REVIEW #71 The Final Girls (2015)
The Final Girls is a parody slasher film directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. A girl grieving the death of her mother who was a famous scream queen actress in the 1980’s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mums most famous film. The group of friends must find a way to escape this nightmare and defeat the monstrous killer. CAST & THE ACTING There are actually a few well known names in this film which is what initially drew me in to give it a go. Alexander Ludwig, Nina Dobrev and Adam Devine are arguably the most well known faces despite none of them actually being the main protagonist in the film. That role was given to Taissa Farmiga who played Max. I didn’t expect great acting in this film but I was expecting it to be at least pretty funny, Adam Devine has a good track record with comedies and I think Alexander Ludwig is a great actor so I was curious to see his performance too. Unfortunately across the board it wasn’t great at all, the comedy wasn’t there and I don’t think