Ready or Not

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Once again, I didnt know anything going into the theater regarding this movie. In fact, Ready or Not wasnt even on my watchlist until the beginning of this week. I thought it was just going to be a passable and cheap horror flick, but the tremendously positive feedback from everyone around the world convinced me to give it a go. Fortunately, I wasnt disappointed! Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett deliver a dumb yet entertaining film with a childish yet fun concept never really explored in the gruesome and bloody way they do.

Its one of those movies which the only flaw they might have has to do with the viewers expectations. Youll only dislike this story if yo...

An entertaining horror-comedy that takes aim at the decadence and insularity of the 1%

So distribution should undo excess,/And each man have enough.

• William Shakespeare; His True Chronicle Historie of the life and death of King Lear, and his three Daughters. With the vnfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster, and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam, 4.i.73-74 (1605-1606)

In the long run, men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their money, not their money to their lives. It preoccupies t__heir thoughts, creates artificial needs, and draws a curtain between them and the world.

• Herbert Croly; The Promise of American Life (1909) ...

Ready or Not doesnt sport as many laughs as you'd want for this ridiculous story, nor is it dark enough to be a true horror; it's just gory and violent with the occasional jump scare and anxiety-ridden scene. So while it doesnt meet expectations or desires, its still a fun, thrilling, wicked romp through the blood-soaked mansion and goat barn.

So prepare yourself for squeals of fear, squeals of delight, squeals of patriotism and the occasional giggled WTF!?... because here it comes!

• Jess Fenton

Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-ready-or-not-not-quite-horror-not-quite-comedy-but-a-wickedly-good-time

Fun little horror-thriller-(dark)comedy that was entertaining enough and features a great performance from Samara Weaving, who has similar command of the scene like her uncle. Story-wise, not groundbreaking but as someone who generally doesn't enjoy dark comedies, this one worked for me. 3.5/5

I've never kept it secret that I have a personal issue with Samara Weaving, but I try to keep things like that out of my mind, and, even though I know it's impossible to be truly objective about something as subjective as art, at least attempt to be impartial. And bearing that in mind, Ready or Not is... Okay. Pretty good even. Disappointing, if I'm honest, given the hype and the trailer, but still. Pretty good.

Final rating: - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.

Fantastic watch, will watch again, and do recommend.

This is such a great crazy, survivalist premise: an average lady that just wants to marry her man gets served up into a human hunting game, and she's a bad ass. Samara Weaving nails every aspect of this role. I did recognize a couple other actors: Melanie Scrofano (Wyanna Earp), Adam Brody, and Andie MacDowell, but none of the family really stands out other than Melanie, and that is more of circumstance, but they put the right person in that role at least.

The setting is limited to the estate grounds, but even if they built the sets for that place, it is bloody amazing and lends to the visuals both when they're displaying the house as being expansion and when they're showing it as...

The excellent Samara Weaving is the antithesis of a scream queen. With kick-ass roles in "The Babysitter," "Mayhem," and "Guns Akimbo," she is vying with Harley Quinn as the "vixen" of modern cinema. An outrageous story with just the right balance of camp and horror, "Ready or Not" is a fun romp through the worst-ever wedding night.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good solid entertainment. Nothing really special, or twisty, but a great execution (unfortunately rare these days). This is how movies like Boss Level or Wrath of Man should've been made.

• Short runtime
• Never slows down

When "Grace" (Samara Weaving) marries "Alex" (Mark O'Brien) she thinks it will be the happiest day of her life. Gathered at his family's sprawling mansion, the ceremony is followed by a small dinner at which "Tony" (Henry Czerny) announces that it is traditional on such occasions to play a game. A game of hide and seek. A lethal, deadly and downright dangerous game of hide and seek with poor, unsuspecting, "Grace" the target. The family count to two hundred then set off with all sorts of weapons (they cannot use guns nor the house's security cameras) to eliminate her. With her newlywed husband securely tied to the bed after he tried to help her, and still clad in her wedding dress, she must find a way to avoid execution and escape the grisl...

Drawn out to absurdity... Predictable and long winded.

In a world of remakes, Ready or Not brings a bold new take on fun old horror.

Its no wonder Ready Or Nots directing duo was asked to take over the Scream franchise. This film has Screams dark humor dripping from every kill, every snarky one-liner, and every fully embraced horror trope. Ready or Not is a beautiful mixture of Scream, Clue, and The Most Dangerous Game, all held together by Samara Weavings fantastic performance. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are the masters of taking over used horror tropes and using them to tease and subvert expectations creating dark, fun, and tense movies that delight any horror fan. Ready or Not does just that with a story that feels familiar and surprising, recognizable and innovative, resulting in an original slasher filled with charm and chills.

The evil of money, a brutal carnage and a marriage for love in a movie of ups and downs.

How many times we, common contributors, do not think of the hypothetical dark side that would like to exist in those rich families of business, politics and the arts? For many people, envy is very natural. Others, like me, are more concerned with the lawful origin of fortunes (what matters to me is that the rich honestly earn their money, the rest I feel it does not concern me) and others think that, since money is so earthly and perhaps evil, all great fortunes have some dose of perversity. Unlike people like me, who face money as a tool that can be well used or not, there are a lot of people who associate this malevolent load with money.

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What to think about this one...

I'm not totally sure how I view 'Ready or Not'. There are elements to it that I love, things I would've liked to have played differently and one bit that I kinda hated. I'll start with the big positives: Samara Weaving and the visual of Samara Weaving. How epic does Grace look by the end of the movie? So good! Weaving herself gives a brilliant performance, easily the star of the show.

Now for the parts I'd change, admittedly I haven't thought it through properly so probably wouldn't have made sense, but I digress. Based on the early knockings, I could sense the obvious rift in terms of support that the characters had for 'the event'. I would've loved if we had a civil war-esque situation develop, you co...