![]() But for the common man (in this instance, Craig and Vince), money is everything. We don't know how he acquired his money we just know he's got $250,000 chilling in an unlocked safe in his office for the sole purpose of blowing on his wife's birthday. The first point is the most blatant, as it's basically the premise of the movie. It's a frightening glimpse at the power of money and the lengths some will go to get it, but it's also a statement on what passes for entertainment now. ![]() ![]() CHEAP THRILLS wears its message on its sleeve. It starts simpleÂ…who can drink their shot of tequila the fastest or who's willing to slap a stripper on the butt but, as the night goes on, the game grows more sinister. how a bar patron chooses to ogle the bartender), and they see an opportunity to have some fun with Craig and Vince. ![]() Colin and Violet enjoy betting each other on the pettiest of prospects (i.e. The night shifts in an interesting direction when they meet Colin (David Koechner) and his wife Violet (Sara Paxton), out on the town to celebrate Violet's birthday with some harmless. While he's drinking his problems away at a seedy bar later that night, he's reunited with an old friend, Vince (Ethan Embry) who earns a living rough housing gamblers to collect on debts. He wakes to an eviction notice posted to the door of the apartment where he lives with his wife and baby, and he's fired from his menial job at an auto shop later that afternoon. It opens on the worst day of Craig Daniels' (Pat Healy) unfortunate life. I never recall laughing over the course of the movie, but there were a few chuckles scattered amongst the groans and cringes. It's a dark comedy, emphasis on the dark, that aims to sensationalize the perceived apathy of the upper class to the suffering of the lower class, going so far as to take perverse joy in it. CHEAP THRILLS is a movie that drives its point home like a nail to the head. Believe it or not, I mean this all as praise. ![]() Katz, is the ultimate feel-bad movie of the year. I haven't felt this bad at the end of a movie since REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. ![]()
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