My review for "The Wrath of Becky", which was the very first to feature here on its page since I watched the world-première at the Brussels' International Festival of Fantastic Films, has mysteriously vanished. Don't know why, I don't think there's anything too offensive about it. Here's attempt #2.
Whatever happened to numbering sequels? Or at least using words that clearly indicate the film in question is a sequel, like "return" or "revenge". It took me until after I purchased a ticket for "The Wrath of Becky" to realize this is actually a sequel to 2020's "Becky". I hadn't seen or even heard about the original before, but luckily there's no harm done. This movie features a brief and hectically edited summary of the events in "Becky" at the beginning, and there isn't much else you need to know.
Becky is unusually feisty for a 16-year-old, and her adventure with murderous Neo-Nazis in the previous film made her even more cynical and emotionally numb. When the one person she cares about gets murdered, and her beloved dog kidnapped, by patriotic extremists (= basically just racist rednecks), she transforms into a merciless killing machine with a cute bonnet.
I watched "The Wrath of Becky" at midnight in a crowded festival theater, and that's exactly how I recommend it to others; - at a festival or with a bunch of friends. It's a horror crowd-pleaser, plain and simple. The whole plot builds up to a handful of gritty and imaginative kills, and that's exactly what you're getting. It's not plausible or tense, it's not particularly intelligent or original, but you won't regret watching it for a second. Lulu Wilson is delightful as the youthful avenging angel, and Sean William Scott is quite convincing in an atypical role.
Whatever happened to numbering sequels? Or at least using words that clearly indicate the film in question is a sequel, like "return" or "revenge". It took me until after I purchased a ticket for "The Wrath of Becky" to realize this is actually a sequel to 2020's "Becky". I hadn't seen or even heard about the original before, but luckily there's no harm done. This movie features a brief and hectically edited summary of the events in "Becky" at the beginning, and there isn't much else you need to know.
Becky is unusually feisty for a 16-year-old, and her adventure with murderous Neo-Nazis in the previous film made her even more cynical and emotionally numb. When the one person she cares about gets murdered, and her beloved dog kidnapped, by patriotic extremists (= basically just racist rednecks), she transforms into a merciless killing machine with a cute bonnet.
I watched "The Wrath of Becky" at midnight in a crowded festival theater, and that's exactly how I recommend it to others; - at a festival or with a bunch of friends. It's a horror crowd-pleaser, plain and simple. The whole plot builds up to a handful of gritty and imaginative kills, and that's exactly what you're getting. It's not plausible or tense, it's not particularly intelligent or original, but you won't regret watching it for a second. Lulu Wilson is delightful as the youthful avenging angel, and Sean William Scott is quite convincing in an atypical role.