Review: All the Boys love Mandy Lane
Good Day, Other day, Other review, I have not ranted for a bit but it will come just wait and it will come out of the darkness just a ninja looking for it next kill of revenge. Anyway back to the review. ATBLML which I am going to call it for this review because I can not be arsed to write the full title everytime. Start with a great shot of Mandy walking down the corridor of high school with the boys and girls checking her out. Anyway Mandy and her best friend Emmet get invited to a party by the High School Jock to be honest and it a pool party, Anyway the party is in full swing, Emmet and the Jock argue but later on the roof Emmet dare him to jump into the pool from the roof, Emmet chicken out but the jock jump for Mandy but dies in the accident. 9 months later we see Mandy running on the track and Emmet try to catch up with her. Emmet is blown off my Mandy and her new friend Chloe.
Anyway at the same time, A stoner has sort out a weekend at this ranch for some people and invited Mandy to it as well. We find out that will come and give permission from my aunt that night. Mandy go on the trip with her mixed bunch of friends for a weekend. Mandy is clean cut and when the other drink and smoke and do drugs. Mandy stay clear of them. We also meet the Ranch hand Garth who most of the girls take a shine too. Anyway during the night every one of friends disappears and the ones left in the house get worried. I am going to leave the plot rundown here because I do not want to spoil the film but give you a flavour of the movie.
Anyway to the review. I am in two minds about the film to be honest. All the Boys is a horror film in the old sense of the word. Killer out side the door, preying on a bunch of kids and so on and for that I respect it at least it not Saw Fifteen or something like that or a remake of a old horror movie I like as a kid (Zombie I am look at you). But some things did not really flow for me. I did not really understand why Mandy was friends with some of the group or why some of the group was friends with each other. I know it not going for the stereotype group as some movies would do but it did not really give you a story of what happen in the 9 months after the event of the pool party. I am not asking for a lot of back story just now Mandy knows some of the people.
Other thing which seems strange was the ideas from the director. I could not tell if he wanted me to like or dislike the friends characters because of the things they do because to be honest Mandy stay away from the drinking and drugs taking during the weekend.
I mean the old ideas for the horror movie was there which was nice (Girls running away from the killer, Protecter in the form of a range hand) and some of the scenes of horror violence when made very very well but some time, post production effect went weird and spoil the feel of the movie.
I mean this would be a dirty Grindhouse movie if it was the 70’s but some time the tone was not there and that was the shame. Also I guess what was going on very quickly and it did spoil it a bit (you might have guess the idea and stuff like that) but I wish it was done a bit different.
Lot of people rave about this when it came out but it a good movie not great just good but at least it not Saw 5 or a remake of a great horror film from the good old day.
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