The franchise that mystifies me. The original, starring Eliza Dushku was decent, no better, no worse than average. That it spawned one sequel was not a shock. Given how horrible that sequel was, it surprised me greatly that they churned out two more, both as putrid as fresh dog poop.
But I'd be a liar if I said that I didn't get excited when I saw there was a new one out. Maybe I'm a glutton, maybe I just have such faith in the premise that I assume they'll stumble into getting it right eventually.
Well, they didn't exactly hit a homer, but Wrong Turn 5 is the first right turn the franchise has taken since......well ever.
This years version is a sequel to part 4 but still in prequel time compared to the original. It also returns the 3 main baddies from part 4.
This film continues the tradition of preposterous set ups that make no sense in regards to the story being told. Part two occurred during the filming of a reality TV show that had about 4 people working on it. This one takes place during a music festival in a small WV town that the characters reference as just as big as Coachella or Burning Man. Then those THOUSANDS of people promptly disappear for the entire film, making one wonder why the back story was even needed if it was going to be so blatantly ignored.
Don't get me wrong, the film is horrible on a storytelling level, but unlike previous versions, it moves quick. You wont have to watch an insufferable snow boarding montage as in part 4 or a tedious 45 minutes of characters walking, like in part 3.
More importantly, the film makers aim here seems to be to just have as much fun as possible making a gory fucking horror romp, adding the humor liberally and letting the guts flow freely.
The acting is pretty bad, the decision making of the characters is beyond retarded and the writing borders on appearing to be parody. But it works in the way good cheese should. It's laughable, but at least it's funny to watch these dip shits try and emote and reason. The biggest plus is the pacing. We never get bogged down. No character is not expendable. The kills are as fun as all get out, and the gore is top shelf, I even cringed on more than one occasion.
The "sets" add to the cheese factor. The entire town appears to be 3 streets the size of half blocks. The nudity is pretty decent, although I could have done with seeing a few more pairs of boobs. Oh yeah, one of the leads is a dude who looks like Ben Aflecks brother the way Patrick Swayzes brother does, like they removed a chromosome or something.
So yeah, if you like fun and inventive kills, if you like gore, if you like cheesy story so absurd you can't help but laugh, then this movie will suit you just fine.
I guess 5 wrongs make a right.
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