Red Rocket (2021)
7/10
good creepy performance
7 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Washed up porn star Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) returns to his hometown of Texas City which is dominated by an oil refinery. His wife and mother-in-law are not happy for his return. He befriends next door neighbor Lonnie. He starts dealing drugs and other illicit materials to the refinery workers. He takes an interest in donut shop girl Raylee "Strawberry" (Suzanna Son). She is three weeks before her 18th birthday, the perfect age, and possibly Mikey's ticket back into the porn industry.

It is so creepy when Mikey first meets Raylee. The movie does make her more mature as it goes along. This has some funny moments, some sad moments, and a lot of delusional creepiness from Mikey. It's a good creepy performance. The movie is a bit long at over two hours. Lonnie could be cut out if not his car wreck section. The car wreck story could easily transfer to another character if it's really needed. This type of movies need to stay under two hours.
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