'Becky': Film Review – A teenager proves plenty capable of taking on a group of escaped-con home invaders in this dark-comedy thriller from the directors of 'Cooties.'
, who’s a long way from “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” as the sadistic chief villain here. Selected for Tribeca this year, the feature is instead going straight to digital and on demand on June 5.’s titular teen is still grieving in her particular way, which mostly means being very angry — at life in general, but also specifically at her father Jeff , simply because he provides a target. When he picks her up from school, it’s for a father-daughter reparative weekend she’s clearly not going to make easy.
At about the film’s halfway point, she dispatches the first of the bad guys — who, in addition to swastika-tattooed Dominick, include Cole and Hammond , plus Apex , a not-so-bad giant whose guilty conscience may actually make him an ally. But Becky isn’t very interested in making such distinctions.
Some of this duly strains credibility. For example, it’s unclear why Becky neglects various opportunities to reach help on foot or via motorboat. But “Cooties” co-helmers Milott and Murnion maintain enough of a balance between plausibility and revenge fantasy, the sheer vigor of their approach punching things across whenever viewers’ eyes might begin to roll in disbelief.
Wilson’s nimble half-brat, half-she-devil performance is key to our buying the basic premise, aided by solid supporting cast contributions. James grows less intimidating the more dialogue he’s given in an otherwise trim script by marital duo Ruckus and Lane Skye with Nick Morris. But such garrulous interludes are few, and for the most part, he cuts a creditably detestable figure in this wildly against-type role.
Shot in Canada, the U.S. production is nicely turned in all technical and design departments, with a sleek look, brisk pace and appropriateGiven the release timing, there’s a special frisson to “Becky’s” hints at its perps being members of white prison crime syndicate the Aryan Brotherhood, lending a bit of the political commentary that was more overt in the directors’ sophomore feature “Bushwick.
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