Becky (2020 film)

Thirteen-year-old Becky Hooper is being questioned regarding an event that recently took place at her family's house. She gives vague answers and does not seem to remember what they are discussing.

Two weeks earlier, Becky was a bullied high school student whose mother passed away a year ago. She has a strained relationship with her father Jeff, who attempts to reconnect with her with a trip to their lakefront home. Meanwhile, prisoner Dominick, a Neo-Nazi, and his men Apex, Cole, and Hammond are riding in a transport van. Dominick has an inmate killed to get the guards to pull over, using the opportunity to kill them and pose as policemen. They stop a man and his two children on the street, kill them, and take their car.

Jeff's girlfriend Kayla and her young son Ty arrive at the house, upsetting Becky. Jeff announces that he and Kayla are engaged. Hurt, saying her mother would have hated them, Becky runs out of the house, followed by one of her dogs, Diego. At her small fort in the woods, she retrieves a large and unusual key from inside a tin box. The bow of the large key is formed in the shape of the valknut symbol. Dominick and his men show up at the house, take everyone hostage, and demand the key -- Dominick shows them that he has the symbol tattooed on his hand. Kayla and Ty try to escape but are caught by Apex, who tries to help them while Cole kills Dora, one of the family's dogs. Jeff lies about Becky's presence to protect her, but Dominick catches on and shoots Kayla in the leg to get the truth out of them.

Becky, still in the woods, becomes aware of the intruders' presence and talks over a walkie-talkie, lying about calling the cops; Dominick calls her bluff and brings Jeff outside to the family's firepit to lure Becky out. He begins to torture Jeff with a marshmallow toasting stick. Becky relents and says she will give him the key. Dominick allows Jeff to talk through the talkie, but he orders Becky to run. Jeff breaks free and finds Becky, telling her he loves her before being shot dead. Dominick demands the key and Becky gouges out his left eye with it before fleeing with Diego.

Dominick goes back into the house to cut off the dangling eye and sends Cole and Hammond out to retrieve the key. Cole finds and chases Becky back to her fort where Diego is. Cole tries to negotiate with Becky, but she surprises him and stabs him repeatedly with colored pencils and jabs a sharp ruler through his neck, killing him.

Apex shows Kayla and Ty compassion and Dominick realizes Apex is going soft. He tries to have Apex reaffirm his loyalty to him since he has been planning this job for years while in prison. After finding Cole's corpse, Hammond chases Becky down to the lake, where she makes him trip and land on a wooden plank of nails. Hammond falls in the lake and Becky uses a nearby boat to violently shred Hammond's chest with its motor. She is found by Apex, who incapacitates Diego. Not wanting to hurt Becky after his guilt over killing the two children earlier, Apex urges her to flee.

Becky makes her presence known to Kayla and Ty; Kayla tries to distract Dominick by asking him about the key's purpose (which is never revealed). Becky sets off the car alarm to lure Dominick out as Kayla tries to free herself. Apex fends off Dominick long enough for Becky to use a lawnmower to run over Dominick's head. Apex thinks he may be redeemed for saving her, but Becky shoots him in the head instead. Kayla and Ty come out with Diego and sit beside Becky as they wait for the police.

In the present, Becky denies murdering the Neo-Nazi gang, even though they know she did it. The sheriff expresses concern over the fact, as Becky shows no remorse.

In May 2019, it was announced Simon Pegg and Lulu Wilson had joined the cast of the film, with Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion directing from a screenplay by Nick Morris, Lane Skye and Ruckus Skye.[6] In July 2019, it was announced Kevin James had joined the cast of the film, replacing Pegg who dropped out due to a scheduling conflict.[4] In August 2019, Joel McHale, Amanda Brugel and Robert Maillet joined the cast of the film.[7]

The film was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2020.[8] However, the festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] That same month, Quiver Distribution and Redbox Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film and set it for a June 5, 2020, release.[10]

Through its first 10 days of release, the film ranked as high as 8th on Spectrum's rental charts and 12th at the iTunes Store.[11]

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