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John Wick meets Home Alone is the best way I can think of describing it. When I first saw the trailer I wanted to watch the film to see Kevin James in a dramatic/dark performance. He gives a good performance but Becky (LuLu Wilson) steals the show for sure. Not going to win any awards but entertaining and worth the watch.

At almost 7 feet tall, grizzled bad guy Robert Maillet is the least scariest person in this film. They gave him a heart and even some dialog to boot. I've seen him in a million things and I'm glad he finally got a part with a little meat to it.

Kevin James is the bad guy here, and he surprisingly pulls it off. I will never look at him the same again.

It's not going to win any awards, but I liked it.

Not sure why the average rating is only a 5.9....if you like a bloody mess, this is the movie for you. The girl that wreaks havoc on everyone is a psycho. Kevin James plays a villain in his first real serious roll and nails it. Yes, this movie has some flaws and questionable moments. But if you just shut your mind off and enjoy the blood bath for what it is, you will have a good time. This movie could end up having a cult following for sure.

This movie surprised me a lot. Lulu, Robert and Kevin were awesome in it.

I was surprised to see Kevin in this role but he executed it perfectly.

The story is good. There are some holes that should have been filled. It concerns the main object of the movie. But even with that missing it's a great movie. It's raw and really well done.

The music is really good. How the movie was shot was also very good. The cutting is superb. It's a 7/10 mainly because I wanted to know more about the main object of the movie. Otherwise it would have been a solid 8 perhaps a 9.

As I said. The story and the cast surprised me a lot. There wasn't much I was missing. It was action from the gecko basically.

See it!

Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion 'Becky' plays like a murderous 'Home Alone.' It moves along at a cracking pace and, clocking in at just over 90 minutes, does not outstay its welcome or make your brain question the lack of character development and substantive explanations too closely. The death scenes are creative, very gruesome, and don't shy away from over-the-top results. Lulu Wilson is frighteningly delightful, but Kevin James' performance, which marks his first experiment as a performer, is remarkable.

This is absolutely brilliant. Engaging constantly. Never a dull moment. Love the girl playing Becky. Love her character even more. Without giving too much away look out for the eyeball and boat scenes. Fantastic. Over all don't mess with Becky.

I actually really liked this one, I also don't get why people aren't liking this one, guess they don't like fun movies

I think almost everyone enjoys to see a comedian break away from the laughs and turn serious for a role, or in this case even villainous. Kevin James executes this extremely played out and cliche Aryan brotherhood/supremacist/convict character as well as he could've with what barren script he was given.

Everything starts out with some solid character development with the young Lulu Wilson with her struggles and current emotional situation. As things progress we fly ahead into the start of the action and are introduced to the ever cliche written group of villains with intensity and mystery. At this point it appears as though they will explain a certain plot device in which the antagonists are after, but they fail to do so. Then things start getting gruesome and very fast paced and you still wonder what they are truly after. Towards the final act just when you think they'll explain what the point of all this was, we are once again left hanging without any true explanation of their intentions with the main object they were after rendering the whole story nearly useless other than for extreme brutality and revenge empowerment.

As I mentioned the film has some decently entertaining performances by James and Wilson, and some solid production value, but there is almost no story here. If they would've simply given an explanation to the motives of these convicts and wrapped up some loose ends, it could've been slightly better. Instead it just feels like a hollow and cliche revenge thriller.

It is a shame the movie is so unbelievable because it has potential. Gory scenes are pretty well filmed but what ruins the movie is the weak script, performances and unbelievable decisions from the characters. Savages can't kill kids? OK. I don't buy it. Extremely unbelievable a strong man about 6'5 can't kill a 13 years old kid face to face. And people voting 10's.

It's definitely a fun watch. I gave it a 6.5 outta 10.

I've never left a review on here before but I feel entitled to leave one now. This movie was a waste of 90 minutes. Makes zero sense in any way and a completely unsatisfying ending. Casting Kevin James and Joel McHale is a complete waste.Watch if you really want to see action but other than that I simply can't reccomend this. A very poorly done film.

There are many films made along the same theme, but this one entertains. Becky has a bad attitude and is a resentful thirteen year old adolescent girl. These habits become her assets in an hour of need when she stubbornly becomes very resourceful and solves various problems that are put in her way.

An enjoyable, thrilling movie to watch!

I loved this movie! It wasn't meant to be an A list mega release. It is just a fun, fast paced, sometimes bloody, B thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. I very much liked Kevin James as the heavy. He played this role so good. And Lulu Wilson as the protagonist couldn't have been cast better. In fact, all the actors did a great job and were very believable. So, the downside is that the writers should have made all the action/story a little more believable. With just a little more thought this could have been a cult classic (Think: Last House On The Left). But instead it comes off as a pretty childish writing job. Still, if your looking for something fun this summer in a sea of mediocrity then try this little B thriller. You'll be glad you did.

Kevin James as you've never seen him before, yes, and you may not look at him the same way again. He and his tight group of cons, have escaped a police van, and have crashed this family retreat, in the woods, for a specific item, which will unlock a lot of fortune, where sadly, gladly, they will meet a lost of misfortune, as they didn't count on troubled, exceptional, self willed, smartly equipped Becky, an overacted performance from Wilson, where in that regard, she steals the movie.. She and her father, Joel Mchale, of all people, playing another d..k has come out to their cosy, comfy. lodge, for some father/daughter time, the mother recently passing, and Mchale's already set to marry a new woman, which of course, Becky, with her fixed angered look, strongly disapproves. When Mchale told Becky, her missed her mother, very much, I never believed for one second, he meant it. Was it bad acting there, or just the character, despite him putting in a good, human, relatable, and underused performance. Big beard sprouted, James, had his moments as the chief bad arse, but it was more losses than wins. He's acting troupe won't be earning any acting accolades any time soon, either. There's predictable moments, the ending-baddie save, I saw much earlier in the piece. The film has a lot of horror violence, some owing to two other movies, but you'll know what they are, if you're a mad horror buff. Becky is different, original, yeah, but not good. Great for gore hounds, who wanna kill some time, but let Becky take care of that for ya.

I was very excited to see this movie because of Kevin James being the villain, but it was so boring, unrealistic, and didn't make sense at all, the actress is so annoying and unlikable, her acting sucks, and so many plot holes, and I just wanted it to end, so disappointed. Please don't waste your time.

Entertaining movie that does not require any deep thought to figure out whats going on, i enjoyed it. They really should have called it Badass Becky...

It's about time Kevin James played a dark role, also nice to see Joel McHale not always smiling

There's no amount of suspension of disbelief that can overcome how ridiculous this movie is. It was mildly interesting seeing Kevin James play a bad guy but that didn't last long. I wonder if he lost a bet and had to be in this turkey.

Becky Hooper (Lulu Wilson) is a troubled 13 year old girl still mourning the loss of her mother to cancer. Becky's father, Jeff (Joel McHale), takes Becky to the lake house where they used to spend as a family and while Becky is initially receptive, her demeanor sours when she learns Jeff's girlfriend, Kayla (Amanda Brugel), and her son, Ty (Isaiah Rockcliffe), will be joining them. Things take a turn when a gang of escaped Neo Nazi convicts lead by the ruthless Dominick (Kevin James) invade the lake house and take Jeff, Kayla, and Ty hostage as they look for a key Dominick hid before his stint in prison which was found by Becky. With Becky in possession of the key and Dominick holding her family hostage the situation escalates with intense acts of violence on Becky's side against the gang.

Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion whose previous credits include the black comedy zombie film Cooties and Dave Bautista fronted action thriller Buswick, Becky continues the duo's repertoire of high intensity/high concept approach that delivers despite a small budget. Starring Lulu Wilson who's become a rising star thanks to Ouija: Origin of Evil and Annabelle: Creation as well as the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House and Kevin James who plays against type, Becky was one of the few films to be released theatrically during 2020 (albeit in drive-ins). While the movie doesn't stray too far from the established tropes of the home invasion thriller and its plot doesn't hang together in any airtight fashion, Becky more than makes up for it with its committed performances and the unapologetic display of violence, carnage, and physical punishment on display.

Kevin James washes away all of his history of goofy lighthearted comedies and disappears into the lead antagonist role as brutal and manipulative Dominick. From his cold gaze to detached delivery, James portrays a man who lives and breathes violence as if it were oxygen. Lulu Wilson continues her streak as an up and coming actress to keep and eye on, with Wilson thriving in both the character based scenes early on, and the more physically challenging set pieces in the latter half. The violence on display is excellently delivered with solid gore effects that harken back to the 70s exploitation staples. From eyes being gouged, to necks being pierced, to being eviscerated with an outboard motor, the level of detail on display in the kill scenes is a sight to behold.

The movie is enjoyable on a pure entertainment and exploitative level, but it's also the kind of movie that has no shortage of loose threads to pull on. The macguffin of the key is pretty thin even by the standards of home invasion movies (down to the fact we never find out what it even opens) there's any number of ill thought out decisions the gang does you can point to and logically pull apart. The movie also ends on an odd note for Becky's character with it trying to end on a note of moral ambivalence that I don't think it quite manages to pull off.

Becky is pulpy splatter filled fun that runs at a quick 90 minutes and hits you full on with every arrow in its quiver. With committed performances from Lulu Wilson and Kevin James and raw intensity conveyed in the kill scenes that's lovingly detailed, the movie takes its simple premise and runs everywhere it can with it without apology.