5. The Aggression Scale
More of an action film than a horror that it somehow got lumped in and marketed as. Stephen C.Miller’s adult version of Home Alone has an incredible energy and confidence to it from the first scene onwards despite it costing peanuts to make.
The setup has a bunch of mafia goons going to recover $500,000 from a family who have fled into the countryside to start a new life. What the crew going to get the cash don’t count on is that the youngest son of the family has just been released from a care home and is extremely violent and inventive.
Like a pre-pubescent Rambo, Ryan Hartwig as Owen takes out the goons with rigged traps, sharp tacks and more traditional violence all to the chagrin of a wonderfully harassed Dana Ashbrook as Lloyd the goon sent in to lead the crew. The Aggression Scale is a film that leaves you wanting more which you need to take to twitter and let @Anchor_Bay know about ok? #aggressionscale2…
