Rating of
1.5/4
More Like 'Only Girl'
Unknown - wrote on 10/21/15
'Final Girl' has a neat premise for a slasher film: the latest female vicim for a group of murderous teenage boys turns out to be a highly skilled killer herself. We see the events unfold from her point of view. She's an intelligent girl who's been trained for this scenario since a very young age. But is it just for this specific encounter? That wouldn't make sense. Who's idea was this? What's the true reasoning for these targets, or even her training in the first place? None of that is answered. There's almost no story/character present. Nothing to have me care about any of this. It's basically a setup to the final act of a normal slasher movie, but with the 'final girl' (only girl) being a secret assassin of sorts and wasting them all. There's no tension ever established in this premise to begin with, so we're just waiting to see her murder some a-holes. She does so... and then it's over. I liked some of the dialogue, and the performances were good, but the story needed serious work.
