Ready or Not

Weaving comes alive as a hilarious and deeply macabre play on the "final girl" archetype, and it's nothing short of cathartic to cheer her on and echo the rage that quickly consumes and empowers her.

It's wildly entertaining and at a tight 90 minutes, it crackles with energy, never letting your attention waver.

Even by its own humble standards the plot is poorly worked out (a few lame attempts at social commentary criticising the rich are feeble in the extreme) and the dialogue is wretched.

There's no attempt to be seriously disturbing, or to offer us anything more than a macabre good time. Still, on that level the film delivers.

Laugh-out-loud moments with slight revulsion...rather than running out of steam, it keeps picking up pace and cracking along.

There is an elegance to the premise - an otherwise straightforward cat-and-mouse chase around a gothic mansion - and a satisfying clip to the rewardingly gory action.

It's not perfect, and the mix of comedy and suspense probably won't be for everyone, but for Yours Truly, it ended up being a very fun experience that had me on the edge of my seat most of the time. [Full review in Spanish].

Darkly funny, delightfully absurd, and shockingly gory, Ready or Not takes viewers on a thoroughly entertaining ride while commenting on privilege, class, and marriage.

…a super-smart B movie that offers a dark, splattery note on the margins of society’s growing divisions….

The set up of Ready Or Not sounds clunky, and it kind of is. The execution though, is peerless.