Review by Bob Ignizio
Filmmaker Joe Begos seems to be following the old saw, “if
it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” with his latest film VFW. The film
primarily takes its cues from John Carpenter’s 1976 siege action film ASSAULT
ON PRECINCT 13. Instead of having his punk rock thugs attack a police
station, though, Begos pits them against a band of mostly senior citizen
bad-asses who just happen to be hanging out at the local VFW hall across the
street from punk central.
VFW spends a decent amount of time establishing its
characters and their situation, but makes sure to get to the violent action
before losing the eyeballs of today’s attention challenged audiences. And once
the action starts, it doesn’t let up.
