Final Girl (2015)

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

As is the case with 99 out of 100 Horror films here, Final Girl got a real raw deal. I always say that people should judge for themselves, watch a film if the trailer/poster/whatever caught their attention and take a chance. In this case - I must implore anyone and everyone to give this film a try. Even if your ultimate experience is indeed disappointing, it won't be half as bad as to justify the low rating and terrible reviews here.Final Girl is simply a fun, satisfying revenge flick telling the story of some sort of operative in a secret above-the-law agency given the task of eliminating five stereotypical psychopaths who enjoy toying with girls before killing them. I would have personally liked to see more of their evil deeds so as to enjoy their punishment all the more. Cheap, maybe, but utterly satisfying nonetheless. True, this revenge concept has been done before, and a lot better (see: I Spit On Your Grave) but not every film has to be a groundbreaking act of genius in order to be fun and rewarding. I personally enjoyed every second, every bit and every death of the villains. Add to that excellent characters, on-the-spot acting and great overall atmosphere and you get a wonderful experience of bad guys suffering beautifully painful consequences.Final Girl if far from being perfect or even impressive. I personally enjoy a nice hamburger from time to time even if it isn't a premium steak. In my opinion - so should you. A solid 8 turned to 9 just to try and compensate for all those trashing it for no good reason what-so-ever.

PROS: I liked the story lineCONS: Acting, tension, resolution... all garbage. I loved ABIGAIL BRESLIN in THE CALL, but in this movie she just decays into a rot of a film. You got a sense that she didn't know here character at all, and I was just watching some girl fight people for 90 minutes. Alexander LLOWIG from the HUNGER GAMES also really disappoints me because he was an actor I could really relate to. He had such a sincere quality to his acting that just vanished with this movie. WES BENTLY aggravated me more than any of the others though. I enjoyed him in P2, GONE, INTERSTELLAR where he is just so diverse and so genuine, that when I watched this movie I could feel that he was acting which is one of the most despicable qualities an actor can have. In my opinion the most important part of a horror movie is the progression of intensity throughout the movie. This movie just didn't have that. I was watching just so patiently waiting for the climax to come, then when the end credits rolled I was so confused because I wan't sure what the movie even did to be a horror film. I could've fallen asleep and had more horror than this movie did. The final thing to say is a shout out to the ending which isn't really an ending, but rather a laughable attempt at a somewhat plausible resolution. I had a hard time deciphering whether the director thought the movie was a joke himself and just went along with it, or if he actually put in any effort at all?www.chorror.com

This movie is one of the reasons why you should never make decisions based on online reviews. I expected to see a crap movie. Instead, I've got a decently made thriller that feels more limited by budget than by scope.Let me explain. In my humble view, the world wants to see a good vs evil fight. They want to see the bad, evil characters and the good, moral heroes. Well, in this movie you get a bunch of bad psychopaths vs what can be considered a good psychopath. From a pure moral point of view, everyone is out there. There's no politically correctness. You get the cold, efficient killer that acts as a mentor. Wes Bentley plays the role of the emotionally repressed teacher extremely well. You get the emotionally damaged girl. Abigail Breslin plays her role very well. She knows nothing but to kill and yet, she's battling with the fact that she's a growing teenager / young adult. Then you have your classical high school jocks / psychopaths. Here is where the movie goes wrong. Veronica and William feel very authentic. It may not be what plays well on the big screen but as someone with a background in psychology, it feels that it hits the spot and that the behavior and approach is consistent. The jocks are just caricatures of what the bad guys should be. Overly arrogant, coming from a rich family, power driven, overly inflated views of themselves. The director tries hard to make us hate them and yes, they are despicable but they feel very two dimensional in the end.So should you watch this movie? Yes. It is a good movie. The problem is that it is too short. There is way too little character development to actually care about anyone in this movie. It feels like they've cut a lot of scenes that would connect the plot. We don't know WHY she must kill them (apart that it is a test and it is the right thing to do) or how this relates to our enigmatic mentor. We don't know what is Veronica's final purpose and mission and the ending is more style than substance (plus, it makes no sense whatsoever). I feel like Abigail and Wes' acting alone is enough to see this movie and believe me, this got and kept my attention a lot better than the 6.0+ flicks on IMDb. Is it bad compared to what could be a very intense thriller? Yes. Is it worth a 4.7? No. It feels like an unpolished gem and it is easier to put this movie down because it is not formulaic and can make people uncomfortable than because it is badly written and directed.So yes, watch it. It's worth it. It will leave you wanting more but you won't feel like you've wasted your time.

Not so much plot holes as one big plot chasm. Why go through all this complication to take out four hoodlums? William could have done it himself in a heartbeat. And what were the police doing in this town where more than a dozen young women have already disappeared? It's hard to believe no one could figure out who was at the bottom of it. As for the girls themselves: by the time several have already disappeared, is the next potential victim really going to agree to get in a car with four guys at night and drive off to wherever they decide to take her? And when she does, nobody remembers that they are the last people she was seen with? You can enjoy this movie, maybe, if you want something to fill up time with your brain in neutral, but otherwise there are just too many holes.