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'Bad Times At The EL Royale': The motel with a past and no future . . .

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Billy Wonka

Seven people collide at the El Royale for a one-night stay. We start off slow but soon this film becomes a cast resume filled with character development of Olypian proportions compared to films of late. We see the background of each guest and how they came to rent a room. Then the action begins with nice zig zags thrown in for good measure. Everyone has a chance to do right or wrong depending.
Bridges is there to recover stolen cash from ten years ago. Hamm is there to recovery something entirely else while Ervio just needs a cheap place to stay before singing in Reno the next day. Johnson appears to have kidnapped a young girl who needs deprogramming from a cult which goes sideways when the cult leader shows up (Hemsworth).
We are treated to a few delicious vocals by Ervino who may be chasing a support statue for her performance.
Slow to start, it becomes more compelling moment by moment to a crescendo of violence and redemption.
3.5 wonks for script, performances, and its compelling story telling
1 wank for making us wait too long before the good parts start

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Edits: 10/12/18 10/12/18

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I didn't like it, but YMMV - Jay Buridan 10:06:06 04/02/19 (0)
The pacing drove me nuts. Too slow. Lots of wasted film footage.
- DO NOT buy a ticket to 'Dragged Across Concrete'. (NT) - jeffreybehr 11:03:47 04/02/19 (0)
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  William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
  - Thanks for the warning - Jay Buridan 16:12:05 04/02/19 (0)
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Just saw this with my son ... - reelsmith. 12:52:11 10/28/18 (0)
We'll see most anything with Bridges in it and he was stellar here.

Good cast, good story, well done all around.

Dean.

reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
RE: 'Bad Times At The EL Royale': The motel with a past and no future . . . - Mike B. 10:14:26 10/13/18 (1)
It sounds like a film I will like. Bridges tends to pick films with strong character development. Was that realized here?
- To quote a great man . . . - Billy Wonka 17:25:09 10/13/18 (0)
  "We start off slow but soon this film becomes a cast resume filled with character development of Olypian proportions compared to films of late."

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