Becky, the movie review

Thirteen-year-old Becky Hopper is recovering from tragic death of motherwho died following a long illness. Still unable to overcome that deep mourning, the girl has seen her relationship with her father Jeff progressively deteriorate, who is dating another womanherself the mother of a child. The parent hopes that Becky, her stepmother and her stepbrother can finally get to know each other and settle their differences on a vacation in the old lake house they own.

But as he will soon discover Beckythat vacation will turn into a nightmare. That same morning, in fact, a group of prisoners, led by the cruel neo-Nazi Dominick Lewis, escape from a police van during a transfer, killing the officers who were escorting them. The prisoners knock on Jeff’s door and Becky, who at that moment was in a nearby cabin following an argument, will be the only hope for the little familyended up at the mercy of those ruthless assassins.

Becky and the Unbearable Lightness of Being

Sometimes even the lambs can become lions and if the one who undergoes this drastic transformation is a girl in her mid-adolescence, the impact becomes even more brutal. The private drama of a protagonist forced into a corner by a bitter fate, which has deprived her of her mother figure, becomes the ideal territory of a pure and simple slasherwhich becomes increasingly violent and grotesque as the minutes pass. The dynamics of a home invasion, with the group of criminals taking this nascent but still deeply divided family unit hostage, soon become a game of cat and mouse in the open spaces surrounding this isolated home, an ideal place for the showdown to come where Becky will demonstrate entirely unexpected abilities.

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Un cruciale coming-of-age

A pleasantly sui generis thirteen year old, with thatshadow of madness that increases more and more following the traumatic, turbulent events that will affect her closely, despite herself: Lulu Wilson at the time of filming he was two years older than his character and shows a remarkable maturity, capable of insinuating tragicomic declinations in the characterization of a figure who explores unexpected shores. Equally interesting is the performance in the unusual role of the comedian villain Kevin Jameswho uses his imposing size to give life to a neo-Nazi criminal who is as evil as can be, swastika tattooed on his head included: to think that the part was originally intended for Simon Pegg, then dropped out due to a conflict of commitments. The rest of the cast is accessory, whether on the side of the potential victims or among the ranks of the villain’s henchmen.

A healthy genre of entertainment

The pulp soul increasingly takes over, in a liberating and satisfying revenge that calls into question roles and advantages. The low-budget soul with the reduced setting is exploited in an intelligent way, with a series of traps and comparisons between the small but stubborn protagonist and her tormentors that proves to be just the right amount of gripping, up until that open epilogue. An open epilogue which, not by chance, was followed by a sequel entitled Becky’s Girl (2023), which we have already told you about some time ago on these same pages. A sequel that following the guidelines of the original offers a similar modus operandi, definitively consecrating Becky as new anti-heroine of the genre which we hope to see engaged in future (mis)adventures for a long time to come.