Written by Frank H. Woodward
Directed by Valeri Mile
Toni: "Just stop, Danny, this isn't you!"
Danny: "No. It's family."
Remember that sequel/reboot from Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Alexandra Daddario. Yeah, this movie was fairly reminiscent of that. It's the first of two (failed) attempts to breathe new life into this franchise.
Yet again you've got Three Finger (Radoslav Parvanov), Saw Tooth (Danko Jordanov) and One Eye (Asen Asenov) causing trouble and killing a couple. Of course this was another movie where there would be other family to assume a normal visage to outside.
The family being brother and sister duo Jackson (Chris Jarvis) and Sally (Sadie Katz). Yes, they're an incestrous couple and their main interest was reuniting with a long lost family member. The member being actual protagonist of the piece, Danny (Anthony Ilett).
I'll give this movie points for Danny. He's a former investor who had a meltdown, lost a ton of money and clients and seemed desperate to connect with his new found family. He's largely presented as a good guy until the last moment where he turned on his unfortunate girlfriend, Toni (Aqueela Zoll). I guess family really does outrank friends and lovers here.
As for the rest of the cannon fodder, there was greedy Jillian (Roxanne Pallett), her boyfriend Bryan (Joe Gaminara), stoner Charlie (Harry Belcher) and Toni's brother, Rod (Billy Ashworth). Again, they're there to be cannon fodder but also to question Danny's choices (though not very effectively) and that's basically it.
- There was a real life court case surrounding this movie's misuse of a picture of a real life missing person from Wexford, Ireland.
- Radoslav Parvanov who played One Eye in this movie played Three Finger in previous movie.
- The missing posters also had Zac Efron and a character from Pretty Little Liars.
- Chronology: The resort of the piece was established in 1902 in one scene but 1926 in another. It seemed very present day, setting wise in West Virginia.
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort probably should've been the death of this franchise because this was a very piss poor attempt of a reboot. Going forward, more care needs to be put in these protagonists going forward, though Danny did a show some promise.
Rating: 4 out of 10
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