Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Everly’

Written by Scott Edwards 

​Betraying someone’s trust is never good, but most of the time when it happens you are just told to leave them alone. But there are some people that value their trust more than anything and when challenging them, you will find out that there is so much more that they will try and do to you. It is not only about you during this time, your family and friends can also receive the wrath of these people, so you need to make sure you know what you are getting yourself into. With so many people going off of the deep end, it is easy to see why they would try to attack you in one way or another, you just need to be prepared for the ramifications. 
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While debating to kill herself or not, Everly listens to the men looming outside of the bathroom, waiting to have their way with her. Thinking twice, Everly takes matters into her own hands and comes out shooting, killing all of her owner’s men in a fit of rage. While searching around the apartment, Everly hears all of the men’s phones going off and while it is driving her crazy, she finally answers one. Taiko is watching his former love and now that she has betrayed his wishes, he will follow through on the promise he made four years ago and send his men out to kill her mother and daughter. 

Before Everly is able to think, the apartment is rushed by the other working girls on the floor who have been promised a large payout for killing the deadly vixen. As they are all looking for their own payday, all alliances are off and they wind up killing each other before getting a shot at Everly.  Pulling out the stash of money Taiko has stored in the apartment, Everly needs to find a way to get it to her mother so she can leave the city and get her daughter to safety.  When talking to the lone survivor in the apartment, Everly finds out that it may be next to impossible to leave the building alive, but she has to try for her family’s sake. Getting thrown back into the apartment by the police, Everly knows that the only way to get her mother the money is to have the old woman come down to the apartment. 

While talking to Dead Man, Everly finds out that he is not one of the bad guys that Taiko has on the payroll and tries to make him as comfortable as possible. After cleaning the apartment of all of the bodies, Everly’s mother and daughter make their way in with minimal trouble, but that does not last long.  After Dead Man dies on the couch while talking to his shooter's daughter, the power goes off and Everly knows that something worse is coming for her. Hiding her mother and daughter in a friend’s apartment, Everly is introduced to The Sadist who has plans for the woman. With threats of unadulterated pain, Everly is saved by her mother, if only for a moment before Taiko kills the old woman and is ready to handle his unfinished business.  Not expecting Everly to put up much of a fight, Taiko is in for a life changing experience.

That is just a brief description of what happens in the movie, what I did not add was all of the action and blood that took over the apartment. After the first round of shooting, I expected that it would be it for the rest of the movie, but boy was I wrong. I must admit that I laughed a little bit more than I should have during some parts, but when a grenade is thrown into an elevator and all you see is the blood coming out of it, this movie really hit a sweet spot for me. I liked the story as the movie played on, but I am still in the dark to what Everly did to deserve the punishment she suffers in the first place, which is okay, but she really must have done something terrible to Taiko to break his heart. The entire movie takes place in the apartment and I cannot believe the destruction that took place throughout and how the building was still able to stand on its own after the movie ended. If you are looking for a movie that is purely action driven with a strong female lead, this might be the movie you need to check out.

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