In the 2007 movie Grindhouse, director Eli Roth created a fake trailer for this movie. All these years later, he’s realized this full-length version. After a Black Friday riot causes fatalities in Plymouth, a killer sets out for revenge. Roth also led the “torture porn” trend, but he’s softened his approach to balance horror with self-referencing humor. The plot offers nothing new and there are gaping holes in the logic. The kills (and that’s all that really matters) have some creatively staged gore, but no real tension. The humor revolves around the genre meta references, so it’s more about knowing nods than laughs or scares. Oh yes, Patrick Dempsey and Gina Gershon add some B-movie cred. Even so, the tongue-in-cheek humor and quick, gruesome murders will entertain on a surface level, but it’s not destined to be a classic. NOTE: Stay thru the credits for one dumb final gag. 
(2.5 / 5)