Triggered (2020)

 

I am a fucking sucker for movies like this. Movies that take a group of people anywhere between like 5 and 10 are in one place and have to deal with an insane situation. Like the movie Cube for example. Several people stuck in a well Cube that had deadly traps in it. I call these movies Deadly Ass Situation movies. This is a terrible opening paragraph. 

The Deadly Ass Situation that the people in this movie have to go through is a pretty doozy. 9 High School "friends" re-unite 5 years later and get into a dilly of a pickle, Apparently one of them accidently killed another friend, Caleb and his dad who was a science teacher has gotten them into a trap... he's got them all set into bomb vests that they can't get off. There's a timer on each bomb. and this is where it's more than just a regular situation.. it's a DEADLY ASS situation... if they kill each other they will gain more time. Only one person will live and who will it be?!? And of course some people decide to go all murder crazy!

I have to say that most of the acting is pretty good, the characters play usual archetypes you see in movies like this. The dumb one. The loner rebel. The shy one. The smart one, you know that stuff but they feel like what they are supposed to be. Maybe some of the murder crazy people go a bit over the top so if you aren't into that I don't know what to say, but I enjoyed his go from being a pretty okay guy to a crazy loon. 

The movie surprises aren't that surprising if you watch as many of these movies as I can but they might be if you don't? I guess? I think what I like about these movies is that they always keep the pace going and never get boring. Always some kind of secret coming out or something more wild like an explosion. I like explosions.

In the end, this movie deserves a better review than I gave it. I hope you check it out because it's an entertaining ride, the name is stupid though. 

Freaky (2020)

  

Woah! Two actual updates in one day (let's be real the Disney post thing isn't an update) I don't think I ever did that but I figure from now on whenever I watch a movie I'll blab my thoughts about it here so this blog will be a directionless mess where I just talk about whatever the hell I want too. Anyway, I had heard about this movie in September I believe from some upcoming horror movies site and I thought it was a grand old idea.

You know Freaky Friday (and Vice Versa, and Like Father Like Son, and 18 Again and Clearly Attempting to Make the Word Count On this Review Higher) is a movie about a body swap but it's a WILD COMEDY OF ERRORS AND ANTICS, well this movie is a body swap movie that's a horror film! Well, with lots of comedy in it (one thing I like about horror is how well it can mesh with other genres) and I have a feeling if the guy who didn't do the Happy Death Day movies this movie probably wouldn't work as well but I probably wouldnt have watched it if he didnt because those Happy Death Day movies were great.

The plot is the Blissville Butcher (played by Vince Vaughn) is out hunting and killing people and steals a dagger from some his victims. This is the powerful macguffin these movies usually have, and he uses it on poor ol' Millie, a nerdy weirdo in High School who's Mother doesn't want her to leave home because her Dad died a year ago. The Blissville Butcher stabs her and BLAMMO we get them both changing bodies, and the race is on to stab The Butcher as Millie before 24 hours are up! 

You get what you want from a horror comedy which is some neat scares and some wild ass murder scenes! and also laughs! Millies gay friend is literally from 1987 but I don't care because he was the greatest character in this film. Everyone in the film does a really terrific job at the acting thing and the pace moves at a good speed which is what you want from a popcorn horror/comedy like this.

I don't think its worth rushing out to see because uh of the whole pandemic thing but dang when it comes to video you should give this a watch. Recommended!