A pitch black comedy in which a Las Vegas bachelor party takes a turn for the worse after a prostitute is accidentally killed, Very Bad Things finds its humour in the most horrific of situations. If you can see the funny side of murder and mutilation, then this is the film for you. Possibly…As a fan of extremely dark comedy, I had no problem whatsoever with the grim nature of the movie, nor with its characters' very dubious morality, but I did take issue with the performances, the usually reliable cast shouting their lines loudly at each other for the full 100 minutes. I blame novice writer/director Peter Berg, whose inexperience at commanding his actors leads to a rambunctious film that fails to fulfil its potential as a classic of tasteless comedy, instead proving to be something of a headache.

Peter Berg's 1998 dark comedy stars Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Leland Orser, Jeremy Piven and Jeanne Tripplehorn. This tells of Kyle (Favreau) who is about to be married to fiancée, Laura (Diaz). Kevin goes with pals, Robert (Slater), Charlie (Orser), Adam (Stern) and Michael (Piven) to Las Vegas where they throw his bachelor party. Soon, things get very tense after a stripper (Kobe Tai) is accidentally killed and they decide to cover it up. Tripplehorn (Basic Instinct) plays Adam's wife, Lois. This is a pretty good flick with humorous, tense and dramatic moments. Slater & the cast are great and his twisted character sort of resembles his J.D. role in "Heathers." I recommend this.

"Very Bad Things" is one of the sickest and darkest comedies ever made. It is also one of the funniest films I've seen in a very long time. The Farrelly brothers have been put to shame through the dark humor of director Peter Berg and the great cast. This can be a depressing and hard-to-watch film at times, but it is absolutely hilarious.Let me begin my review by saying that I love this movie. It slaps us in the face with several themes we'd really rather not think about and forces us to for an opinion on situations we'll hopefully never have to encounter. The central theme explored in the movie is "Karma", the concept that what goes around comes around. The guys go to Vegas for a bachelor party that goes horribly wrong, and they all end up paying for it in different ways. Christian Slater's character, with his outrageous justifications for their nasty acts, comes as the highpoint of the exaggerated comedy. And yet, it is surely no drama, in the sense of melodrama at least. Rather, it's just a detached, furious account of bizarrely interesting but fatal situations of, up 'till this point, people who've never encountered such fearful, life-altering experiences. Combined with Berg's energetic direction and, overall, impressive, convincing, intense performances, the whole thing is just ashamedly entertaining. It just is! It's dark and it's twisted. It's ugly, for sure. To experience life outside the bubble, go ahead and give this one a shot. The acting is superb and the plot is just ridiculous! Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

The idea is okay and at least two performances are very good (Christian Slater as Robert Boyd, a vicious real estate agent, and Cameron Diaz as Laura Garrety-Fisher, Kyle's determined fiancée and later wife), but the plot is hectic and uneven; at times nice thrilling moments are replaced by long and nervous reasoning on issues like remorse and moral. However, black humor is in place and the pre-wedding events are more or less realistic; later ones I was not so fond of and the ending were not up to my expectations either. But it is true that a small thing going out of control could trigger serious consecutive incidents where there is no way back... But do not reckon on remaining "totally clean"!