Would You Rather Movie Review

What would you do if a millionaire offered you a chance to solve all your life’s problems? Would You Rather explores how far desperate people will go for a once in a lifetime prize.

After the tragic death of her parents, Iris (Brittany Snow) is desperate to make ends meet as she struggles to even find a job all while caring for her terminally ill younger brother when she gets a call from his doctor offering her what seems to be a chance of a lifetime. Enter in smooth talking uber rich guy Shepard Lambrick (Jeffery Combs) who invites her to an exclusive dinner party where she has the chance to win not only riches galore, but preferential treatment and every chance to save her brother. It all sounds too good to be true, but she takes a chance, and finds nothing is as it seems.

What starts out as some harmless fun quickly takes a dark turn as Lambrick pits his eight guests (Enver Gjokaj, Sasha Grey, John Heard, June Squibb, Eddie Steeples, Robin Taylor, and Robb Wells) in a deadly game of Would You Rather, where the participants must perform their outlandish choices at the expense of their fellow players.

While Would You Rather is most certainly twisted, it won’t please those looking for torture porn or gore. Instead it’s smart and reminiscent of Saw while not really exploiting the violence. Instead most of the brutality is taken off scene, which by no means takes away from the impact of the scene.

The high level of psychological twists are far scarier without the high amounts of gore found in the normal horror thriller of this kind. That paired with a fantastic, well rounded cast of diverse actors easily makes   Would You Rather a flick not to be missed. Not only is Would You Rather highly entertaining, its completely engrossing, and the twists of the script are fantastic.

Would You Rather is now playing in select theaters, SundanceNow, Cable VOD, and other digital outlets (iTunes, Amazon Streaming, PS3 Playstation Unlimited, XBOX Zune, Google PLAY and YouTube).

Check back soon for the Q and A with the director, David Guy Levy!