Ready or Not [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Overview

Co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's dark comedy horror film features Samara Weaving as a newly-married woman who finds herself in mortal peril when she discovers that her husband's wealthy and eccentric family always performs a deadly wedding night ritual whenever anyone marries in.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/03/2019
UPC:	0024543635956
Original Release:	2019
Rating:	R
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	13,347

Special Features

Let the Games Begin: The Making of Ready or Not; Gap Reel; Audio Commentary by Radio Silence and Samara Weaving; Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Samara Weaving	Grace
Adam Brody	Daniel
Henry Czerny	Tony
Andie MacDowell	Becky
Melanie Scrofano	Emilie
Kristian Bruun	Fitch
Elyse Levesque	Charity
Nicky Guadagni	Aunt Helene
John Ralston	Stevens
Liam Macdonald	Georgie
Ethan Tavares	Gabe
Hanneke Talbot	Clara
Celine Tsai	Tina
Daniela Barbosa	Dora
Etienne Kellici	Young Daniel
Andrew Anthony	Charles
Elana Dunkelman	Young Helene
Nat Faxon	Justin,Voices
Guy Busick	Richard
James Vanderbilt	Mr. LeBail
Mark O'Brien	Alex
Chase Churchill	Young Alex
Kate Ziegler	Young Becky
James Eddy	Masked Family Member #1
Adam Winlove-Smith	Masked Family Member #2
Alicia Richardson	Police Officer
Brian Tyler	Composer

Technical Credits

Tara Farney	Executive Producer
Tracey Nyberg	Executive Producer
Chad Villella	Executive Producer
James Vanderbilt	Producer
Brad Fischer	Producer
Tripp Vinson	Producer
John Buchan	Casting
Adam Stein	Sound/Sound Designer
Jason Knight	Casting
Area 1 FX	Special Effects
Daniel Bekerman	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, known for bringing horror fans V/H/S, teams up with Tyler Gillett to deliver Ready or Not, a stylish, violent thriller tinged with dark comedy. Thanks to a satisfying performance from the cast and its clever production design and set decoration, the movie is thoroughly entertaining and a pleasure to view. Viewers follow Grace (Samara Weaving), a woman who's marrying into the wealthy Le Domas family, whose fortune was built on a long lineage of family board games. Following family tradition, the wedding ceremony takes place on the Le Domas estate, outdoors on the expansive grounds of the massive gothic mansion that houses the clan. Like most brides, she's nervous. But for Grace, the stakes are higher. Being that she's an orphan who was raised in a foster home, she's fulfilling her dream of being accepted into a bigger, permanent family. Grace's newly pronounced husband, Alex (Mark O' Brien), tells her that there's a more crucial part of the family tradition. For the Le Domas family, the initiation rite is more important than the wedding ceremony itself. After gathering everyone in the study, Alex's father Tony (Henry Czerny) explains that the family fortune was made through a pact between his great-grandfather and a mysteriously generous benefactor named Mr. Le Bail. To honor that pact and maintain their lofty position, Grace must take part in a game that's chosen at random by a mystical box. After she inserts a blank playing card into the box, it returns the card to her with the words "Hide and Seek" printed onto it. She soon finds out that the family doesn't play this harmless children's game in the traditional manner. No, the family is hell-bent on hunting her down to end her life. The story moves along at an even pace as viewers watch Grace run and hide and stumble from one violent debacle into another. Tonally, the movie is marked by irreverent, dark humor. The actors each do a fine job of playing to the genre. Their cavalier reactions to the gruesome, violent deaths hit the mark, and they don't overplay the comedic incompetence at murder. The fabric of the eccentric family serves as a great backdrop to Weaving's performance. Her wild-eyed expression and sharp breaths telegraph that she's an animal backed into a corner with vicious enemies closing in-she's ferociously defending her life and limb. Her angry screams of defiance curdle the blood with a rough, raw edge. Weaving gives a convincing performance that's a pleasure to watch. The movie's aesthetics play an important role in the experience as well. Set in a gothic mansion, viewers are treated to massive rooms styled in the rich décor of old money-ornately carved, wood trim and paneling on the walls, stone fireplaces, crystal chandeliers. The board games that reside in the glass cases of the mansion are thoughtfully designed, evoking the charm of vintage art styles. And the "Hide and Seek" song (composed by Brian Tyler) is spellbinding. Reverberating from a phonograph, its playful melody and seemingly innocent lyrics take on a disturbing quality given that it kicks off a sick, deadly game. Ready or Not serves up an interesting premise that echoes Jordan Peele's Get Out. Both feature a protagonist who gets roped into their betrothed's family and their occult practices. While this movie brushes very lightly against the attitudes of the wealthy elite, it doesn't seem to presume or aspire to do anything more than entertain. And in that regard, it flourishes.