A movie cannot survive on premise alone. And yet the efficient, taboo-flirting genre exercise “Becky” doesn’t have much going for it beyond its elevator pitch, which is thus: Goofy sitcom dude Kevin James goes dark as a sadistic neo-Nazi escaped convict facing off with a feisty young girl during a brutal home invasion. Sounds intriguing, […]

The ‘King of Queens’ star makes a convincing monster in the gory horror thriller

James embraces the pure, cold-blooded villain here, playing a vicious escaped con who terrorizes an inventive 13-year-old girl in the woods of Ontario

Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s domestic thriller sports a clever script, a tense atmosphere, and a chilling villainous performance by… Kevin James?

The most depressing thing about Becky is how little Murnion and Milott do with the star of The King of Queens, whose performance is far and away the best thing about this frustrating movie.

Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott’s violent thriller 'Becky' stars Lulu Wilson, Joel McHale and Kevin James.

Teen scream queen Lulu Wilson stars in a silly bloodbath administered by a vicious 13-year-old in a knit fox cap with cute little ears that flap as she makes the bad guys bleed

When Becky (Lulu Wilson) and her family go on a trip to their lake house, they don’t expect to be targeted by escaped neo-Nazi convicts seeking a magic key. It falls to Becky to protect them all with increasingly deadly traps, much to the annoyance of their menacing leader Dominick (Kevin James). Available on VOD and at drive-in theaters now.

In a coup of shameless, gimmick casting, the leader of this neo-Nazi pack is played by Kevin James.

Put this one squarely in the “guilty pleasure” category. Andkeep in mind that if you can’t be entertained by a thirteen-year old girlruthlessly dispatching evil-doers in ways that will make a horror film fanstingle with glee, this may not be ...

Murderous escaped cons are no match for the wrath of a 13-year-old girl in this over-the-top yet effectively taut thriller.

Teens tend to feature prominently in horror for a reason. Puberty, onset hormonal shifts, and growing pains -physically and emotionally- make for fertile

The line between vengeance and murder is illusory at best, and outright deceptive at worst. This means that, in cinema, there can be no revenge without bloodlust. Murder is still murder, no matter the cause. However, when filmmakers Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion pit a 13-year-old girl (an electric Lulu Wilson) against a gang of

A righteously angry teenage girl? A bunch of evil prison escapees? Kevin James as a neo-Nazi? What will they think of next?