Whatever happened to numbering sequels? Or at least using words that clearly indicate the film in question is a sequel, like "return" or "revenge". It took me until after I purchased a ticket for "The Wrath of Becky" to realize this is actually a sequel to 2020's "Becky". I hadn't seen or even heard about the original before, but luckily there's no harm done. This movie features a brief and hectically edited summary of the events in "Becky" at the beginning, and there isn't much else you need to know. Becky is unusually feisty for a 16-year-old, and her adventure with murderous Neo-Nazis in the previous film made her even more cynical and emotionally numb. When the one person she cares about gets murdered, and her beloved dog kidnapped, by patriotic extremists (= basically just racist rednecks), she transforms into a merciless killing machine with a cute bonnet. I watched "The Wrath of Becky" at midnight in a crowded festival theater, and that's exactly how I recommend it to others; - at a festival or with a bunch of friends. It's a horror crowd-pleaser, plain and simple. The whole plot builds up to a handful of gritty and imaginative kills, and that's exactly what you're getting. It's not plausible or tense, it's not particularly intelligent or original, but you won't regret watching it for a second. Lulu Wilson is delightful as the youthful avenging angel, and Seann William Scott is quite convincing in an atypical role.

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