Runtime: 84 minutes
Directed by: Matt Angel/Suzanne Coote
Starring: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson, Michael Sirow
From: A number of different independent companies
Prime Day (or rather, the build-up to it) was how I rented this movie for only $1.99 on Amazon. I never thought about seeing the film already given it was briefly in cinemas during Memorial Day week, 2023.
Early in ’21 Becky was rented, ironically via a cheap rental on Prime. It was a movie ham-fisted at times where the dog dies & and not always blessed with great effects. Notwithstanding, it was still a fine experience as it was a 14 year old girl wrecking Neo-Nazi A-holes, including Kevin James in an amusing bit of stunt-casting. Also, at times it did go from zero to Fulci in terms of gore. This sequel (it actually had a theatrical trailer I saw once) is more of the same: this time, Becky is a angsty 16 year old girl who wrecks “alt-right” A-holes, because they take her dog. Honestly, Neo-Nazi punks and alt-right punks are two branches of the same tree!
I’d complain that it is a retread of the first film-but this IS a set of motion pictures where a young teenage girl just so happens to be a badass that kills a bunch of punks led by a comedic actor who does a dark turn in a bit of offbeat casting. I shouldn’t complain about logic or credibility, even if the final two scenes of this becomes WAY absurd.
This go-around, there aren’t
as many deaths and it does take a while until you get to the Dudes
Getting Wrecked ™ section, but those getting wrecked moments ARE
glorious, not to mention gruesome.
Lulu Wilson (like before) was the
highlight of the movie despite their young age. As James was in the
first film, Scott managed to pull off the atypical role. To think that
Wilson and Scott were among two of what seemed like 30 or so executive
producers. There’s also the woman most will know as Deborah Logan (Jill
Larson).
Those that saw and liked Becky should feel the same about the sequel; there are more differences than I led on at first. There are more laughs & certainly more zoom-ins as if it was a Mario Bava picture. In only 80 minutes before the credits roll, those repugnant human beings are skewered and humiliated even before they’re eviscerated, so that was cathartic. An incredibly obscure reference to an early 90’s WWF tag team… that may have been the best moment in the film, at least for me!
Oh, and sorry for the spoiler but as this is a deal-breaker for some… the dog doesn’t die this time.
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