Released with little fanfare in 2020 (though I thought it was great), “Becky” is an over-the-top, uber-violent take on the “Home Alone”-style film, as a young girl has to protect herself from intruders. It’s just a lot of fun. Now, three years later, a sequel is coming, titled “Wrath of Becky,” and as the new teaser shows, this is going to be just as bloody as its predecessor. 

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The coming-of-age genre often examines, first love, mischief, growth, or pivotal personal discovery moments that radically change a person’s life. In “Becky,” filmmakers Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s new movie, the transformative coming-of-age idea is flipped into something that will be forever remembered as horrible, violent and grim. A surprisingly well-acted, intense, and somewhat grindhouse-y attempt at a coming-of-age flick, “Becky” looks at how one’s primal instincts of survival and a tragedy can mark your formative years. 

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After her mother’s tragic death a year ago, Becky (Lulu Wilson) is still overcome with grief and immense emotional distress, acting out against everyone in her life.

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Kevin James has been a goofy mall cop in the ‘Paul Blart’ films. He’s been the goofy friend in the ‘Grown Ups’ films. And he’s been the goofy husband in the popular sitcom, “The King of Queens.” Do you see a pattern? He’s the type of actor that has been pretty much only seen in roles that require him to be a bumbling doofus.

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“Die Hard” will forever be a part of the Mount Rushmore of action films. The 1988 film is a classic that spawned a million copycats, which can all be described as “‘Die Hard’ on a…” Not to be sacrilegious, but the upcoming thriller, “Becky,” takes some of the tropes that “Die Hard” made famous and adds some things that could potentially make it even better—specifically, Kevin James as a neo-Nazi and a 13-year-old girl doing her best John McClane.

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