- Directed by Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote
- Written by Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote, Nick Morris
- Stars Lulu Wilson, Sean William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson
- Run Time: 1 Hour, 24 Minutes
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJujfE19_A
Spoiler-free judgment zone
As we saw in the first movie “Becky”, this is a young woman who is not to be messed with. And no one messes with her dog. This is more of the same with lots of action, heavy violence, gore, and low-key horror. They pumped up the dark humor this time too. It was entertaining overall.
Spoilery Synopsis
We open on a quiet suburban house where Ted and Alice meet Becky and her dog, Diego. This is her new foster home. They’re a very religious couple, and Becky says the right things to fit in. She immediately climbs out the window with her dog and escapes as credits roll.
After some mid-credit animated mishaps, Becky eventually finds a job as a waitress in a diner. Becky tells us with a voiceover that it’s been two years since a group of Neo-Nazis killed her family. She’s sixteen now, and she lives off-radar. She lives with Elena now; she’s old and hates almost everyone, but she picked up Becky as a hitchhiker and they’ve been together for a while now.
Becky imagines killing a man at the diner; she might be a psychopath now. We see that she still has that key from the first film.
There’s a news report that the Noble Men may be coming to make an appearance at the town hall on Wednesday. Yes, the Noble Men are a group of Neo-Nazis. Three of them come into the diner, and Becky spills coffee on one of them. Except– they follow her home.
The guys get into her house and knock out Diego the dog. Elena comes in with a shotgun. Anthony shoots first and kills the old woman; then, he knocks out Becky. Anthony swears DJ and Sean to silence. It’s clear they’re planning more than just a rally tomorrow.
When Becky awakens, the old woman is still dead, but her dog has been taken. She gets ready for more fighting. Commence the battle-prep montage. She easily tracks down the Noble Men’s compound.
Inside the compound, we see that the leader is Darryl. They all notice that Sean isn’t eating; maybe he doesn’t fit in with this group. They have Diego in a cage and Becky lurking outside their door.
Becky breaks in and finds plans to kill Senator Hernandez. She overhears Darryl telling a story to Sean about “weakest links.” She steals Daryl’s flash drive with the names of all the Noble Men members. Then she finds their armory. At that point, we knew how things were going to end.
Darryl finds a phone, and it says Becky is calling. DJ admits they stole the dog from Becky; they leave out the murder part of the story. Darryl insists that Anthony give the dog back, but he says she can identify him to the police.
Anthony goes outside to confront Becky. He regrets it when he loses his head.
Sean learns about the insurrection plans tomorrow and wants to leave. Darryl kills him with one hand. DJ gets scared and drives away.
Twig goes outside with a gun as Darryl and Becky argue on the phone. Twig gets an arrow through his face and gets even angrier. She traps him in a barn full of tear gas. As he begs for his life, she comes after him with a machete– rather excessively.
Someone shoots Becky with a tranquilizer. She wakes up tied to a chair. Darryl opens the key, and inside, he finds coordinates. Darryl’s mother shows up, an old woman with an oxygen tank. She’s someone we’ve met before. They want that thumb drive back.
Darryl’s mother releases Diego from the cage and feeds him meat. Diego obeys the old woman. One thing leads to another, and soon Darryl is without a mother. Becky runs away, leaving Darryl alone.
Darryl chases Becky through the woods until he steps into a bear trap. No, two bear traps. No, three bear traps. Ow. She takes her key back from his pocket. She goes back to the cabin and releases Diego from his cage. Darryl’s mother, however, isn’t quite dead yet– which is just fine with Diego, who’s really hungry.
24 Hours later, Becky talks to Agent Montana of the CIA. She knows that Becky took out one of the Noble Men’s cells. She wants to recruit Becky into the CIA; Becky accepts. “Now, where’s my fucking dog?”
We cut to DJ, whose car has broken down. As a police car pulls behind him, he pulls out a pistol. No, it’s Becky with a rocket launcher. Boom!
Commentary
People should really learn not to mess with people’s dogs. Have they not seen John Wick?
Somebody saw “Buffy” too many times.
It’s got more humor than the first, but I think the original was much more tense. This was played more for laughs than in the first film.