Viewed – 15 February 2020. Online rental

Marriage is meant to be a happy time when two people tie the not in hope of spending the rest of their lives together. However, new bride Grace doesn’t quite realise what she’s getting into when introduced to her new hubby Alex’s eccentric, wealthy family on their wedding day. As it turns out each new member to the ‘family’ must undergo an initiation before they can be truly accepted. So sets forth a wedding night quite unlike any other.

Margot Robbie look-alike (and fellow Ozzy it transpires) Samara Weaving proves a plucky lead surrounded by colourful characters in this energetic ‘romp’, that plays out kind of like an even more macabre version of Cluedo. The idea however just doesn’t make much sense and when you find out exactly what’s going on it fires up more questions than the movie has any chance of answering. Yet a decidedly tongue-in-cheek tone helps carry the movie, aided immeasurably by its cast who all look like they’re having a riot, and there’s some shocks and surprises along the way, as well as a solid punch-line ending.

The directors have delivered a brash, often cartoonishly violent ride, and that’s almost good enough. However it’s all let down by a poorly thought-out concept that feels like a stretched out segment of an anthology piece than its own movie. Fun, in a purely popcorn entertainment kind of way.

Verdict: Poor