Director: Jason Zink
Year: 2020
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Following a series of confrontations, a man grows disillusioned with his friends in the straight-edge punk scene and befriends a more liberal fan of the movement, but when his friends learn about this decide to attend a house-party their throwing and kill off everyone there forcing him to fight them off to get away alive.
Review:
Overall, this one was enjoyable if still heavily flawed. Among its more negative features is the obvious disconnect possible here with the films’ music and politics. Despite being painted as the hero, a holier-than-thou type hanging out with others even more extreme than he is doesn’t make the lifestyle all that appealing especially seeing how the near-militant fanaticism is seen as a good thing. The association with awful, unappealing music at the shows throughout these scenes doesn’t help matters at all either.
On top of this, there’s not much to like about the motivations and reasoning for carrying everything out. The extreme nature and barbaric treatment of other random kids in the scene serve as a fine extreme point but the militant fanaticism that would require a brutal, violent home invasion killing off anyone they come across at a strangers’ party. There’s little to recognize how that snap would occur and lead into such a violent confrontation, much less explain the motivation of the faceless goons following along.
The other issue here is the rather bland and uninteresting first half that doesn’t have a lot of excitement going for it. Adeptly working through his personal crisis with the music scene and wanting to abandon his friends still doesn’t inspire a lot of interest in what’s happening, and with the bland music happening leaves the first half so awfully paced that a severe case of boredom can easily emerge. Overall, these are what drag this one down overall.
That said, there are some enjoyable elements here. Those are all relegated to the finale with the home invasion antics where this turns into a solid slasher. The ambush and surprise attacks they carry off are quite fun, especially with the highly enjoyable attacks outside the house where they pick off the escapees trying to get away. These are brutal, graphic and often outright fun with the shocking-ness of their action and the enjoyable moments where they fight back which makes for a grilling segment and the film’s biggest attributes.
Overview: */5
While it is outright plausible those familiar with the scene might enjoy this one more, the fact that the ideology and pacing here does have a hand in lowering this one is a step to get over. Those who are more tolerant or familiar with that aspect of the film or looking for a down-and-dirty slasher will be the biggest fans while most others won’t be that impressed.
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