Maybe I'm too old for this film but I didn't like it at all. Hated all the characters. Felt like they were all written by a 15 yr old. If you can relate to any of the people in this movie, then you're probably too young to be watching this movie. I just couldn't wait for it to end. Maybe im just too old to be able to understand any of the motivations or to believe that any of these caricatures could really exist. It was watchable but that's about it. Joe Keery did the best with what he was given.
Spree
2020
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Spree
2020
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Plot summary
Thirsty for a following, Kurt Kunkle is a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral.
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Too old?
"If you're not documenting yourself, it's simple: you just don't exist."
Not gonna lie, I have aged out of the live-streaming demographic; so this out-of-the-woodwork film was a genuinely pleasant surprise.
"Spree" is going for satire on the empty pursuit of followers and the movie nails it. Joe Keery really brings this goofy kid to life; his desperation echoes that of Patrick Bateman (with some nice "Nightcrawler" sociopathy thrown in),clearly trying too hard to build that social media brand. His performance here is an eye-grabber, and I do hope that it helps broaden his appeal.
I quite enjoyed myself and found something much deeper than the marketing had implied. Keery's great in the role and it's evident that that plenty of thought and effort went into this. It's darkly funny, it's twisted and I absolutely had to see how all of this would end.
The things people do for the sake of fame
Deranged psycho rideshare driver Kurt Kunkle (a fine and lively performance by Joe Keery) devises a diabolical plan to become a huge social media sensation on the internet
Director/co-writer Eugene Kotlyarenko relates the absorbing and enjoyable story at a snappy pace, astutely pegs the toxicity of instant internet fame and the extreme lengths some people will resort to acquire said fame, makes ingenious use of stuff like smartphones to give the premise a chilling aura of plausibility, and further spices things up with a wickedly funny sense of merry pitch-black humor (the casual way Kurt talks about killing people is absolutely hysterical). The spirited acting from the enthusiastic cast keeps this movie humming: Sasheer Zamata as sassy comic Jessie Adams, Joshua Ovalle as the brash Bobby, Sunny Kim as stuck-up DJ uNo, John DeLuca as the obnoxious Mario Papazian, and Linas Phillips as racist speech writer Frederick Pengler. A wild ride.