Best F(r)iends Vol. 2 (2018) - Movie Review

 

Okay, we’ve already gone over the first half of this film. The weirdness of seeing actors from a legendary piece of Z-grade cinema in a production with a real budget behind it has had some time to sink in. How does the second half compare to the first?

Best F(r)iends Vol. 1 (2018) - Movie Review

 

Right from the jump, this film’s mere existence feels like mainstream teething problems with the latest piece of ‘so bad it’s good’ cinema. It’s a little too easy to imagine this being pitched to a distributor like Lionsgate on the basis that The Room, and the film-behind-the-film The Disaster Artist, are becoming uber-popular and deciding to put its most recognisable stars in something that actually looks like a film. Like everyone at the table forgot that one of The Room’s biggest draws was because its acting was baffling, but not actually good. It’s like if someone saw how much traction Neil Breen was getting, and decided to cast him in an indie coming-of-age drama. It’s baffling… until the real reason for its existence is revealed.