ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

mtckoch The Violent Years, one of my favorite Ed Wood films, takes on the toughest problem of the fifties: violent girl gangs! The gang, led by pretty Paula Prentiss, vandalizes, robs, assaults, and kills to get what they want. The dialogue is clunky, the plot ludicrous, the acting wooden, but it is hilarious. What deep, dark trauma caused Paula to take up a life of crime? Her parents don't spend time with her, buy her everything she wants, and write her blanks checks. Her life is truly a "living hell". All this leads Paula to become a vandalizing thief, a sexual predator, and a cold-blooded double killer. Go figure. What is this feminine fiend's explanation of her crimes? Not "They were scum and they deserved what they got.", not "I did it, and I'd do again", but the callous-yet-laughable "So what?". If you want a dark comedy with awkward characters, mixed messages, and a coma-inducing summary, watch this movie.

Robert J. Maxwell Unless you're prepared to undergo the horrifying experience of a cingulotomy you're best advised to avoid this Ed Wood written movie. It's just terrible.The central figure of the rich girl, Jean Moorhead, who is drawn to armed robbery by the thrill of it all is attractive enough and the half dozen high school girls, whose ages run between twenty and thirty, wear tight sweaters and brassieres that seem to be made of traffic cones. But there the delectations end.Scenes don't move. The acting is out of some community college stage in Cranford, New Jersey. The staging is positively primitive. The dialog is ripped off from "Dragnet." "There's one thing you forgot, Mister.""Huh? What's that?" "This movie transcends the unkempt. It reaches for a black hole." Fortunately, everyone bad is brought before the bar of justice and told off in no uncertain terms. And -- whew! -- it's over at last.

Aaron1375 I saw this Ed Wood written film as an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Typical Ed Wood film, though it looks better than the other films that he not only wrote, but directed as well. This one is like a female, I Accuse My Parents, only in this one you are going to have a hard time trying to sympathize with the lead girl in this one, because while the boy in I Accuse My Parents is a dope, he is not trying to go out and intentionally hurt anyone, unlike the leader of the gang of girls in this one. The parents of this girl were not quite as negligent as his parents either as his mother was constantly getting drunk and stuff, while here their major crime is the father works a bit too much and the mother likes to do charities. Meanwhile, they shower her with gifts and money and don't question what she is doing at night. Of course a girl is going to go wild, that is what females do when they are teens. It does not matter what the parents did, even if they coddled her it would have made her rebel! Oh sorry, that was a bit of a rant, just comes from the experience of living with a sister that was crazy during her teen years I guess.The story has a group of girls performing various crimes throughout a small town. Robbing gas stations, trashing schools, attacking couples and raping young men. Wait, what? Yes, you heard me correctly, they are very bad girls. The leader, as I have stated is basically the daughter of every well off parents. She even uses her dad to help her with her crimes as the father is the head of a newspaper and is covering the crime spree so she gets information from him that he gets from the police. They have a chance at a big score that apparently involves trashing a school by doing very minimal vandalism and this somehow leads to a shootout with the police which leads to a very long winded courtroom session that features Judge Pad Film.As an episode of Mystery Science Theater, it is one I find very funny and one that kind of is one of the main reasons I prefer Mike Nelson as the host of the show to Joel Robinson. Do not get me wrong, I like both and it is not a huge gap or anything, it just seems I find that Mike hosted shows hit the ball out of the park more often. From the bumps which includes one of my favorite sketches of a radio station named Frank to the very funny riffs that litter the film. Joel did an Ed Wood film too, but it was not quite as good. I always feel the jokes come at you at a better pace with Mike than Joel, which is one of the reasons I lost excitement over the show's revival as Mike has nothing to do with it. I will probably give it a chance, but I just do not think the show will be as funny without him, because even when he was not the host, he was the head writer.So, the film is not good; however, what do you expect? It is an Ed Wood film. That being said, I say Ed Wood was a much better film maker than another Mystery Science Theater regular in Coleman Francis. Ed Wood's films looked cheap had some bad acting and were generally bad all around, but they at least had tangible plots for the most part and while they looked cheap they looked like films. Coleman Francis films were all over the place and at times resembled someone just recording random things! So, a not so good film that at least had a plot going for it and a great film for the gang to riff. Now, I should go before that judge comes to my house and starts telling me about how society and parents are why Ed Wood films exist.

SukkaPunch After purchasing Ed Wood's, 'The Sinister Urge' my collection of Ed Wood material was nearly complete. However, there was one film that still hung over my head, which I felt I needed to see. This film was 'The Violent Years'. The Violent Years was a film written by Ed Wood, with heavy involvement from a few of Wood's stock cast members and rumors that Wood allegedly had a small hand in the direction.As I read various websites I found more information on the film. I learned that it was Ed's most successful film, I also discovered that he was quite proud of it, Even Showing the Poster for The Violent Years in his film 'The Sinister Urge.' Naturally, it was a must have.Upon receiving it in the mail, I popped it in my DVD player, grabbed some popcorn and sat in my recliner. Immediately I found myself disappointed. Like any Wood film, the dialogue is a little ridiculous, but unlike his other films, it was just so gosh darn boring. I found myself caring very little for any of the characters in the film, they annoyed me more then anything. The male victim 'sex attack' scene that everyone likes to talk about is boring and just ungodly stupid.This movie lacks all the charm of any of the other non-porno films related to Wood. Wood was, present but not key in the direction of this film and it really shows.I really don't have a lot more to say about this film. I would recommend it only for completion-ists, or people who really like '50s juvenile delinquency flicks. But that is all. -RECOMMENDED ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO.-