Manthast Absolutely amazing

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Michael Ledo We meet Veronica as a child whose parents died. She has a photographic memory and gets trained for a future job. In a poorly developed subplot 4 guys hunt and kill a woman in the woods. Veronica (Abigail Breslin) who has been in some sort of training for 12 years, practices stuff she should already know. Her photographic memory never enters the script again.Veronica agrees to go into the woods with the four boys with the intent of killing them.I thought the film was put together awkwardly and Abigail Breslin couldn't handle the role. She was completely unconvincing which may also be the fault of the director.Guide: No f-bomb, sex, or nudity.

Razvan Rogoz This movie is one of the reasons why you should never make decisions based on online reviews. I expected to see a crap movie. Instead, I've got a decently made thriller that feels more limited by budget than by scope.Let me explain. In my humble view, the world wants to see a good vs evil fight. They want to see the bad, evil characters and the good, moral heroes. Well, in this movie you get a bunch of bad psychopaths vs what can be considered a good psychopath. From a pure moral point of view, everyone is out there. There's no politically correctness. You get the cold, efficient killer that acts as a mentor. Wes Bentley plays the role of the emotionally repressed teacher extremely well. You get the emotionally damaged girl. Abigail Breslin plays her role very well. She knows nothing but to kill and yet, she's battling with the fact that she's a growing teenager / young adult. Then you have your classical high school jocks / psychopaths. Here is where the movie goes wrong. Veronica and William feel very authentic. It may not be what plays well on the big screen but as someone with a background in psychology, it feels that it hits the spot and that the behavior and approach is consistent. The jocks are just caricatures of what the bad guys should be. Overly arrogant, coming from a rich family, power driven, overly inflated views of themselves. The director tries hard to make us hate them and yes, they are despicable but they feel very two dimensional in the end.So should you watch this movie? Yes. It is a good movie. The problem is that it is too short. There is way too little character development to actually care about anyone in this movie. It feels like they've cut a lot of scenes that would connect the plot. We don't know WHY she must kill them (apart that it is a test and it is the right thing to do) or how this relates to our enigmatic mentor. We don't know what is Veronica's final purpose and mission and the ending is more style than substance (plus, it makes no sense whatsoever). I feel like Abigail and Wes' acting alone is enough to see this movie and believe me, this got and kept my attention a lot better than the 6.0+ flicks on IMDb. Is it bad compared to what could be a very intense thriller? Yes. Is it worth a 4.7? No. It feels like an unpolished gem and it is easier to put this movie down because it is not formulaic and can make people uncomfortable than because it is badly written and directed.So yes, watch it. It's worth it. It will leave you wanting more but you won't feel like you've wasted your time.

Stu Robinson In the context of slasher films, the term "final girl" has a specific definition. It refers to the last character – almost always female – left alive to confront the killer. She tends to be a virgin and/or remains fully clothed and eschews smoking, drinking and drugs. Finally, she is usually a brunette, often in contrast to a promiscuous blonde who is killed off.But mostly that's not the case in the 2015 thriller Final Girl, starring Abigail Breslin. Her antiheroine Veronica may be a virgin, but not for lack of effort. Liquor and hallucinogens are among her weapons. And she's very blonde – all the better to draw out her prey.Instead, the film's Netflix synopsis gives away the whole story:"A group of sociopaths that's been killing girls in the woods for sport sets its sights on a teen who turns out to be a trained assassin."Oops.Did they make a prequel film about Helena from BBC America's Orphan Black? Or perhaps a horror/comedy, something along the lines of Club Dred (2004)? Nope, Final Girl is neither of those.In fact, the synopsis tells a potential viewer all he or she needs to know. There is nothing for me to spoil: no twists, no context and little suspense for a thriller.The first half concerns Veronica, an orphan, being recruited as a child and trained until young adulthood by mysterious handler William (Wes Bentley). A stripped down version of 1990's La Femme Nikita, it offers no explanations of why or for whom.In the second part, William puts Veronica in the field to take down four high-school "bros" whose idea of fun is to lure a pretty girl into the forest at night for a radically simplified version of 1932's The Most Dangerous Game. There is no real hunt; the guys just run after the girl until she tires or falls, and then kill her.Never explained: why they are on the case; how William knows about the killers; and the necessity of having them avenged by one of their prey. The locals are aware that girls are missing but aren't motivated to ask the most basic questions. Law enforcement is not in the picture, literally.So what does the film offer?Director Tyler Shields presents a small-town slasher movie through a noir lens. Much of the film is set at night, at a classic diner or in the woods. Veronica's training appears to take place mostly in empty warehouses. The girls wear prom-like dresses while William and the boys wear black suits. The characters drive classic cars from the 1950s or '60s. It's all very pretty, in a dark sort of way.Filtered through the noir, the plot has a past-among-present setting – kind of like Whit Stillman's Metropolitan (1990) without the delayed reveal. Meanwhile, the dapper brociopaths exchange pretentious dialogue – like the Life & Death Brigade from Gilmore Girls, but homicidal.The result is a mildly interesting perspective on the slasher genre, but not interesting enough to overcome a story that plays like it came in a two-page outline rather than a fleshed-out script.The other thing Final Girl offers is an outstanding performance by Breslin, who has been criminally underutilized recently as whiney Chanel No. 5 on Fox TV's Scream Queens. She carries the plot and even manages to mine a little humor, betrayed by a glint in her eyes. It's as though her precocious preteen character from Zombieland (2009) got older and more dangerous.If you are a real cineaste who enjoys exploring variations on common genres and tropes, you might enjoy Final Girl. If you're looking for entertainment on a Friday or Saturday night, watch Club Dread or Zombieland instead.###Stu Robinson does writing, editing, media relations and social media through his business, Phoenix-based Lightbulb Communications.

FWmovies It's a good thing I don't go by ratings or I never would have seen this movie. I love the plot, the writing, the characters and the character development. It was a great movie. I've watched it a dozen times and I like it better each time. I have recommended this movie to friends of mine without telling them what the rating were but of course, telling them the plot and my friends loved it! In fact this movie's low rating score on here is what motivated me to join IMDb. I am an AVID movie watcher and see so many horrible movies and this movie was GREAT! Definitely worth your time.