(DVD Becky)
My wife and I checked out Becky for viewing, despite “horror” movies not
necessarily being one of our main interests — mainly for the reason that her
name is Becky, and we were amused enough by the coincidence to see what the
filmmakers had in mind.
As it turns out, what they had in
mind was a perfectly serviceable suspense thriller, with some noteworthy
performances. Lulu Wilson is surly teenager Becky, still grieving the loss of
her mother, but forced to accompany her father, her dad’s new girlfriend and
that woman’s young son, on a weekend excursion to a remote house in the woods.
Not long after they arrive, escaped psychopathic convict Dominick (Kevin James,
playing against type), and his three henchmen, arrive at the cabin, in search
of something that had been hidden there. Becky just happens to have been out in
the woods when the bad guys show up and take the rest of the family hostage.
The rest of the film is a cat-and-mouse game between Becky and the psychopath,
with plenty of gratuitous violence thrown in.
Wilson does a terrific job playing
an emotionally damaged teenager forced to do things no-one should be forced to
do. Kevin James, most recognizable as the star of the sitcom The King of
Queens, is suitably creepy as the main bad guy. The huge actor Robert Maillet
plays Dominick’s conflicted right-hand man. Most of the rest of the cast is
disposable.
While Becky wasn’t a “great” film, it was certainly
compelling enough, and had some very memorable moments. Not for the squeamish,
though…
( Internet Movie
Database entry for this film )
Recommended
by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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