Lasso

It started off well, and the quality of everything looks really nice. I'm not completely into slasher flicks. I tend to prefer a little bit more plot. So when things got in the thick of it, and there wasn't a plot. It did drag a little bit. I would have preferred more of a motive as well.

The gore effects are done really well though, so I can imagine if this was a film you'd go for. It'd be enjoyable from that perspective.

I thought the set up had so much potential, and the actors seemed good too. So it wasn't really low budget like a lot of horror out there. Like I can see what was done well, even if it's not a film I'd enjoy a lot.

The movie follows a group of elderly tourists who are on a trip to attend a rodeo show, but their excursion takes a dark turn when they are kidnapped by a gang of twisted cowboys who force them to participate in a deadly game of survival.

The film boasts a talented cast, including Sean Patrick Flanery, Lindsey Morgan, and Andrew Jacobs, who deliver solid performances throughout. The cinematography effectively captures the bleak, rural setting of the film, and the visuals and gore are well executed.

At times, the story can feel clichéd and predictable and the characters are not well-developed enough to fully engage the audience. However, "Lasso" remains a convincing horror movie that delivers thrills and scares,. It is worth checking out for horror fans and broader audiences who are looking for a fresh take on the genre.

So "Lasso" delivers the goods in spades with gore and some gnarly scenes. Psychotic Cowboys. A novel idea! Yes? A group of Seniors and a few stragglers on a field trip end up at a rodeo that is revealed to be anything but routine. Soon they end up on the proverbial chopping block.

The movie is a brisk 90 minutes and cuts to the chase... We don't get any backstory on the baddies. Nor do we get much backstory on the victims either. I was hoping for maybe more chase scenes. But overall It's no dealbreaker for me. Still it would've been nice to get just a little more story on both parties. Why are the Rodeo workers doing this? Who knows!

The film also looks and sounds great. The calibrated weapons of choice are also a nice touch. On paper a roving gang of homicidal Cowboys sounds silly. But it makes the most of the absurd premise. It plays it fairly straight.

Still with it's very minor flaws the film is pretty enjoyable. Shakespeare this is not. Rustle up some grub or a brew and enjoy the show Hoss. Yeehaw!

In your average type horror film you usually have the bad guy or guys, chasing the scantily clad young woman or women and possibly a guy or 2 but they'll die first. In Lasso, a truly different gore-fest, you have women, seniors, a seemingly helpless young guy, and a cowboy with one arm, all running and fighting for their lives. Throw in a rodeo clown with rainbow striped suspenders and this is a very enjoyable thrilling, horror film. You don't exactly know who is going to die, which is great, it's suspenseful and also witty and having seen it twice, it's memorable. It definitely deserve much higher than it's current 4.7 rating.

It's undeniable that "Lasso" resembles a movie and there are even examples of the movie having some style, care and love put into it. But it's also a stupid movie. Characters, though somewhat interesting, often act stupidly, violence is over the top (which doesn't match with the serious tone movie is trying to have) and the whole thing just lacks polish, atmosphere and talent to be better than it is. We have a main character that looks and acts like an illegal son of Enrique Iglesias and he is often irritating because his personality is that of a weak and scared city boy who is incapable to man up and face the situation until, predictably, the very end of the movie. And I know that's the point, but it doesn't make it any less irritating. His female counterpart isn't any better and manages to be a less engaging character than him, for whom we at least care for because the majority of the movie is based on his perspective. While the movie isn't so bad you will cheer for it to end (movie has a cool ending scene with a good song), it's just not what I would call a good movie and I fail to see how one of my fellow reviewers could give it 8/10 with a clear conscience while praising the unpredictability of the victims among characters like it's some kind of a monumental achievement. All in all, I think "Lasso" has an appropriate score on this page and that's why I will give it 4.5/10! It can be a onetime watch for genre fans and provide some entertainment, but it's ultimately a below average horror movie.