The Price We Pay (2022)

My quick rating - 5.5/10. Even though he seems like a douche, I have always been a fan of Stephen Dorff, especially after the criminally underrated Botched. Speaking of, this movie has a similar wrong guy at the entirely wrong place vibe, such as that flick had. This time, Dorff is hired to rob a pawn shop, in the middle of some small town, that has 250K in cash (i think that was the amount) on hand. Never mind how there is no WAY in hell they would have that much cash, it is a movie. So, of course, things don't go as planned for the group, and they are stuck taking a hostage to drive them away (Gigi Zumbado). In an attempt to hide out for the night until they can regroup, they find an old farmhouse, and of course, things just aren't what they seem. So the story has been used before, and it still works due to the cheap jokes and some decent blood splattering when the time is right. Instead of lying low, they end up hunted by some wacko serial killer that also happens to have some giant mutated daughter for his own protection. They liked to try and catch you off guard with where the story was going, but that part didn't work. The thing that works is the subtle goofiness of the killer's motives or the family's existence in general. No real explanation for why they are doing what they are or what it accomplishes, just more for the enjoyment of murder. The movie goes by quickly, so the 86 minutes end up being fairly well engaging, with little time to bother with side stories or romance, which they still tried to force in there.

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The Price We Pay (2022)

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