A B-horror movie is supposed to be bad, and this 2004 entry, also known simply as Jackhammer, is admittedly bad just where you'd expect - poor acting (sometimes), bad script writing (sometimes), and a shaky plot (sometimes). The problem is it's also very good in those same areas (sometimes).
For starters, the movie has an excellent anti-drug theme throughout, maybe by accident or maybe on purpose, but no one can see this movie and come away thinking drugs are cool. Jack (little word play there.....character's named Jack and he kills with a jackhammer) has it all. Great car (I'd rather have a Viper in any color than yellow, personally, but hey.....), a very good job, and things are good. Unfortunately, a lack of self esteem leads him to get heavily involved with drugs, and when his best friend dies of an overdose, Jack really goes on a drug bender, and there goes the car and job.
Now living as a security guard for a closed machine shop, and never drawing a straight breath, it looks like Jack has met his fate when bad guys seeking money he owes them give him what should be a fatal overdose of a drug cocktail, enough to kill several elephants. Instead, Jack now really goes beserk, and starts killing everyone in site with a jackhammer, egged on by his dead friend who talks to Jack constantly.
It's so bad, with so many good parts, that at the end you scratch your head wondering: Did I just see a really good bad movie, or a really bad good movie?.
Incidentially, if you think Rachel Rotten looks familiar, you've probably been watching porn....she's been in a bunch of them.
