Because it sure as hell didn't go into writing, set design, costuming, or effects.

I can't help but feel that anyone who donated got taken for a ride. The movie just doesn't work. It's a very stock zombie movie, but if someone gave a damn about the project they could elevate that. Instead I felt like I was watching most of the cast just jerk themselves off over how awesome they are (with the exception of Jack Mandaville, who actually gave a legitimately funny performance). It was like they didn't care. They got a bunch of money and cameras, hung out for a couple weeks, threw some credits on the thing and figure it was good enough. No passion, no effort, and roughly zero f***s were given towards making a movie instead of a glorified "look how funny we are" home movie.

I guess at the TL;DR version would read like this:

This movie is bad, but not 1-star bad, and there is some humor in it (seriously, someone tell Jack Mandaville to start auditioning for real movies). It sucks because it so heavily hyped up the veteran aspect that it makes veterans look either incompetent (as in they can't make a movie) or easily-duped (as in they donated to a movie wherein the film-makers just phoned in the production).

Stream it illegally, borrow the DVD from a buddy who paid for it, but don't spend money on it. It's worse than a straight-to-SyFy flick, and those are free.

Better than the last Ghostbusters

[kellvallon · 4/10 · 26 August 2018]

The movie is flat out terrible. It's one of those movies that is so bad I kind of actually like it. It was better than the last Ghostbusters movie which I didn't even bother to finish.

False ratings, movie is one of the worst I've seen

[confirmeddeath · 2/10 · 15 August 2016]

Firstly, I don't really care for rating movies on IMDb I only care for looking at the ratings to determine the "quality" of the movie... to determine whether it's worth watching or not.

8.5/10... That's the worst rating I've ever seen, it's so far from what the actual rating should be and honestly this is one of the biggest false ratings I've seen on IMDb and hence rating this movie 1 out of 10 to make the rating represent what the movie actual is rather than a big lie, but had the rating not been so off I'd given it 3/10 on a generous day.

The movie...

It tries to be comedic, but it fails. I actually can't see how somebody could think that the "funny" acts in this movie would be funny...

I would give myself a medal of honor for enduring this movie.

Let's be honest, even if people had a weird and twisted sense of humor, at best the rating would be 4-5 out of 10, but 8.5 out of 10?

I understand people like to falsely rate movies when the crappy movie has their favorite actors in them and all that but I actually truly don't understand 8.5/10 with over 2k+ ratings...

EDIT: Going through the "reviews" I had to come back and edit my "review"... I don't actually know what to say other than that this pisses me off, crappy movie gets good ratings because of idiots meanwhile really good movies get crappy ratings because of idiots.

I... got... no... words... to... explain... what... this... is...

This was more of a rant than a review but rating a movie for any other reason than rating the movie angers me, that's not what the rating system is for...

EDIT2: Would be nice if IMDb had a mass "block/ignore" option that you can use to ignore future ratings by people who voted a certain movie above 5, that way in the future you wouldn't watch another movie rated 8+/10 that sucks and confuses you for a whole hour and makes you question What The Actual Fu...dge!

Over rated rubbish

[LOL101LOL · 1/10 · 15 August 2016]

Just watched it and it was very hard to not throw a brick at my TV, it is that bad! The ratings and reviews on IMDb giving it a 10 star rating are bogus. The acting is wooden, effects are cheap and the jokes are cheap and childish. Avoid this one as wasting any of your precious time on this can be better spent.

0 out of 10 although I gave it a 1 out of 10 as that's as low as I can go ratings wise on IMDb.

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1 out of 10. Wish I could give it 0!

[WatchAndSmile · 1/10 · 15 August 2016]

Here's the only real review since I don't believe others are. A lot of first time reviewers, making the rating seem fishy... This movie is a piece of crap - literally! I walked away after 40 minutes. The acting is probably the worst I've seen in years. Those people can't act at all. I mean, there are people who can't act and then there are these "actors" who make people who can't act look like movie stars...

The story is old and pretty stupid. Just boring. camera work is bad. Seem very amateurish. Seems like it's made by people who used to make b-rated music videos for no-name actors

CGI is from 1992. I get that it's low budget,but I've seen better cgi effects on "HOW TO videos on YouTube". Don't believe me, check those out. They aren't that hard!

Dialogs and scrips is beyond horrible. Jokes are not funny though they are trying hard.

hey, if you really liked this movie, try "tree of life" I watched that one in 2011 and this is comparable to the nonsense, though I managed to sit through 1 hours of that movie and only 40 minutes of this one.

Not meant for civilians!!!!

[dstylez-95301 · 9/10 · 1 July 2017]

This movie is for vets and our sense of humor and little inside jokes of the military. This is a way for some of us combat vets to blow off steam and be able to make light of situations we have faced in combat. In its own way it's helped me sleep a little better being able to shrug off some of the things I've seen and experienced. Watch the behinds the scenes before you judge it too harsh.

Stupid and funny. Better than Ghostbusters

[equilibrium10 · 7/10 · 3 October 2016]

Yeah, so, little background: 5 years in the Marines as a Scout Sniper. Good times and some of the dirtiest and stupidest jokes man has ever contrived.

Range 15, a lot like this.

Matt Best is a corny jackass so why would the film he has master minded be anything different? Some parts of this are utterly useless while in other parts I was laughing out loud, that jokes worked.

It's funny, it's stupid, it's meaningless and it's different than anything else floating around right now. In short, at least it isn't another f$%#ing re-boot. Oorah for that.

another film with a false rating (probably paid for)

[playboy-655-842419 · 1/10 · 19 August 2016]

I watch this piece of sh!t last night and I almost threw up as it was so bad and boring. The movie felt like it was directed by a teen and he was wasting daddy's money. The actors we're so cringy and unbelievable.

Im pretty sure that this movie was paid for positive rating because even a 1/10 rating is too generous.

Save your brain cells and go watch something else. Make sure to leave a 1/10 rating so other peoples don't get fooled.

I don't know what else to say since I have to write 10 lines for this piece of crap movie. Go take a walk outside, go visit relatives and stay away from this movie!

Seriiously lowbrow, over the top, non politically correct but funny

[billdyj · 7/10 · 20 November 2017]

This is the kind of movie that will either get good reviews or really get trashed, and I think it depends on the person looking at it. Those who think of military people as these saintly people, who piously go fight our wars with Jesus on their minds, etc, are gonna hate it. Likewise those who can't see broad farce and see all kinds of micro aggression's and the like are going to hate it.

For me, as lowbrow and over the top and so forth it was, it was funny, because the humor in it is not meant to be hateful, it is gleefully poking fun at everything and anything, including themselves, and I think it likely represents the dark, out there humor that veterans, especially combat veterans, seem to have. I saw a podcast recently talking about Chris Kyle (American Sniper fame), and his platoon leader and CO said the movie made him out tot his seriously, saintly person when he was a funny, full of hell kind of guy, as good a soldier as he was...if you are easily grossed out, offended, think the military are all soldiers of Christ on a sacred crusade, I don't recommend this, but it you can laugh at people laughing at themselves, it is funny as hell.

Ratings are misleading - awful movie

[with_held_user · 2/10 · 16 August 2016]

When I first spotted this movie, I took a look at its score here on IMDb, and found it to be a 8/10. Thinking that I had finally found a horror comedy movie that could match (or even exceed) some of my all- time favorite movies, zombieland or Shaun of the dead, I was excited to go see it. I was very wrong. This movie has the worst acting I have ever seen filled with cheesy jokes and an awkward feel throughout, average sets and props with items and locations I could find myself, and a straight forward plot. The reviews given are false, and are not truthful to the quality of this movie. I am not certain, but I believe these reviews are from a screening where they were told to rate it highly, or possible these were simply people working on the movie itself. Either way, not worth watching what-so-ever.

Terrible Movie. Not worth the bandwidth to pirate it.

[ChancellorDongalor · 1/10 · 15 August 2016]

Imagine a zombie movie written by the crack writing team behind Sharknado 4 (with Ann Coulter and a couple of drunk marines consulting) and you won't be too far off from what you get in this movie. There are some almost-fun raunchy moments and a few things that come close to crossing over into 'so bad it's good territory', but it never manages to clear that threshold because all the fun is sucked out by military in-jokes and "hurr durr libtards, amirite?" meta-commentary.

This movie stays laser focused on a very small target audience. If you're a military vet that owns a MAGA hat and listens to conservative talk radio, this movie is for you (and only you). I can't really recommend it to anyone else.

Beyond bad, and not in a funny way

[nyrn · 1/10 · 18 August 2016]

Movies can be bad in a funny way, we all get that. But then there's the odd few that are just so painfully bad, you have to ask yourself what the hell just happened. Putting aside the fact who made it and why, a movie still has to carry itself to the end. I find it hard to grasp how anything like this is even worth the time and money spent. There's no real acting, jokes are exceptionally bad, to the point I had to skip-watch more than half of the movie. How this abortion gets anything above a 1-2 star is really beyond me. No doubt IMDb's rating system is flawed to the point it's no longer even half-functioning. I've seen better films made by 8:th graders.

Honest review

[codiedr · 1/10 · 10 August 2016]

I've been a fan of article 15 and Mat Best's videos pretty much since they started. So naturally I was excited for the movie. However, I'm not going to bs you guys, and say it was the best movie ever. I felt like the movie was over-hyped for a few reasons. First of all I didn't see anything that was disturbing, or offensive. So I don't see why it couldn't get a R eating. Second if I were to look at this as a serious movie then it would probably get a lower rating. The story was felt rushed and was all over the place. It didn't really go deeper into any back stories, explaining why certain things were the way they were, etc.

However, i think the movie was not meant to be taken seriously. It's like Sharknado, but for veterans. So looking at it from that perspective is why I gave it a six with a five being average. Most of the action was already shown in the trailer so there really wasn't anything new in the film. I'm also an Air Force vet so most of the military specific jokes were lost to me. I think they were just things that applied to the Army, which is fine (most of the cast and audience is army). I just didn't find the humor in them. With that being said I would gladly donate to their second movie and buy a ticket to see it.

So Bad that Is Impossible to be Watched Until the End

[claudio_carvalho · 1/10 · 2 September 2016]

Today I have spent 45 minutes of my life trying to watch this crap called "Range 15". I usually see a movie to the very end, even the bad ones, but this one is unbearable. I was expecting to see a funny trash-horror comedy to laugh based on the IMDb User rating (6.5). However this flick is so gross and stupid that makes the "Jackass" franchise looks like art film. My conclusion is that there are many fake reviews, as already mentioned by other users, promoting this garbage. I regret IMDb does not offer the rating 0. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil): Not Available (fortunately)

Okay you understand this is supposed to be bad

[Mikeelliott58 · 10/10 · 10 January 2019]

Okay this is not gone with the wind. It is dick jokes and satire commentary..

I am giving it a ten because it is what it was designed to be and was as fun to watch.. dialog was funny. Poked fun at things folks take to serious..

Another Vet here

[nicci1972 · 6/10 · 28 September 2020]

I'm sorry America we find this type of humor hilarious. But we still do a kick-a$$ job of protecting your freedoms (while many of ours are put on hold). Was it a bit OVER the top - yes - but that's because they squeezed a career of jokes into a 2 hour movie. I was cracking up and even more astounding- I an female. (The minus 4 is for the sheer ridiculousness).

Supercrap..this movie is supercrap

[wescottluke · 1/10 · 16 August 2016]

This one's actually getting a -10. Its so terrible I find myself laughing every now and then, but in a nervous tick kinda way...like its somehow changing me into a lesser human being whilst sucking my will to live! I got real excited when I saw the rating...and some of the cast like the lone survivor (the actual guy...not Mark Wahlberg) and Ron Jeremy but these are just crappy cameos and the rating has clearly been cooked by the indigogo crowdfunders along with patriotic ex-military vets who think they are funny.

Bad writing, bad acting, infantile plot and incredibly poor production quality...the kids in super8 where doing a better job. This looks like something I made for fun with my mates and my moms camcorder when I was 12.

It worries me to think at some point these guys where actually marines making life and death decisions on other peoples behalf but perhaps they should have stuck to that.

Do not watch...you have been warned...and I'm only 51minutes in. It's supercrap.

Great for what it is

[sburnskies99d9 · 7/10 · 18 October 2021]

This was hilarious. Solid flick. It's getting a lot of hate, but I'm thinking those folks take things too seriously in general.definitely go in with an open mind, and no expectations other than a hell of a good ride.

Beware of FAKE reviews!!!

[hell-cat-1 · 1/10 · 2 September 2016]

So I will begin by stating that I was fooled by the high rating for this movie, so decided to watch it with my fiancé at the weekend. At first, I thought it was some sort of joke, I love horror comedies and zombie movies but this has to be the unfunniest thing I have ever seen in my life. Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" is like a masterpiece compared to this! It is not funny in the slightest, the acting is horrendous and it is just unwatchable. I switched off after 30 minutes, I just couldn't waste any more of my time, and I've watched some terrible movies in my time that I was at least able to sit through.

In short, this movie is UNBELIEVABLY TERRIBLE in every conceivable way.

Incredibly bad

[fafhrd-productions · 1/10 · 16 August 2016]

I had hopes for this. Danny Trejo is enjoyable even in his worst movies, and laughing at William Shatners acting ability is always great fun, making almost any movie tolerable. Not this time. The only funny thing in this 'comedy' was this: I watched for a bit not knowing anything about this, and noticed how awful these guys were acting as soldiers. I wondered 'Did they even bother hiring a consultant? No soldier would EVER say that or hold themselves in this and that manner.' So I come to IMDb to see how low it's score really is, and find it's rating 8+ and made almost entirely of/by veterans. I'd rather watch a Kirk Cameron flick instead of finishing this movie.

The most effective piece of anti-military propaganda since the Abu Ghraib photos

[Bread_and_Booze · 1/10 · 13 July 2018]

As an appreciator of trash cinema I thought maybe I could get a chuckle or two out of this movie, and boy was I wrong. This is one of the most repugnant things I've ever had come across my screen and I'll spend the rest of my life living with the pit of darkness this movie left in my soul. Is it really that bad you may be asking? Oh, where to begin.

The first thing you have to know about this movie is that it is made by military guys for military guys. Imagine if an Uncle Sam's Misguided Children meme got made into a movie and you'll understand the general tone here.The plot is standard zombie movie fare, hapless bunch of friends wake up to find out that zombies have taken over their town and they have to fight their way out to comic effect. Seems straight forward until you realize that they just skip right past the zombie apocalypse and immediately just start realizing their fantasies of killing all kinds of marginalized people. Trans women? Kill em dead. Gay people? Kill em dead. Non-military men? Spray em with bullets. POC? Dead. It's a bizarre fever dream of violence against anyone who isn't a straight white male current active duty marine (they even kill a bunch of military desk jockeys for not being alpha male enough). Only about 1/4 of the kills in this movie are zombies, the rest are all the people whose very existence triggers our heroic tier one operator. Is that the worst of it? Not even close. There's a scene where they rape a woman who has been zombified, laugh and say to each other "don't worry she's not human, she's the enemy". This is the mindset of these people, kill and rape away and laugh the whole time because the enemy simply aren't people.

I have no doubt after seeing this that every time we see a news story about how the US military shot up a school or bombed a hospital killing dozens of civilians that it is, in fact, not a mistake. These people take joy in victimizing others and this movie is a testament to that.

I'd say this movie is a completely useless slog of bad special effects, unfunny jokes and depraved violence against anyone who dares slight a straight white man, but to be honest it'll probably get a lot of play with ISIS recruitment officers looking to showcase the evil at the heart of American culture. If you've ever wondered why the rest of the world hates the United States and why maybe the people who take up arms against us are right to, this is a good place to begin to understand.

Yes - this is my first review. Here's why...

[smittypt · 9/10 · 16 August 2016]

"The only thing this movie and it's current reviews, was confirm that American's have to many dumb ex military people with an awful taste." - Previous reviewer.

I'm a veteran and served overseas. I am now also a medical professional. I mustn't be that 'dumb', but I digress.. These types of reactions are EXACTLY why they made this video. I mean, if they had the fortitude to stay through the entire show they would have heard Nick, who quite literally said this movie is NOT for, and will not be understood, by the vast majority of the public. In fact, he has said that they created this movie specifically for veterans. For all intents and purposes, I would assume that most people do not know who these actors/veterans are, aside from the star-studded cast. I'll leave this point here and you can make your own assumptions: you don't get people like William Shatner for "1/10"-type films...

Sure, the acting isn't professional. But you know what? This is the first film that 90% of these people have been involved in. So, give them a break if your elitist mindset cannot fathom any respectable acknowledgment of their performance.

For the naysayers: if you find yourself not understanding the 'in-jokes', then turn around and thank someone behind you who's bearded and laughing his ass off. Chances are you probably don't understand this film as much as you don't understand why sitting in a muddy hole on the top of some cold mountain while dodging 7.62mm was some of the best times of his life.

Eye opening but funny romp through the zombie apocalypse

[viporuss · 7/10 · 15 January 2022]

I put this on as a Friday night diversion during lockdown without having read any reviews or having any idea who Mat Best was. I was totally unprepared for it, but honestly I enjoyed it thoroughly from the very scene, although clearly I was missing a few in jokes.

Yes the humour is completely juvenile, yes I had to Google PT belts and challenger coins, but the sheer energy of the film and infectious and outrageous humour just carried it for me. You can't take the film seriously: it's low budget, mostly guys playing themselves rather than having real actors, and absolutely nothing is sacred or taken seriously. There was one bit that offended me, but you kind of expect that in a film like this.

I'm not a vet, and I disagreed with pretty much all the politics expressed in the film, but I still laughed my a$$ off - and rewatched it with my brother a few months later.

Basically, don't watch it if you are going to be offended by seeing a zombie slap a guy in the face with his own genitalia, but if you like some comedy violence and a lot of locker room humour, crack open a beer or two and get stuck in!

Probably one of the worst vanity projects ever made in the last 10 years

[bellino-angelo2014 · 1/10 · 25 February 2021]

I was never interested in seeing RANGE 15. After all it has a score of 5,0 and lots of abysmal reviews. However I decided to watch it as a month ago I decided to watch various movies with Keith David as he is a good but underrated actor (and with probably the best voice ever heard on film) so I bit the bullet. And I deeply regret it even after a month.

In the beginning some very stupid and obnoxious guys have a great night and drink a lot and do lots of bravado, up until the next morning they see a zombie and discover that there is a zombie invasion all across the USA and they are forced to fight the zombies despite being very dumb and with only a few weapons. They arrive to Range 15 and follow Colonel Holloway (Keith David)'s advices but they have also to do a MME match against some zombies (including ones played by Randy Couture and Danny Trejo) and cause lots of explosions and destructions.

I tried to sum up the plot in the best way possible. If you ever the chance to watch this movie you'll see some magnificent (in ironic sense) things such as: Colonel Holloway's daughter without arms that tries for three minutes to getting the keys from the floor and always fails (and this scene made me feel sick as it was more gross than funny), a zombie child that rips off the private parts of one of those dumb guys and shakes them a lot, William Shatner exploding at the beginning with the brain splattered all across the interrogation room, zombies Couture and Trejo gradually falling to pieces and many, many more that I thankfully forgot.

Now understand, I can enjoy a parody on various movies (such as SUPERHERO or HOT SHOTS) but it has to be funny and clever. The problem here is that none of the jokes are funny and, since they mock some gross things, they come across as crude and offensive. And I also am worried about the people who actually enjoys stuff like this since it made me feel dumber after I saw it. Nasty, crude, disgusting, obnoxious and crass. An incredibly worthless movie in every possible way!