Reading about this story sounded as if it might offer some interest but as it rolls out on screen, it becomes more than evident movies don't come too much lower. Seems that the cheapness of digital video has turned everyone into a wanna-be movie-maker, so looks like we are destined to suffer more and more movies like Girl. Things can't get too much more unpleasant, in fact, Girl is just downright grotty. Sometimes grotty can be interesting if it's accompanied by some quality writing and rewarding situations but this is simply juvenile nastiness for nastiness sake.
As 'Girl', Bella Thorne tries reasonably hard but she really just doesn't have what it takes to convince (or maybe direction and script were lacking) Here, she's out to kill her bad ol daddy for sins of the past (or so it seems!) She's handy with an axe (a trade her daddy taught her as an outback child) now, she's come back to her bad ol home town to meter out 'justice'. As might have been expected just about everyone in town happens to be the personification of evil - especially the local Sherriff (played by a now unrecognisable Mickey Rourke) 'Girl' arrives wearing a bra-less well filled skimpy T-Shirt with bare midriff (as you would to a reunion like this, ay) and everything that follows, you've seen (and wish you hadn't) a dozen times prior.
Chad Faust is happy to claim responsibility for writing and directing this grimy sleaze but surely, new movie makers will eventually want to grow up and claim a higher level - then of course, if audiences grow up watching this stuff, maybe many won't ever know better? It's to be anticipated they will eventually want to put something worthwhile into their heads. This ran on Foxtel as an M, maybe it's these very kids who see this stuff day in day out, who no longer recognise the junk they are legitimizing...? For society, and the future of movies, let's hope they will.
As 'Girl', Bella Thorne tries reasonably hard but she really just doesn't have what it takes to convince (or maybe direction and script were lacking) Here, she's out to kill her bad ol daddy for sins of the past (or so it seems!) She's handy with an axe (a trade her daddy taught her as an outback child) now, she's come back to her bad ol home town to meter out 'justice'. As might have been expected just about everyone in town happens to be the personification of evil - especially the local Sherriff (played by a now unrecognisable Mickey Rourke) 'Girl' arrives wearing a bra-less well filled skimpy T-Shirt with bare midriff (as you would to a reunion like this, ay) and everything that follows, you've seen (and wish you hadn't) a dozen times prior.
Chad Faust is happy to claim responsibility for writing and directing this grimy sleaze but surely, new movie makers will eventually want to grow up and claim a higher level - then of course, if audiences grow up watching this stuff, maybe many won't ever know better? It's to be anticipated they will eventually want to put something worthwhile into their heads. This ran on Foxtel as an M, maybe it's these very kids who see this stuff day in day out, who no longer recognise the junk they are legitimizing...? For society, and the future of movies, let's hope they will.