SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Python Hyena Drillbit Taylor (2008): Dir: Steven Brill / Cast: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile, David Dorfman: Promising concepts sinks with formula storytelling and an ending that seems to enforce violent solutions. Three teenagers become the victim of a school bully so they hire a bodyguard. Answering the ad is Drillbit Taylor, a homeless thief who uses the situation for profit but viewers can see the change of heart ahead. Directed by Steven Brill who made the funny Without a Paddle as well as the embarrassing Little Nicky. This is certainly a step up from the latter film. Owen Wilson has comic potential and pulls off his usual typecast to great appeal here but the fact that he must solve the plot with his fists is a downer. Leslie Mann as an English teacher he fornicates with is a complete waste. Viewers know that she will hook up with Taylor, be disgusted when the truth comes out, yet reconcile in the conclusion and absolutely none of it is worth the ambition to write out in the screenplay. The three teenagers played by Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile and David Dorfman and hold their own with believable circumstances but what do they learn aside from physical violence as a way of dealing with problems? Because of this its potential message of bullying is bullied out of the screenplay in favour of the wrong solution. Juvenile comedy shows its true colours during concluding violence. Score: 4 ½ / 10

Danii Disaster An entertaining movie on the whole, but I would neither call it a comedy, nor a drama.It's *supposed* to be a comedy, but you'll be hard-pressed to find any funny moment in it. Entertaining is not the same as funny. It would probably pass for a 'drama', but it isn't serious/deep/believable enough to be classed as that.Too much violence for a movie with such a theme, and that scene at the end, when Drillbit's finger gets cut off... it was really out of place and uncalled for.Owen Wilson looks bored and uninspired throughout the whole movie. His performance is quite poor, and his character - unlikeable.The kids were very good, though. They were convincing in their respective roles, except the Asian girl. I didn't understand the skinny guy's crush on her. She was completely wooden, and why was she at the bully's party? I thought Filkins (the bully) was too old for the part. He looked at least 10 years older than his victims! No bully of his age would pick on kids that much younger, so it all looked like a joke really. He is actually quite likable and doesn't quite pass for a bully to begin with.I won't even mention the principal, Drillbit's cronies, or the boys' families... those characters were so incredibly unconvincing... utter failure.Anyway, it's a half-decent movie that you can watch more than once and still find entertaining. If you're into analyzing movies, then you won't like this one; but if it's just some light-hearted entertainment you're after, then this movie is definitely worth seeing.

Karl Self Sadly, even "The Piano" is funnier than this. Like so many failed comedies, it's actually got a funny premise -- bullied high school kids hire hard-ass bodyguard, who is actually a beach bum just pretending to be a martial arts soldier-of-fortune. Has a lot of potential. And the actors could have borne it out. Unfortunately, making a comedy is a lot harder than just throwing a few handfuls of funny material together, and mixing it well. This comedy just didn't make it from the studio signing up to it to the screen.Did John Hughes really work on this? Maybe there was a reason why he wouldn't lend his name.

Steven I never would have thought that I'd see director Steven Brill bring us a John Hughes type comedy in the sense that it is a fun movie with a good message. Then I found out that this movie was produced by Judd Apatow and two of the screenwriters were Seth Rogen and the late John Hughes.Owen Wilson stars in the title role. Drillbit Taylor is a low budget bodyguard who is hired by three high school freshman to protect them against a high school senior bully. Wilson does a good job at making this character funny, one we can laugh at, and one that we as an audience can relate to.Brill shows some potential to be a John Hughes type director with this movie. He puts out a good message in believing in yourself. It is worth a watch if you are a fan of Owen Wilson or any of the Frat Pack comedies.