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Though I first viewed this back in 2022, I love how this tale of the ill-fated Kurt Kunkle resembles the same fate of Walter Paisley from A Bucket of Blood. However, in this updated version, Kurt desires being a viral sensation as a YouTube Influencer, rather than just being a renowned artist.
We first see this as Kurt gives us a brief summary about his life, and how he became interested in social media. But from the snippets we observe, Kurt's not good at his craft, as we also intro a child known as Bobby DeFlay (aka Bobby BaseCamp), who basically is famous (or infamous, depending how you look at it) for his 'Jackass' like videos.
After many failed attempts, including using a RideShare called 'Spree,' Kurt gets an epiphany. One which would make Wednesday Addams and Vincent Price proud: Under the guise of a YouTube 'how-to' video Kunkle denotes as 'The Lesson,' he covertly decides on killing off his passengers. Basically as a means to go viral, since he feels this will give him instant social media fame.
Now here, I want to point out where Walter and Kurt's scheme slightly diverge: whereas Walter obtains his fame by happenstance (he dunks a cat in plaster, which he accidentally killed), Kurt deliberately murders his passengers (first by poisoning, then escalating to actually running over them, and using junkyard dogs, and a drill for offing them), but due to the deceptive nature of social media videos, nobody believes what Kurt is doing is real. In fact, on Kurt's first killing, Bobby proclaims: FAKE NEWS! Whereas Kurt just shrugs it off, indicating to his viewers, for doing this you have to make them think the entire homicides aren't real.. at first.
Besides Bobby, the passengers, and Kurt, another element is thrown in: Jessie Adams, whom is a famous social media comedian, where her videos are viral. Naturally, Kurt is bemused since he wonders why she records her videos vertically than horizontally, but covertly will sort of become a voice of reason for Kurt in the long run.
Throughout the majority of the film, Bobby BaseCamp is your typical social media star. Sort of like the other side of the coin for Kurt. From what we see from the snippets, after Kurt introduces him to the first victim, Bobby's viral videos are composed of him doing wild stunts. Such as stealing a security officer's phone, to throwing an illegal pool party at someone's mansion, Bobby takes delight at being the prankster.
Consequently, Bobby hardly takes any accountability for any of his actions, as we see him heartlessly tell his viewers about a girl who had seriously injured himself at the pool party not being his fault. Nor does he offer any condolences to her and the family. In fact, Bobby is like the Lucy Van Pelt to Kurt's Charlie Brown. Since throughout the film, all Bobby seems to do is criticize Kurt to no end. Hardly offering him any assistance, believing what Kurt's doing are just desperate stunts for garnering views and likes, Bobby keeps being practically caustic to him. Which eventually becomes Bobby's inevitable downfall, when Kurt finally confronts him.
Whereas Jessie herself, unwittingly is the Daria of the film, while at her first gig, which Kurt eventually attends. During her monologue, she begins telling her fans the flaw behind social media itself, as she briefly describes her encounter with Kurt earlier. In all honesty, being a child of the 70s, at this point the film does get a bit ham-fisted, but doesn't distract too much to the story itself.
Meant as a bit of a satire on social media, I loved the film, especially Joe Keery as Kurt Kunkle. Since many fans know him as Steve Harrington from STRANGER THINGS, it's interesting how he can change character personas so effectively. Where when you see him here, you're going, 'Wait, THAT'S Joe Keery?' In fact, I was rather impressed by his role, it inspired me to create some OCs (Original Characters) based on the actor himself.
But I digress, Spree is a great film, with a bit of an homage to 'A Bucket of Blood,' and I recommend it if you love dark humor and satire on the whole social media biz.
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It was supposed to be a blue ray disc, but it was a regular dvd
This is a birthday present for my daughter…I paid for a blue ray disc but got a dvd…not the end of the world, but still…only giving 5 stars because of the speediness of the delivery and Joe Keery
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