Criminals get more than they bargained for when they kidnap the daughter of an underworld figure in the new Radio Silence film featuring Alisha Weir in the title role.
For a significant portion of its running time, the new film from the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett plays like a hard-boiled crime drama. In its opening scenes, we see a rag-tag team of criminals prepare for and then commit the kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl. First seen dancing ballet by herself in an empty theater, she obviously comes from wealth, getting into a chauffeured limousine after her exertions.
The screenplay by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick proves uncommonly smart for this sort of B-movie, as demonstrated by an early scene in which one of the kidnappers, the medic Joey , makes bets with the others that she can guess their backgrounds merely by looking at them. She proceeds to provide instant analyses of hard-boiled former detective Frank ; and stolid, ex-Marine Rickles . Thus, in five minutes we’ve got a read on the characters in what essentially becomes a haunted house movie.
Once her true identity is horrifyingly discovered, the criminals respond exactly as most people would. “Okay, what do we know about vampires?” one of them asks, before they reasonably go looking for vampires, wooden stakes, etc. Unfortunately for them, Abigail proves more powerful and resourceful than most of the undead, revealing a particular talent for bargaining with her would-be captors before dispatching them.
Breathlessly paced and filled with the sort of black humor that makes it as much a comedy as a horror film,is wildly entertaining for most of its running time, although it becomes overly burdened with baroque narrative flourishes. The joy exhibited by the Radio Silence directors in delivering as much excessive gore as possible is matched by the terrific ensemble, who must have spent much of the shoot getting hosed down after takes. Take Stevens, for example.
None of it would work as well as it does without Weir’s mesmerizing turn in the title role. The young actress, who previously demonstrated her virtuosity in the film version of, is so frightening and sardonically funny as the pint-sized bloodsucker that Bela Lugosi must be turning over in his grave from jealousy. Assuming, of course, that he’s still in it.Gwyneth Paltrow. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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