Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

[Steve C]

Title: Bad Times at the El Royale

Tagline: All roads lead here

Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime

Director: Drew Goddard

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Cailee Spaeny, Chris Hemsworth, Nick Offerman, Xavier Dolan, Shea Whigham, Mark O'Brien, Charles Halford, Jim O'Heir, Gerry Nairn, Alvina August, London Morrison, Bethany Brown, Rebecca Toolan, Hannah Zirke, Billy Wickman, Charlotte Mosby, William B. Davis, Manny Jacinto, Tally Rodin, Sophia Lauchlin Hirt, Jonathan Whitesell, Synto D. Misati, Austin Abell, Katharine Isabelle, Sarah Smyth

Release: 2018-10-04

Runtime: 141

Plot: Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

 

[Steve C]

A great cast, lots of surprises, and lots of 'dead darlings' Best film I've seen in a long while

 

[Andy D]

I thought this was great when I saw it, Steve. Rattled along nicely with a bit of a Tarantino feel but no laborious monologues (interesting parallels with Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) and like you say plenty of surprises!

 

[Steve C]

Yeah. It doesn't mess about, everyone has their own story and they all collide.