MaXXXine

Maxine solving overpopulation one ball stomp at a time.

5.9 - a movie full of good moments that fall fairly flat overall. Ti West again captures the aesthetics of the chosen era well. The callbacks, Easter eggs, montages & neon lit settings, over the constant chatter of satanic panic & serial killers all set the scene perfectly for a gory Hollywood crime thriller of a trilogy finale. But the story falters down the stretch & is totally lost by the 3rd act. No development, no reckoning with the events of Texas, a messy but predictable climax, & only one good onscreen kill. Mia Goth has star power worthy of Maxine’s dreams but this was a firmly middling disservice to its predecessors.

Nice way to wrap up the trilogy but this was definitely the least slasher-y of the bunch. Ranking order would be X, Maxxxine, & Pearl. Kudos to the entire team for churning these movies out in a 5 year span!

A suitable conclusion to this triology, though I wish it had a bit more of the depth that I felt in the other 2 films. Mia Goth deserves the praise she gets for this. My conclusion is that ultimately, this trilogy needed a female director.

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Not as good as the other two movies would honestly skip this one of if I had a chance not missing out on much.