Nitzan Havoc
As is the case with 99 out of 100 Horror films here, Final Girl got a real raw deal. I always say that people should judge for themselves, watch a film if the trailer/poster/whatever caught their attention and take a chance. In this case - I must implore anyone and everyone to give this film a try. Even if your ultimate experience is indeed disappointing, it won't be half as bad as to justify the low rating and terrible reviews here.Final Girl is simply a fun, satisfying revenge flick telling the story of some sort of operative in a secret above-the-law agency given the task of eliminating five stereotypical psychopaths who enjoy toying with girls before killing them. I would have personally liked to see more of their evil deeds so as to enjoy their punishment all the more. Cheap, maybe, but utterly satisfying nonetheless.
True, this revenge concept has been done before, and a lot better (see: I Spit On Your Grave) but not every film has to be a groundbreaking act of genius in order to be fun and rewarding. I personally enjoyed every second, every bit and every death of the villains. Add to that excellent characters, on-the-spot acting and great overall atmosphere and you get a wonderful experience of bad guys suffering beautifully painful consequences.Final Girl if far from being perfect or even impressive. I personally enjoy a nice hamburger from time to time even if it isn't a premium steak. In my opinion - so should you. A solid 8 turned to 9 just to try and compensate for all those trashing it for no good reason what-so-ever.
nowego
This movie had quite a lot of familiar names for me and with all those names should have been better. It gets let down by the script and the casting of the lead Abigail Breslin. The rest of the actors do on the whole a pretty good job and overlooking Abigail Breslin's obvious miscasting this was an entertaining movie to watch. Just don't expect too much going in.Wes Bentley, Cameron Bright, Alexander Ludwig and Francesca Eastwood are all actors I have seen before and their performances while good are let down by the unpolished script dialogue.The movie is quite short at 78 minutes before the credits and the story is quite good, but for one glaring plot hole.I gave this a 5.5 rounded up to a 6/10, which is better than the current average on here, it could have easily been an 8 with some work on the script and a more appropriate lead actress.
TxMike
I was bored this day and searching Netflix for something different when I came across this little gem of a movie. To me its IMDb rating is misleading, it actually accomplishes its purpose very well. It is a guilty pleasure where the pretty girl gets the advantage over the naughty boys.Watching the movie suggested themes from "Hanna" where a young girl is raised in the wilderness by an older man to be an assassin. The girl here is Abigail Breslin as Veronica and she is trained from a very young age, after passing a difficult intelligence test, by Wes Bentley as William.The core story is about a group of four friends who have a fixation on pretty, young blond girls. One of them befriends them, they take her out to a secluded place in the woods at night, and she ends up dead. William lost his daughter to them and he wants Veronica to be able to effect his revenge. This is plain and simple a revenge movie, you can't say the guys didn't have it coming to them. It is rather well made and I especially liked the lighting effects in the woods at night.
annuskavdpol
The movie Final Girl is a kind of a psychological cult film genre. The young girl sits opposite an adult man in a police station interrogation room at the beginning of the movie. This young girl is not like other girls her age because she is not emotional at the loss of her parents. In fact she is stone logical. This set of logical is noticed by the male interrogator whom then takes the young child and develops her into a killer. The male adult determines the 4 young men that the now 18 year old woman, with physical and psychological training needs to take on as some kind of a test of her violence. The 4 chosen young men are no doubt bad men however both sides: the woman and the 4 men all were lured into each others traps - each was going to kill the other side. To me this movie was not properly developed because the young girl, who is the main character did not have any character development. The viewer could not really feel an emotional connection to the girl because she appeared to be void of emotion.