Even Wilson can't save 'Drillbit Taylor'.(Life)

HH DRILLBIT TAYLOR. Directed by Steve Brill, with Owen Wilson, Alex Frost, Casey Boersma, Dylan Boersma, Troy Gentile, David Dorfman, Josh Peck and Nate Hartley. MICHAEL PHILLIPS reviews.

We can't go back to the dear old movie bullies of yesteryear. It's too late. The world is now officially more dangerous, and violent teens aren't much of a punchline.

This new Owen Wilson vehicle knows this. The film's eerily unfunny antagonist skulks around in a hooded sweatshirt, looking like one of the Columbine perps - as much as it's possible to do so and still exist inside some sort of comedy, albeit a queasy and increasingly grim one.

Drillbit Taylor makes …