Yah yah, I like Black Comedys. I do. But this doesnt quite get there.
It starts out fine enough but moved from 'dark' to just 'ugly sinister' fairly quickly. Its one of the aspects of our culture that violence among males is more acceptable and understandable, violence among women can also be, but to a lesser level, but violence from women unto women just doesn't work much for me, and I suspect many viewers.
This is mostly a two-person play with all the others merely being side characters. A brutal careless Danny McBride plays his part well enough, but doesnt seem to take anything much seriously, others lives, his fate, the movie itself? Rosemarie DeWitt is a standout and does a great job within the limits of the script, thoroughly convincing.
One of its underlying messages is how the 2009 crisis devastated peoples lives and how this could impact on their choices. However this message is thin, subtle and not well explored.
The main problem is, as I said, the violence feels bad, not funny, and the jokes are thin and loaded almost entirely in the first 30minutes. After which its the same standard creepy 'bad person hunts the good guys' plot, sans humour.
Where it really falls apart is probably when a 14 year old child is kidnapped and threatened with being executed, then has her father that she cares for shot to death outside the house she is being hunted in. Does that sound funny? Cos it didnt seem like it to me.
Was it watchable, yeah, especially for Rosemarie, who as a bonus to lechers spends the last 30 minutes running around in a bra. She's a good actress with our without a blouse, that seemed a touch unnecessary but I guess realistic as well. Did the movie seem to have a clear idea of what it was and where it was going? No. Started out dark comedy, ended as a b-grade horror.
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