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- Jay Baruchel ’s “Random Acts of Violence” is a depressing, cynical slice of nihilism, a movie that thinks it’s saying something about gratuitous violence and exploitation of real tragedy but is even more hypocritically hollow than the films it purports to criticize.
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Random Acts of Violence: Directed by Jay Baruchel. With Jesse Williams, Jordana Brewster, Jay Baruchel, Simon Northwood. A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.
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- Horror
- Jay Baruchel
- 2020-08-20
Aug 20, 2020 · 3 min read. Jay Baruchel ’s “Random Acts of Violence” is a depressing, cynical slice of nihilism, a movie that thinks it’s saying something about gratuitous violence and exploitation of real tragedy but is even more hypocritically hollow than the films it purports to criticize.
Random Acts of Violence is a vicious yet humbly self-reflecting horror that realizes the glorification of murder and mayhem while acknowledging its criticisms. This is a horror film for horror fans who like a dose of medicine with the sugar.
Overall, Random Acts of Violence is an entertaining and intense slasher with some great gory practical effects and really great story elements which all worked for me up until the 3rd act.
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- Jordana Brewster
- Jay Baruchel
- Horror
Brisk and brutal, Random Acts of Violence is a slasher armed with a timely social message—a weapon that’s a bit more blunt than it is sharp, but it gets the job done. Jay Baruchel gives genre audiences yet another voice to keep an eye on in the future.
Aug 17, 2020 · Based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, Random Acts of Violence is the story of Todd (Jesse Williams), a comic book writer residing in Ontario with his girlfriend Kathy (Jordana Brewster).
Random Acts of Violence is a 2019 slasher film directed and produced by Jay Baruchel, who wrote the screenplay with Jesse Chabot. An adaptation of the 2010 graphic novel, the film follows a comic book creator (portrayed by Jesse Williams) whose works are used as inspiration for a string of real-life murders. Jordana Brewster and Baruchel also star.
