"Til Death Do Us Part" an interminable, sub-"Ready or Not"/"John Wick" knockoff

Til Death Do Us Part (2023)

“Til Death Do Us Part” is bound to get compared to Radio Silence’s 2019 game-changer “Ready or Not,” as well as a red-hot movie star-led blockbuster that will go unnamed for spoiler-y reasons. For the sake of this tiresome cat-and-mouse thriller also about a bride being hunted (and that’s pretty much where the likeness begins and ends), the comparison to the former isn’t really to its benefit.

The movie begins like a Hallmark Original without any hint for what’s to come before a bride (Natalie Burn) is about to walk down the aisle and marry her groom (Ser’Darius Blain). Well, she gets cold feet and drives to a family cabin to blow off steam. Sooner or later, her would-be husband’s groomsmen (including Orlando Jones and Cam Gigandet) come to her on a “containment mission.” Grabbing a knife as soon as she sees them outside, this bride isn’t going to be an easy one to contain, even in her wedding dress. 

It’s not like this concept couldn’t have made for a lean, mean, entertaining chase. But with an unimpressive lead performance and a lousy script hidden by a tricksy narrative structure, the opportunities are botched. Director Timothy Woodward Jr. ("The Call") gets some brutal, bloodthirsty stunts out of the scenario (a shovel and chainsaw come in handy) cued to oldies from the ‘50s, but as is, this is a seemingly interminable, blandly executed genre exercise. Read the full review at GuyAtTheMovies.com.

Grade: D 

Cineverse is releasing "Til Death Do Us Part" (109 min.) in theaters on August 4, 2022.