The
Badger Game (2014/Intervision Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: B Film: C
A
low budget horror/kidnapping flick with in the vein of You're Next
or The Strangers, The Badger Game (2014) features an
beautiful young cast of unknowns, a trio of scorned women who
conspire to abduct and blackmail a wealthy philanderer. Things go
awry when unforeseen complications - and ulterior motives - pit the
kidnappers against each other. I didn't find the film to be
completely original or necessarily unwatchable, but more or less an
easy feature that could have maybe been more powerful with stronger
actors.
Alex
(Augie Duke) and Jane (Sasha Higgins) are the bitter mistresses of
Liam (Sam Boxleitner), a married man with money to burn and a healthy
appetite for infidelity. Together, they hatch a plan to kidnap their
cheating boyfriend and extort him for millions.
To
execute the caper, Alex enlists the help of Kip (Patrick Cronen), her
unhinged brother, and Shelly (Jillian Leigh), her childhood friend.
Sensing Shelly's financial desperation, Alex convinces her to bait
Liam into a compromising position, at which point Kip will subdue him
long enough to extort a healthy ransom.
Donning
rubber animal masks, the captors tie-up Liam and confine him to a
locked garage. There, they show him a series of incriminating photos
and threaten to tell his wife, unless he buys their silence. Liam
proves to be less-than-cooperative, and in the long night ahead, the
four would-be schemers are forced to reconcile impossible odds, and
test the limits of their own morality.
The
Badger Game is presented in 1080p high definition with a
widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1 and an English 5.1 Dolby Digital
track that sounds fine, but doesn't compare to a lossless format like
DTS-MA or Dolby TrueHD.
Extras
include The Badger Game: Los Angeles Premiere and Audio
Commentaries.
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James Lockhart
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