‘There once was a little girl…’
Becky is a 2020 home invasion thriller film about a teenager’s weekend with her father that turns nasty when a group of vicious convicts turn up.
Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion (Bushwick; Cooties) from a screenplay written by Nick Morris, Lane Skye and Ruckus Skye (The Devil to Pay).
The movie stars Joel McHale (Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge; Dark Harbor; Assassination Nation), Kevin James (Hubie Halloween; Hotel Transylvania films; Monster House), Lulu Wilson (The Clinic; Annabelle: Creation; Ouija: Origin of Evil; Deliver Us from Evil) and Amanda Brugel.
Release:
Becky was released on June 5th 2020 on Digital and VOD by Quiver Distribution, plus select drive-ins and movie houses. It was the #1 film in the box office for new releases in its weekend and expanded for a second theatrical week at movie houses and drive-ins.
Becky was unleashed on DVD and Blu-ray by Quiver Distribution on September 15th 2020. Order via Amazon
Our review:
Cooties directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion return to deliver an enjoyable fast-paced brutal revenger ride with Becky.
Having grown up with roles in horror movies such as Ouija: Origin of Evil, Lulu Wilson is a revelation here and her resourceful and revenge-fuelled character provides more than a match for seemingly dim-witted yet tenacious neo-Nazi convict (played against-type by Kevin James) and his cohorts.
Admittedly, as was the case with Home Alone, there are some situations that require the viewer to just go with the flow and allow the increasingly nasty narrative to unfold without too much consideration for logic. After all, would an already grief-stricken and angry-with-the-world thirteen-year-old-girl really take it upon herself to suddenly focus fully and immediately avenge her father’s death too? Is rage such a powerful motivator? But hey, it’s only a movie!
A quirky synthtastic score by Nima Fakhrara adds perfectly to the manic milieu (so much so that you’ll want to stick around through the credits to hear it to the end). Despite some laboured lines from the baddies and murky morals regarding its intended audiences obvious enjoyment during the onslaught against the villains aside (some kills are bound to raise a cheer), let’s hope that Becky proves to be a smash hit at the drive-ins. Frankly, in bringing back good old-fashioned immoral exploitation cinema without pandering to retro tropes, it deserves to be.
Ade Smith, MOVIES & MANIA
Film Facts:
Simon Pegg was originally going to play the lead villain. Kevin James explains: “I got this script and it was so out of left field. Originally, I was going to play the father of the daughter and Simon Pegg was going to play the villain. Then Simon had a scheduling conflict. So they had to recast the part. We came up with the idea, what if I do that part? I just went for it.”
Cast and characters:
Joel McHale … Jeff
Kevin James … Dominick
Lulu Wilson … Becky
Amanda Brugel … Kayla
Robert Maillet … Apex
Ryan McDonald … Cole
Gage Graham-Arbuthnot … Happy Son
John D. Hickman … Sheriff
Mike Dara … Transport Guard #1
James McDougall … Hammond
Chandra Michaels … Happy Mother
Isaiah Rockcliffe … Ty
Charles Boyland … Transport Guard #2
Andrew Siwik … Driver
Markus Radan … Fighting Boy #1
Filming locations:
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Technical specs:
1 hour 33 minutes
Audio: Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio: 2.39: 1
Trailer:
Free to watch online on YouTube [1080p Premium HD]:
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