The reigning Queen of Whoop-ass, Bella Thorne, stars as a Girl With No Name (or Girl for short) who returns home deadly determined to hack to pieces the abusive father she hasn’t seen in almost 20 years. She wants to ensure her Mama (Elizabeth Saunders, an effective substitute for Margo Martindale) the lifetime of restful slumber that only the death of the vengeful slob who broke her back could provide, so imagine Girl’s disappointment when she arrives on scene to find her old man hanging by his arms in the tool shed. Who beat her to the punch? As fate (and the screenwriter’s pen) would have it, it’s more than just Bella’s belly-shirt and horseshoe-through-the-septum nose jewelry that catches the collective attention of a fancy gang of local miscreants. Mickey Rourke co-stars as a crooked lawman who begs the question, “How does one afford that much plastic surgery on a sheriff’s meager salary?” Unbeknownst to Girl, dear dead Daddy (John Clifford Talbot) stashed a sizable chunk of cash with her name on it. Gee, maybe the old guy wasn’t so bad after all. Good cinema need not answer to great art. In the absence of multiplexes, and with screens never more conveniently consumable, there’s ample room and time for both. Thorne’s “Don’t F With Me!” demeanor, Rourke’s suave sadism, and a satisfactory twist tacked onto the end combine to make this tough Girl one worth tangling with. (2020) — Scott Marks
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