Review of Swallowed

Swallowed (2022)
8/10
Unexpected
10 March 2023
Cooper Koch, Jose Colon, Jenna Malone, and Mark Patton star in this horror thriller about a "drug" trafficking incident gone terribly wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I found the friendship between the lead characters, Benjamin (Cooper Koch) and Dom (Jose Colon) to be very sweet in the midst of an ugly situation. The unrequited love they had for each other is evident and I ended up rooting for the relationship that could be. Jenna Malone's Alice as the no nonsense, gun wielding trafficker was a surprise because these sorts of archetypes are usually played by men. I was totally convinced that she'd put a bullet in someone without a second thought. Nightmare On Elm Street 2 "final boy", Mark Patton as Rich, Alice's boss was overtly sadistic yet subtly unhinged, which was interesting to see. The film itself is more of a horrific thriller. It doesn't use the usual gory special effects crutch to tell the story, but what unfolds is quite horrifying. For me, that was a pleasant change of pace.
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