Seven Psychopaths *½

Martin McDonagh directed this Black Comedy. Watch Preview. Cast: Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko, Zeljko Ivanek. Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use. Running time is one hour and forty-nine minutes.

A struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.

I've always enjoyed Walken's characters and the rest of this cast is very good. And, I really enjoyed this director's last film, In Bruges. But, the plot is nearly discernible in this movie within a screenplay effort. And, how they thought this was a comedy is beyond me. Oh, there are a few funny comments along the way but mostly we get to see exploding heads, slashed throats, and various knifings and  shootings, and all over a stolen dog. I've read a few reviews that found this funny. My thought is: if you find yourself with a group of people who feel likewise—RUN!

There are no additional scenes once the final credits begin. Screen size is unimportant. Theatre/Times.