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Becky 2020 ★★★★
I really enjoyed this one.
It's a basic home invasion flick, but I was really entertained from start to finish. It has some great visuals like the opening montage flipping back and forth between the prison yard and the school yard.
The story itself is no great shakes, but it does give the film a nice excuse to see Joel McHale (if I'm to believe Tubi commercials, he's fricking everywhere these days) and Kevin James outside of their usual terrain. Maybe it's because, apart from the odd trailer, I have “missed” Paul Blart and the likes, but I bought Kevin James as a neonazi. Even though he's Purge Election Year-levels of subtle about it.
The main part, though, is the gore. A lot gorier than you would expect based on the actors you're most likely to recognize. I'm not going into detail, but you might be done with smores afterwards. And Paul Blart keeps his... eye out for somebody. The main course being the unlikely adversary going all Terry Funk on these criminals. With kills most likely to please Chucky-fans. Sure, it helps that the giant has a change of heart and that she has Diego by her side, but in the end, Becky does all of the heavy lifting here. You don't have to like Becky, but you have to recognize she's a badass.
For fans of either gore or home invasions.
Haunted Forest 2007 ★★
Hikers looking for some kind of treasure and some sort of tragedy involving the ghosts of native Americans. Not overly captivating, but I've seen worse.
In a word: meh.
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