The Wrath of Becky (2023)

The Wrath of Becky (2023). The Wrath of Becky: Directed by Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote. With Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson. Two years after escaping a violent attack, a teenage girl must defend herself against a terrorist cell.

“Whatever happened to numbering sequels? Or at least using words that clearly indicate the film in question is a sequel, like u0026quot;returnu0026quot; or u0026quot;revengeu0026quot;. It took me until after I purchased a ticket for u0026quot;The Wrath of Beckyu0026quot; to realize this is actually a sequel to 2020u0026#39;s u0026quot;Beckyu0026quot;. I hadnu0026#39;t seen or even heard about the original before, but luckily thereu0026#39;s no harm done. This movie features a brief and hectically edited summary of the events in u0026quot;Beckyu0026quot; at the beginning, and there isnu0026#39;t much else you need to know.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBecky 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI watched u0026quot;The Wrath of Beckyu0026quot; at midnight in a crowded festival theater, and thatu0026#39;s exactly how I recommend it to others; – at a festival or with a bunch of friends. Itu0026#39;s a horror crowd-pleaser, plain and simple. The whole plot builds up to a handful of gritty and imaginative kills, and thatu0026#39;s exactly what youu0026#39;re getting. Itu0026#39;s not plausible or tense, itu0026#39;s not particularly intelligent or original, but you wonu0026#39;t regret watching it for a second. Lulu Wilson is delightful as the youthful avenging angel, and Seann William Scott is quite convincing in an atypical role.”