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Rating: 6 stars

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All movies seen on 08/16/2015

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Final Girl (2015)

Directed by Tyler Shields

Thriller | Action

Overview

Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don’t know that Veronica’s been trained to handle herself in surprisingly lethal ways.

Rated R | Length 90 minutes

Actors

Abigail Breslin | Alexander Ludwig | Logan Huffman | Cameron Bright | Reece Thompson | Francesca Eastwood | Wes Bentley | Emma Paetz | Gracyn Shinyei | Desiree Zurowski | Sean Tyson | Brett London

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Quite an odd little film. Not a particularly great film but watchable whenever it shows up on NWI. I like the story (co-written by my friend Steven Scarlatta) but it’s oddly crafted. Like all the pieces for a conventional narrative of this type were mixed up and reassembled into something different. In many ways it’s like one of those formulaic teen thrillers from the late 90s/early ‘00s but done out of order.

My biggest issue is with Abigail Bresslin in the lead. She’s perfectly capable here however she doesn’t look the part, i.e. a young woman or teen that’s been training all her life to kick the shit out of men. She just looks soft and doesn’t seem *that* skilled despite daily training since she was a young child. Also the girlfriend Jennifer does not look close to being 17 years old.

Again not very good but worth a look.

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