The Wrath Of Becky

The year 2020 was a really strange movie year for me personally. I only saw one film in cinema and that was in the end of January which was Bad Boys For Life. I was supposed to go and see the Vin Diesel film Bloodshot in early March but Covid 19 changed everything of course. During the year 2020 i only watched all films digital the rest of the year and some films on physical copies. I didn´t mind watching each film this way but i did miss sitting in the cinema watching a film on a big screen. Just the idea of holding warm popcorn and a soda and relaxing in a comfortable seat, there is just something special about that. The good thing about watching a film digital at home you can paus the film, make yourself some coffee or even bake some Ghostbusters cookies ( yes with marshmallows inside the cookies of course ) until you decide to finish the film. One of the films i did watch on digital the year of 2020 is a film simply called Becky. Directed by Jonathan Milot and Cary Murnion, this film gave us a different perspective how a young teenager is forced to strike back when a group of escaped prisoners take her family as prisoners in their summer cabin. Becky turned out to be a very violent revenge film with some nice practical effects and pretty good acting for the most part. Actress Lulu Wilson ( who i love in the 2016 horror film Ouija: Origin Of Evil ) plays the lead character Becky, and i have to say she gives the strongest acting performance in this film. The scenes where she constantly is reminded of her mother who passed away in cancer is emotional, and you can see the anger in her eyes. Lulu Wilson shows that there is hope for great young actors in the future. Most surprise of Becky is without a doubt seeing comedian and actor Kevin James playing the rasist criminal Dominick doing one one his most acting roles in his career ( kind of reminded me of Vince Vaughn in the excellent film Brawl In Cell Block 99, a must pick up on DVD or Blu Ray ). Becky turned out to be one of the films that surprised me in 2020 and i still feel that this is a film worth checking out, no matter if you watch it on physical media or on streaming. I did not expect a sequel to come out but here we are in 2023 with a sequel called The Wrath Of Becky. Actress Lulu Wilson returning in the role as Becky. So the question is does this sequel work as well as the first film or is it nowhere near as good as the original film from 2020?

Two years have passed since Becky ( Lulu Wilson ) have moved on with her life since she survived the cabin attack by criminals. She now live with an older woman called Elena ( Denise Burse ) who give her comfort and joy. One day at work at a local diner, Becky serve three men who she doesn´t like because of their attitide. After spilling coffee on one of the men, they follow her to her home and end up killing Elena while knocking out Becky. As she wakes up, she decides to track them down to revenge the death of Elena.

I have to begin to talk about what have improved since we last time saw Becky and that is the level of acting. This sequel have stronger characters and even better acting performances than in the first film. That doesn´t mean i changed my mind about enjoying the first film because i still do, but it becomes clear that they worked harder in this sequel to make the characters more interesting. Becky played by actress Lulu Wilson is exactly how you remember her just a few years older, but she still have that bad ass look and attitude that we loved in the first film. In the first film it was actor Kevin James who surprised us and in this sequel we get another surprise, this time by American Pie actor Sean William Scott ( yes the same guy from the box office bomb classic Bulletproof Monk that i actually enjoy ) as the character Darryl. What surprised me mostly is that he is actually great as a criminal gang leader, something we are not used to see him do. Maybe not as effective as he was in the serial killer film Bloodline ( you have to pick this film up on DVD or Blu Ray ) but still deliver a solid performance. I do feel that Sean William Scott proves once more that he is actually a great actor when he get the right character, and i am looking forward to see what he will work on in the future. Now what else can i say that´s positive about The Wrath Of Becky? I think this film looks great wih very colorful scenes and deliver a simple but effective revenge story without copying the first film completely off. We still get some of the brutality that we loved about the first film in this sequel, so if you enjoyed seeing Becky kicking ass you get plenty of that in this film as well. The plot may not deliver anything unique or original but im completely fine with that. A film with the character about Becky is more focused on the revenge theme than having a deep plot. Anything negative to say about The Wrath Of Becky? Honestly i don´t feel like i have to complain about anything since i had a great time with this film. It´s almost like a throwback to video violence of the VHS era and that is something i really appreciate about these films. Directors Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote deliver a sequel that is funnier than the first film, looks more professional and even have better acting as well than the original film. I think you should support The Wrath Of Becky and actually pick up a physical copy of the film. That´s exaxtly what i am planning to do with this tasteful treat of video violence.

Rating: DDD