A female-driven Ozploitation movie with
strong social commentary on how quick we are to judge others. Even
facing imminent death these girls can't stop their SJW crusade or
work together to live. The movie unfolds several twists on the
'hunting humans for sport' genre. On top of our heroine Kayla having
inopportune seizures. With each girl having a different idea on what
they need to do to survive.
The director, Tony D'Aquino, does a
good job of drawing the audience in. From (shocker) the girls doing
dumb things to get themselves killed to Kayla's (Airlie Dodds)
epileptic fits as a beast with a machete is chasing her. There are a
few well-timed moments of comic relief. He also tips the hat to
several horror movie classics.
Unfortunately, this movie doesn't do
enough to stand out, with so many horror movies being released just
being good doesn't make the cut. Lost in a pool of blood with other
movies, 'Satanic Panic' (2019), 'Tone-Deaf' (2019), 'Riot Girls'
(2019), Witches in the Woods' (2019), 'Burn' (2019), 'Escape from
Cannibal Farm' (2019), 'Quarries' (2019), 'Camp Wedding' (2019), and
'Banana Splits Movie' (2019) give viewers no shortage of options.
There just isn't enough time to watch them all.
The only real thing that bugs me in any
movie like this, is showing tech that would require a full surgical
team to implant. The costs would be astronomical. Plus the likelihood
of failure and death. A missed opportunity, if a bunch of guys are
running a human hunting channel online for other dudes to watch they
would make the girls wear something more interesting than just the
"street" clothes they were wearing when they got snatched.
Any viewer of a reality show knows you have to meet the contestants.
Tony missed some easy film time that could have brought a little more
fun to this movie.
If you can make past the slow start
this movie is worth watching. As with a large number of Sylvester
Stallone movies (see Rambo Last Blood for a prime example), the
people who made this movie wish they spent a little more time
developing the script and characters.
