The Big Ugly is a 2020 American action film directed by Scott Wiper, who wrote the screenplay with Paul Tarantino. The film story follows Malcolm McDowell as a London mob boss who sends a henchman Neelyn (Vinnie Jones) to West Virginia to set up a money laundering operation with an oilman (Ron Perlman). But Neelyn s girlfriend (Lenora Crichlow) disappears, and Neelyn is out for revenge. The film was released on July 24, 2020, and received mixed reviews from critics.

Cast

• Vinnie Jones as Neelyn, an enforcer for Harris
• Malcolm McDowell as Harris, a British crime boss
• Ron Perlman as Preston, a local oil baron
• Nicholas Braun as Will, Preston s foreman
• Leven Rambin as Kara
• Lenora Crichlow as Fiona, Neelyn s girlfriend
• Brandon Sklenar as Junior, Preston s son
• Elyse Levesque as Jackie
• Bruce McGill as Milt, Preston s right-hand man

Production

Filming took place over six weeks in Morehead, Kentucky, Owingsville, Kentucky and Olive Hill, Kentucky during the summer of 2018. Wiper originally intended to shoot the film in his home state of Ohio, but could not receive the proper tax incentives to convince the producers. Perlman said he knew he would be starring in the film by the time he reached page 11 of the script.

Release

The Big Ugly was released in limited theaters (mostly drive-ins) in the United States on July 24, 2020, and then made available via video-on-demand on July 31.

The film made $152,468 from 68 theaters in its opening weekend.

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.

Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, saying that it plays like several plots, genres and mood boards all mashed together, which makes the end result interesting but not entirely successful. Writing for Time Out, Phil de Semlyen also gave the film 2 out of 5 and wrote: You can tell roughly where The Big Ugly is going right from those opening exchanges: people are going to get punched, booze will be slugged back, and there will be some lads mag philosophising about blood oaths and the bonds of brotherhood. Then more people will be punched. Amid all this, female characters will stand around wondering why they re so one-dimensional.

Year	2020
ReleaseDate	2020-07-24
RuntimeMins	106
RuntimeStr	1h 46min
Plot	Anglo-American relations go bad when London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money.
Awards	Awards, 7 wins & 13 nominations
Directors	Scott Wiper
Writers	Scott Wiper, Paul Tarantino
Stars	Vinnie Jones, Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman
Produced by	Michael Angelo,Josh Crook,Mike Will Downey,Nancy Hirami,Vinnie Jones,Malcolm McDowell,Karri O Reilly,Tarquin Pack,Ron Perlman,G. Gibson Williams,Scott Wiper
Music by	Alex Heffes
Cinematography by	Jeremy Osbern
Film Editing by	Jordan Downey
Casting By	Emily Fleischer,Susan Shopmaker
Production Design by	Ren Blanco
Art Direction by	Andrea Rennard
Set Decoration by	Sarah Young
Costume Design by	Zachary Sheets
Makeup Department	Jaclyn Laravie,Crystal Lewis,Lisa Litton,Anna Maria Reyer,Andrea Smith,Anne Taylor,Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Production Management	Nancy Hirami,Shawn Montgomery,Karri O Reilly
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Wayne Han,S.B. Weathersby,Sophia Weathersby
Art Department	Daniel Adan Baker,Josh Baker,Shawn Bocook,Jason Cantoni,Doodle Clay,Charley Coleman,Richard Dalliare,Laura Dennings,Shelby Hamet,Shane Kennedy,Carey Kotsionis,Matt Lindahl,William Miller,Nick Pirrmann,Carl Prater,Tyler Stein,Dan Wilkerson
Sound Department	P.J. Aminpour,Tash Ann,Bradford Bell,Travis Crotts,Darlene Gorzela,Eric Gotthelf,Bill Hedgcock,Sanaa Kelley,Duke Lim,Jason Oliver,Fred Paragano,Chris Polczinski,Matt Salib,Michael Schapiro,Arno Stephanian,Deron Street,Carolyn Tapp,Tami Treadwell,Ann Marie Wachel,Trevor Ward,Clayton Weber,Jake Zuckerberg
Special Effects by	David Hill,Jeffrey L. Loy,Jehan Purcell,William Purcell
Visual Effects by	Levi Ahmu,Casey Allen,Eli Jarra,Alex Knudsen,Eroc Moralls
Stunts	Nate Andrade,Kelly Bellini,G. Peter King,Jorge Longoria,T. Ryan Mooney,David Reinhart,Jimmie Lee Sessoms,Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Camera and Electrical Department	Dylan Algie,Lucas Ankney,Jeff Barklage,Joe Bou,Dylan Coates,Kiely Cronin,Richard S. Crumrine Jr.,Bill Crumrine,Mike Dickman,Brian Douglas,Matt Hayes,Nikk Hearn-Sutton,Jake Heim,Matthew Legner,Chance Madison,Jordan Marable,Collin Martin,Kevin Martt,Matt Mulcahey,Jamie Pate,Clifton Radford,Tori Roloson,Michael Salamone,Michael Stoecker,Ryan Sweeney,Michaela A. Twyman,Thomas Vincent,Brian Whitlock,Michael Wooten
Casting Department	Griff Bludworth,Emily Fleischer,David Getz,D. Lynn Meyers,Becca Schall
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Jessica Arthur,Shawna-Nova Foley,Jessica Hafer,William Murphy,Susan L. Osborne,Chelsea Ostrow,Greta Stokes,Ashley Wilz
Editorial Department	Doug Delaney,Brent Lockhart,Stephen F. Newnam,Santiago Padilla,Josh Pines,Bob Schneider,Morning Star Schott,Justin Urlich,Jacob Valerio,Dan Williams
Location Management	Jacob Berry,Max Fogle,Emily Hammond,Jane Streeter
Music Department	Red Bennett,Jonathan Michael Berry,Ian Broucek,M.B. Gordy,Matt Lewis,Andrew Mayer,Matthew J. Ward,Mary Webster,Adam Zelkind,Zoë Zelkind
Script and Continuity Department	Kelsey Forren,Erin Manacker
Transportation Department	Tobi Caudill,Craig Eastep,Joyce Fultz,Bobby Galliher,Amy Lewis,Michael Lilly,William Lloyd,Tom Mawyer,Lloyd McMullen,Craig Metzger,Jeff Montgomery,Dennis Neaubauer
Additional Crew	Leannah Bailey,Mac Becraft,Selena Burks-Rentschler,Allen Burton,Evan Burton,Jamie Coghill,Blade Conley,Jacob Costello,Kyle Costello,Jennifer Day,Spencer Drees,Asia Farmer,Pamela Ford,Ian Ginn,Chase Griffith,Kent Hamilton,Horst Jung,Bailey Kellem,Karilee Knipp,Jessalyn Laureé,Grant Markwell,Sam Martinez,Samuel McCleese,Cindy McGahee,Maggie Means,L. Crawford Norman III,Dana Richards,Emily Riedy,Emily Russo,Glema Sellards,Johnny Starke,Zach Stevens,Thomas Stocker,Andrew Stone,Tasha Stonelake,Abraham Storms,Pauline S. Storms,Casey Stroud,Jake Sutherland,Kailah Monet Ware
Thanks	Vinny Argiro,Leann Baer,Christopher Ball,Tim Bates,Jon Bruno,Michael Crabtree,Sean Farley,Jay Hall,Kristine Hefner,Jack Holley,Jodi Holley,Lynette Howell Taylor,Timothy C. James,Tanya Jones,Jennifer Lambert,Robert Lambert,Clifton Lemke,Aaron Madrigal,Mark Marangon,Olivia Milnes,Tony Pence,Jason Perlow,Sara Sharp,Christopher Slager,Kendra Styke,Graham Taylor,William Tyrer
Genres	Crime, Drama, Thriller
Companies	4G Vision
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	5.1
ImDbRatingVotes	6117
MetacriticRating	52
Keywords	mob