Bad Girls Don’t Cry. They Get Even.
Girls Against Boys is unlike any other revenge drama. It touches upon some elements of horror and delivers a few twists which is what makes it stand out from other films that carry a similar premise.
It stars Danielle Panabaker as Shae who has a lot of bad experience with men. She ultimately teams up with her co-worker Lulu, portrayed by the sexy redhead Nicole LaLiberte, who has a simple yet deadly way of dealing with men who do wrong.
The films grabs your attention from the very first frame, focusing on Lu’s face for half a minute before she gets up from her seat. But this isn’t where the story starts.
We jump to Shae who ditches her friend to spend the weekend with her boyfriend. However, he eventually tells her they can’t see each other anymore, because he and his wife have decided to stay together for the sake of their daughter. Essentially, he’s an asshole.
Whilst working in a bar, Shae takes a short break to cry over her ex-boyfriend. Lu notices and asks if it’s because of a guy, letting us know that she’s about to sympathise greatly, because “all men are the same” as she reveals later in the film. Lu invites Shae out for a drink to help her get over him and this is where the film truly begins.
Shae and Lu form a close bond from the night they go out together and we see them dancing in a club to the film’s excellent soundtrack; which may I add does improve throughout. From this night, Shae has another bad experience with a man. And that’s when Lu decides she’s going to help Shae sort this out.
The film, whilst it may seem predictable at times, hits some extremes and manages to flow easily, stay interesting and is overall entertaining to watch. LaLiberte is fun to watch as the mysteriously careless Lu. And it’s also good to see Panabaker expand her filmography and continue to prove her acting skills. I remember her mostly from Disney films such as Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) and Read It and Weep (2006).
The most interesting part of Girls Against Boys, however, comes at the end when something is hinted that makes you see the whole film in a different light. If you look closely, at the beginning scene, you might even figure it out before you get to the end.
Films like this one: Scorned (2013) and Kill For Me (2013)
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