Welcome back Fandemaniacs! Today I’ll talk about a new movie we got the honor of watching and reviewing. It is starring rising scream queen Stephanie Pearson (Insidious: Chapter 2; Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), and it’s called RECOVERY! It shows a portrait of a violent, haunted Afghanistan war vet and addict who questions her own sanity in a drug treatment center as patients are brutally murdered one by one.
The movie is directed and co-written by John Liang and he has created a vivid genre portrait of addiction in the U.S. seen through the plight of one veteran struggling with her past, all set in the confines of a wildly entertaining horror film.
Official Synopsis
A violent Afghanistan war hero and struggling addict enters a drug treatment facility, and must confront her demons and question her own sanity as patients are brutally murdered one by one.
Rising scream queen Stephanie Pearson (Insidious: Chapter 2; Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) stars in a visceral and raw performance as Ronnie Price, a struggling addict and decorated war hero from Afghanistan who suffers from severe PTSD, hallucinations, and violent blackouts. After being admitted to a drug treatment facility, Ronnie blacks out and attacks another patient. A young and idealistic psychiatrist (Hope Quattrocki) is determined to help Ronnie, while other staff attempt to discharge her.
When a massive blizzard traps everyone in the facility, patients begin to brutally die one by one, and Ronnie must confront her own savage nature and sanity, and fight to overcome her violent past and psychological war trauma.
RECOVERY is available NOW in stores, digitally, and on demand!
Movie Stills
To get a little glimps about the movie, here you go with a few exlusive stills!
Director John Liang said:
I wanted to explore the darkness of addiction, the struggle to get clean and one veteran’s post-traumatic stress through the lens of horror. I wanted to put the audience in the head of a recovering addict who is in a fragile, delicate place and must face an enemy more real than her own demons.
Directed & Co-Written by: John Liang
Starring: Stephanie Pearson, Hope Quattrocki, Liz Fenning, Arielle Hader, Aily Kei, Mike Starr, Tanya Alexander, Andi Rene Christensen, Joshua D. Lewis, Mariko Van Kampen, Stefanie Woodburn, Abraham Justice
Distributor: SP Releasing
Trailer
Review
The movie started good.. but got kinda boring after the first hour.. I guess you should’ve cut it shorter and put together a more compact storyline. It would’ve been amazing to see more of Ronnie’s past and her time in Afghanistan and what she went through so we could fully understand what she was going through and how she ended up as an addict.
Over all the movie is good to watch when you don’t know what else to do on a rainy day or on a relaxing night. The story itself has potential but wasn’t brought to the people in the best way. The music could’ve been a little better to some different situations and scenes but it was okay. The cinematography in the beginning and in the end was pretty damn amazing. Wish we would’ve seen more of it!
For me it’s 2,5 stars of 5 for RECOVERY! I’ll stay curious when it comes to movies directed by John Liang! Have you guys watched the movie yet, or do you have some more questions about it? Let us know in the comments below! #RECOVERY
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