okay let's do this because I'm sure that the question some of you have coming
into this review in particular and Lettuce of the comments I've made is and
you might have this question with good intentions or without good intentions
but either way it's a legit question and that's how is ready or not any different
from the hunt as both films depict people hunting people and that's
question I had going into this movie I mean I see it it's obvious and to be
100% honest in light of recent events and you know also the fact that
brilliant real-life bass shows like mind hunters such a good show highlight that
women are the favorite prey of killers well you know the weak in general but
women women are a top choice disturbingly so oh and by the way on a
side note a serial killer like ripped from the from the pages of mine hunter
was just convicted in Los Angeles one of his victims a woman that Ashton Kutcher
was actually seeing at the time of her death and he testified at this trial
disturbing weird stuff so yeah with all that in mind again to be 100% honest
there were times that I was a bit uncomfortable watching ready or not but
what I think makes it different from the hunt are the following elements
thankfully it has no political or ripped from the headlines elements to it and in
fact it has shades of Rosemary's Baby with some satanic aspects to the movie
plus there's no gray area here the demas family are clearly the villains of the
piece with no redeemable qualities and no affiliations to a larger real-life
group of people so for those reasons as well as some nifty victorian-era
production design ready or not plays like a Haunted Mansion movie it's tough
it's really it's splitting hairs I think the political aspect is the most
important and also well nobody has seen the hunt to speak to this but in this
case this is a well-made Haunted Mansion movie all right so the main reason that
this movie works besides not stepping on any of those
political landmines is tomorrow weaving she is a spunky more grounded version of
Gwyneth Paltrow niece of Hugo by the way weaving not only looks great but comes
across as a fully fleshed-out modern likable and relatable character her line
delivery is super really good stuff and she totally sells both her character and
the evolving situation that her character finds herself in also the
visuals of a woman in a bridal gown running through a grand Gothic mansion
fighting for survival are not only hypnotic but timeless you know brides
are a staple of you know horror the horror genre there isn't there in fact
even featured in Disney's Haunted Mansion attractions quite effectively I
think the whole in fact the entire Paris Haunted Mansion revolve revolves around
a rejected bride and it's pretty haunting stuff it also helps that the
script is very I guess those elements help to you know the history of brides
and the horror genre etc it gives it a more timeless quality instead of again
tastelessly trying to capitalize off of current events it also helps that the
script is very clever and continually coming up with ways to keep things
interesting and the story moving forward and a brisk pace
as for the Dumas family themselves a couple of things actually bothered me
here first off the set up as we know from the
trailer so no spoilers here is that when a person joins the family they have to
pick a card telling them what game to play and I never felt it was
satisfyingly explained as to why hide-and-seek was the only deadly game
like that was the only game you could pick that would result in having to
fight for your life I mean since hide and seek is not by nature a deadly game
why didn't all the games become deadly in this scenario I couldn't get over
this flaw and logic which took me out of the first I'd say third of the movie
eventually I just let it go but I was like as someone who's a fan of
world-building I on that note I love the Satanic
elements and the mythology of the family's history I thought that was
really cool stuff but the movie wants you to
guess as to whether or not the Satanic beliefs of the family are true and the
movie plants those seeds of doubt very effectively I'm not even gonna give away
the ending but as a result they do more telling than showing when it comes to
the history of the family and I'd have liked to actually have to see some of
the scenes that are discussed I think they would have been really cool in
other words without cause again I don't want to give anything anything away but
I would say in some places this movie is too subtle there are some neat twists
with the family members though and even and even even though for the most part
you can see them coming that doesn't make them any less interesting
Henry sarony is always good as is Adam Brody and while any McDowell is game her
daughter of course making quite a splash these days actually a contemporary of
Samara weaving but any mcdowell wall game she's no Jessica Lange who Lange
has made it this type of role her specialty and that's actually a really
good way to describe this movie as Ryan Murphy light Jessica Lange of course
doing all her work with Ryan Murphy and you know the politician trailer came out
today this movie has a lot of those elements but as I said it's the light
version so ready or not is a very solid again Haunted Mansion movie with a great
performance by Samara weaving at the heart of it I don't think the film would
be as effective without her but if you're still a bit raw from recent
events then you can keep it in mind for streaming around Halloween when it will
certainly be available thanks to its August release so that's my very fair
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