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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the rest
from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Ready or Not G
…here I come, you can’t hide. Gonna fiiiiiiiiind you and take it
slowly…Sorry, had to get that Fugees song out of me as I instinctively sing a
song internally or externally whenever its title and/or words are
mentioned. The title is in reference to
the first words uttered while playing the traditional game of hide and seek, which
the newly wedded bride in this film is forced to play as an initiation into her
new rich family. Tradition dictates the
new in-law must compete from midnight to dawn on their wedding night in a game
they (the new in-law) pick after inserting a card into a box. The bride soon realizes she needs to survive
this game until dawn. Yes, her new
family must kill her by dawn or something will supposedly happen to all of them. What a lovely family to move into, no? I don’t think I’m giving too much away since
much of that was in the previews and can probably be read in any synopsis. It could’ve been much goofier given the
premise and although there are bits of comic relief, this is generally serious
in tone and a bit darker than you’d expect.
There’s also a modicum of suspense and I don’t remember ever really
being bored; it’s violent too when it wants to be. I won’t reveal whether the bride loses or if
something actually does befall the family if she doesn’t, but let’s just say I
wasn’t exactly disappointed with the outcome.
It’s not great (it’s rare for films these days to be anyway) and
probably not altogether fresh (also rare anymore), but I’m recommending
it. 12/5/2019
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Bunny Lake Is
Missing >>>G
Indian Horse >>>G
Mary >>>EH
---Sean O.
12/5/2019
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