This one had some glimmers of being a good movie - it had some elements of a Purge theme while being more realistic, but maybe delved too much into a toxic male culture without even giving that more than a few cliche lines and only giving life to the main baddie with a social media following - the real holdout was that it didn't really develop most of the characters on either side of the clash. It is based in a random unnamed small town where the main character Joey experiences a date rape event that takes her quickly down a rabbit hole of empowered survival women that decides to take on a global white male group that wants to pretend life is hard for them and to take back control by using alpha force. This movie is worth it just to see a gorgeous Vanessa strap on a pink floppy dildo but getting punched in the face by a gal pal before being able to victimize the bad guy who had just been tasered. Aside from that, you have Thor's brother who again gets stuck on security detail just like in West World before being killed off, plus a pretty lame performance by David Patrick Kelly as a big talking governor type who talks big and shoots quicker than his mouth. The purpose of the movie seemed to ultimately be the evolution of Joey to the cause and they wrap that up at the end...but it just takes too long in between.
Review of Asking for It
