Auteur/autrice : David Harris

The Bad Batch was a hard movie to find. It has a popular cast and an even more popular concept; I would expect it to be advertised more than it currently is. It stars such powerhouses as Keanu Reeves, Jim Carey and Jason Momoa. Add an upcoming female lead (played by Suki Waterhouse) and throw them in a post-apocalyptic environment with a cannibalistic cult and you should have a hit. This movie just screams blockbuster. Instead, it sort of just appeared. Unfortunately, this movie won’t be in theatres for long. It is popular enough to get a handful of people to come out to the opening night at midnight on Friday during a national holiday. 

When Rough Night was advertised I heard a lot of people describe it as « The Hangover but with women ». They were not entirely wrong. There lot similarities between the two movies: both take place during a bachelor(ette) party in a sunny city that ends up in shenanigans involving drugs, sex, and a series of wacky characters. The big difference boils down to the plot advancing to a missing person and another involving a corpse. The plot of Rough Night is straightforward. A group of friends from college meet up for Scarlett Johansson’s bachelorette party. Suddenly things take a turn for…