Watched Becky (2019) on its Sky premier last night.
Whilst the rather over-subscribed Home Invasion Horror movie can occasionally produce something entertaining (Them, When a Stranger Calls, Inside, Straw Dogs etc.), I'm afraid Becky adds nothing of value to the genre.
A gang of really nasty escaped convicts (you can tell they are really nasty because the ringleader has a swastika tattoo) invade a family's lakeside holiday home.
But these hopeless (and hapless) criminals haven't reckoned with Becky. Just before the invasion, the sullen, pouty adolescent daughter throws a tantrum and flees to her nearby wooden cabin, where she discovers the movie's main McGuffin of a mysterious key. Becky thereby misses the drama as the villains, Manson-like, break into the home, but she hears what is going on though, thanks to a conveniently dropped walkie-talkie and witnesses her father being tortured to death.
OK so obviously a gang of 4 hardened convicts (including 7ft tall French-Canadian wrestler Robert Maillet "El Goliath Gigante") simply stand no chance against a grumpy 13 year-old girl and I suppose there is a certain inventiveness in the impromptu manner in which she fights her corner. This feels like a homage to Home Alone though, made by a 10th-rate Cronenberg wannabee and with tons of torture porn/gore thrown in.
Expect eye-gouging, impalings, weaponised dogs, home-made flame throwers, stabbings and the old favourite cholp-cholp-cholp using an outboard motor (and then reprised with a towed lawnmower for good measure).
A gutsy enough performance from 13 year old Lulu Wilson, but the whole shambles was just utterly OTT and unbelievable.
2/10 - and that is for the unintended entertainment value in eliciting hoots of derision from the viewer.
