Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Grave’ (1996)

Written by Scott Edwards

​Everyone wants a good and safe way to have an adventure, and if they wind up getting rich in the process, so be it. Getting someone or something for nothing seems like the best way to get anything, but for some reason it does not work out for many people like that. Everything has a price, shoot, even the promise of going skiing for free requires you to listen to someone talk about a silly timeshare or something. Make sure to always read the fine print out there, as there is nothing that is absolutely free, not now, not ever.

Just minding their own business on the line, King and Tyn are approached by Wex who has a proposition that they cannot refuse, the promise of becoming a couple of the richest convicts known to man. Wex knows that an old man buried himself with all of his worldly treasures and it would only take a couple hard bodies to pull it out of the ground. Although it seems too good to be true, King takes the bait and has a plan of how he and his good friend can get out of prison and secure their life of luxury. Tyn does not want to believe it, but with King’s excitement towards the hunt, he will have to join along, since his good friend is never allowed to have all the fun.

Putting money and drugs in the right hands, King and Tyn are able to make it out of the prison unnoticed, but the further they get down the road, the harder the jailers are working to hunt them down. Killing the guards coming after them, the two men need to get a change of clothes and make it to the town where their future wealth resides. Stopping at a little farm where they see clothes hanging out to dry, the boys get what they need to blend in, but the farmer is none too pleased to see anyone on his land a puts a bullet in Tyn’s stomach. Not wanting to deviate from the plan the two are forced to make a detour to try and get Tyn fixed up before something bad happens.

Calling on their old pal Travis who they went to jail for in the first place, King knows that the embalmer will help them out. But Travis has his sights on something bigger and when King leaves for the evening, Travis makes sure that Tyn tells him everything about the treasure before he passes away. With his group of boys, Travis takes Boo and Cletus to the cemetery to dig up their long overdue riches, but not knowing what they are looking for, along with not being alone, the group is forced to call it a night when King comes wandering in. With only a partial clue in hand, Travis needs to find the other half to make his wildest dreams come true, but little does he know that he is not the only survivor looking for gold and everyone is willing to go the extra mile to make sure the treasure is all theirs.

When reading the description of this movie, I thought there would be more killing and such right away, and while there was some killing, it was spread out nicely. With nobody but bad guys looking for the infamous treasure, you do not feel too bad when they start passing on. Following the storyline, you get some great clues as to who is kin in this story, along with who might end up with everything in the end, and it is all enjoyable. When the bad accents are not bad enough to push me away from finishing a movie, it means that it was pretty good overall. I like a good mystery tied in with some killing and a treasure that people are willing to die over, just makes for a good ol' time. Stay Scared.

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