Random Acts of Violence (2019) Review
Fan favourite Jesse Williams (Cabin in the Woods) leads in this gore-filled slasher as his own creation is bought to life by a fan hell-bent on committing Random Acts of Violence in increasingly gruesome murders. The film will be released on Blu-ray, DVD and on digital to download and keep on 23 August 2021.
Comic book creator Todd Walkley (Williams – Grey’s Anatomy), his wife (Jordana Brewster – Fast and the Furious), assistant (Niamh Wilson –Saw III) and best friend (Jay Buchel – This is the End, Sorcerer’s Apprentice) are heading to NYC Comic Con when bad things start to happen – a lot of people are getting murdered. It soon becomes clear that a crazed fan is using his “SLASHERMAN” comic as inspiration for the killings. As the bodies pile up, and Todd’s friends dropping like flies, he is forced to face the killer and put an end to his notorious comic. Will Todd be able to stop the spree or will he fall victim to his own creation?
Comedy actor Jay Baruchel’s second feature as director is unrelentingly brutal which had the gore-hound within me was applauding. However this adaptation of Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s graphic novel of the same name soon becomes one-note, like it’s just about the violence and nothing else. Elsewhere the film heavy-handedly attempts to tackle an artist’s responsibility for their violent output and the possible consequences that their graphic material could provoke. It’s hardly subtle and it’s likely that you’ll feel as bludgeoned as one of the film’s many victims come the movie’s end – still, there’s great gore though!