jm-vincent Review of Friendly Beast

Friendly Beast (2017)

Avoid like You Would a Plague or Massive Unpayable Debt

[1/10 · 27 November 2022]

This flick (not to be confused with "film") reminds me of Monty Python's sketch about Hitchcock's "Rear Window." The latter runs 1 hour and 12 minutes as the "hero" - confined to a wheelchair - investigates (via his friends and girlfriend) what he thinks is a murder he saw. In the Python sketch the "hero" see the murder and calls the police; the "film" ends in about 1 minute. Here the robbery that sets off the bulk of the film occurs 17 minutes in. In the nonsense that follows - which could have been avoided by a simple phone call to the police, we are treated to class warfare, revenge killings, gratuitous sex and general stupid behavior. Even allowing for hot-blooded emotional people the actions they take are absurd. For example, how any man who is severely wounded (much less dying) can engage in sex (even with his partner doing most of the work) stretches disbelief to the breaking point. This travesty is little more than a soap-opera played out by morons with guns and their victims. In fairness, I give it one star for the lead actress having a nice body and being willing to show it. AVOID.