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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Final Girl (2015)
An enjoyable if slight horror thriller that plays out like a cross between La Femme Nikita and The Most Dangerous Game.
Abigail Breslin plays a young woman trained as a killer by Wes Bentley and then sent out on a mission to stop a gang of lads who murder blonde girls out in the forest by drugging them, freeing them then hunting them down.
Although generally a bit of fun the film is quite low budget and the whole hunt scenario with Breslin is drawn out a bit too long, so much so that the 'training' first part of the movie with Bentley is the more interesting. However for an undemanding ninety minutes Final Girl is worth a look. |
I think that is very accurate and certainly echoes my feelings about the film. It's one which feels both fresh and a pastiche of other films with similar themes and scenes, two of which you mentioned, but I was also reminded of
Kick-Ass.
It is a film which is very limited in scope and scale, something which, unusually, works to its advantage as you are able to concentrate on the characters and sparse locations in the rather brief running time rather than be distracted by anything which isn't essential to the narrative.
Like you, I enjoyed it, and certainly wouldn't be averse to a sequel, a feeling/thought which doesn't often occur.