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A group of young people want to make a porn film. It's 1979, and they can't exactly do this anywhere, as those types of films are more underground than acceptable. So they rent a cabin in Texas from an elderly couple. Wayne (Martin Henderson) is the director and his girlfriend Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow is the star). Jackson (Kid Cudi) is the lead male, and RJ (Owen Campbell) is cameraman while his rather naive girlfriend Lorraine (Jenna Ortega) holds the boom mic. Maxine (Mia Goth) is the other female actress.
The old man who owns the farm, Howard (Stephen Ure) lives at the main house with his wife. They
find him creepy, and they are determined he not figure out what they're doing, sure he wouldn't like it. Yet they go so far as to shoot scenes in his barn, taking a chance on being caught. In their downtime, they discuss porn and why there is nothing wrong with it, and Lorraine decides she wants to be part of it, to RJ's dismay. That's about the time when everything takes a turn for the worse.
X is the first film in Ti West's trilogy. I reviewed Pearl last week which, although being made second, comes first chronologically. Where Pearl was very psychological, X is more of your standard slasher film. But that isn't to say that it's not worth watching. Having seen Pearl already, I anticipated different things, but you can watch them in either order. Again, Mia Goth is outstanding as Maxine. The third part of the trilogy is Maxxxine, which comes out July 5 and picks up where X left off. I am looking forward to that. I'll give X 4 Stars.
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