MaXXXine

MaXXXine

*AMC A-List Watch*
Grade: Very Good
Score: 79 out of 100

“I will not accept a life I do not deserve.”

We love a female empowerment movie! I gotta say, after watching Pearl and seeing reviews for this one for a week on here, I was pretty nervous about watching this. However, Ti West and Mia Goth delivered in probably both of their best performances. The aura of this movie did not disappoint, the kills did not disappoint, and the narrative did not disappoint. It’s rare a third movie in a trilogy has nearly all the moving parts working right, but MaXXXine delivers a horny, bloody good time.

“The past ain't finished with you, Maxine.”

So we just gonna ask Mia Goth to show her tits that casually? By now, we know Ti West’s M.O. with this X trilogy. Boil it down and it comes down to sex, blood, and religion. Obviously that’s in very layman’s terms but that’s practically the crux of it. The hyper sexualization, the over indulgence, the slasher movie narratives, the movie making business – all melt together in a huge pot of gory and raunchy but also invigorating watching experience.

“Prove them all wrong together in a beautiful bloodbath.”

The 1980s vibe is alive and well here. The soundtrack and score transport you instantly to a Los Angeles plagued by porn, satanism, and terror. As shiny and glamorous as it seems, the seedy underbelly is working hard to uproot society in LA. Or is that underbelly society itself? Always putting on a mask to cover its true sadistic intentions? I can’t tell you how much I loved the commentary and dialogue on the relationship between Hollywood, sex and the church. All three will always be intrinsically connected and tied together, some just don’t want to admit it.

“You Hollywood girls are so desperate to become famous you don’t realize how easy it is to become infamous.”

This cast fucking killed this movie. I mean a generational lineup of actors and actresses and everyone here delivers in the highest possible regards. The character work is immaculate. Maxine still dealing with her trauma of what happened on the farm and at the same time trying to land that big gig. Kevin Bacon is a show stealer and has an amazing performance too.

“We’ve all got blood on our hands, haven’t we?”

Cutting up your coke with your SAG card is raw as fuck man. All in all, I think MaXXXine delivered on a lot of fronts. Sure they could be more gore and kills, but at least thsi one doesn’t make us wait an hour to see it like X or not show it to us at all like Pearl. The pacing is a little off too – a bit rocky at times. One thing I’ll give Ti West is that he knows how to advance his narrative through the use of the production of another fake movie within his own. He must be a fan of Inception. There’s a great set up and pay off to the whole trilogy in the third act and as far as where it stands in the trilogy, dare I say it’s probably a drop better than the first one. Ti West’s sexually charged, porno-slasher trilogy comes to a close in the best way possible: rock hard and covered in blood.

“Y'all might as well go home cuz I just fucking NAILED THAT!”

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