Short synopsis:
Harriet and Reba – the titular “best friends forever” –
embark on a road trip from Los Angeles to Austin . Unbeknownst to our heroines, nuclear bombs
detonate in 4 major cities while they’re on the road.
Notable actors: Brea
Grant, Sean Maher
My thoughts:
I’m kind of cheating here, since this isn’t really a
traditional horror movie. But it’s set
during an apocalypse, so I figure it counts.
Also, I make the rules around here.
As it turns out, I really loved this movie. Easily the best, most unique road trip movie
since Wristcutters: A Love Story (I’m
not sure if I’ve ever proclaimed my love of Wristcutters
in this space before, so let me take care of that right now: I love Wristcutters more than I probably
should. I credit Tom Waits’
involvement). The premise is terrific,
but it’s the two leads (Brea
Grant & Vera Miao) that sell it. They
really seem like best friends. They know
each other inside-and-out, and yet there’s an underlying tension in every
interaction they have.
Here are a handful of scenes I really, REALLY loved:
1. The scene where they get carjacked. It’s amazing.
And hilarious. To me, it’s the
second funniest scene of the movie (I can’t talk about my favorite scene of the
movie without getting into spoilers, so that might have to wait until a What
Comes Next post). Without giving too
much away, they end up meeting up with the carjackers a little later in the
movie as well. And that scene absolutely
killed me. If they made an entire movie of
the interactions between the girls and these carjackers, I would absolutely
watch that.
2. The scene where they dress up like badass,
post-apocalyptic chicks. I love it. First of all, it’s a mini-montage. As a child of the 80s, I’m obligated to love
montages. Second of all, Reba’s outfit
is very similar to Alice ’s
in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (the
fact that Milla Jovovich is referenced before that scene is no coincidence),
and I adore that movie. Lastly, it’s
exactly the kind of outfit that is to be expected in a movie about an
apocalypse. The fact that they pay
homage to that scene is kind of amazing. It’s a definite nod toward the look of
Mad Max. I love everything about this scene, short
though it may be.
3. The end of the movie.
There are a couple of moments to love about this. They show a handful of recognizable scenes
from the movie, sans Harriet and Reba.
It’s reminiscent of the end of the original Hallowee. It’s
beautiful. After that, during the
credits, we see the glorified adventures of our heroines after the events of
the movie in comic book form. I truly
hope that they release an actual comic book for this. (The comic scenes are courtesy of the
incredibly talented Stacie Ponder at Final
Girl. If you haven’t checked out her
horror movie blog/artwork, you really need to.
She’s amazing.)
There’s also a scene with Harriet running out of the library
that is absolutely incredible, but I don’t really want to get into it
here. Spoiler territory and all that.
This is Brea Grant’s directorial debut. I can’t wait to see what she does next.
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