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Mom and Dad (2018)

Mom and Dad is about two teenagers who try to survive a zombie-like apocalypse that causes mothers and fathers to attempt to murder their children in whatever "happening" manner.

Mom and Dad is written and directed by Brian Taylor. Taylor is best known for the Crank movies and Gamer. Those were high action, adrenaline filled thrill rides and Mom and Dad is no exception. The pacing of the film is intentionally fast and once you think you're done with one scene it melds into another heart-racing scene.

Selma Blair plays the bigger part in the film as the Mom of two. She has a complicated relationship with her daughter and with her husband. There are little interactions with her son as that is saved for Cage's character. She's better than I expected, especially since I haven't seen her act since Hellboy II.

Nicolas Cage is a hit or miss actor and this movie has Cage dialed to eleven. His quirks and ticks are back as well as the extreme back and forth emotions that he can do. He controls every scene that he's in and increases the tension past where it's supposed to be. It has everything you want from a Cage performance.

The kids in the movie are kinda meh. Don't expect anything good out of them.

I can't think of a movie that made me dread seeing what was going to happen next. There's just this one scene in a hospital that I couldn't stomach to watch. I had to close my eyes and plug my ears and wait for it to pass.

Result: B (It's a popcorn movie. You know what I mean. Shut your brain off.)

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