Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Most Likely to Die’

Written by Scott Edwards

One of the things that we always seem to let go of when we get older is keeping up with our old high school friends. I know that social media has helped out with this over the years, but still for the most part when you hit a certain age, you start to let go of your youth. It is hard to keep a good relationship with all of your friends from childhood, mainly because when you finally become an adult, you become a different person. It is important to keep up with your friends of days gone by, since it makes it easier for you to know what kind of person you have become since then. 

Ready to help her friends out in setting up their high school reunion, Gaby is quickly having second thoughts about being a part of it when she sees that her ex-boyfriend Brad is going to be a part of the committee as well. But before she is able to pull out, her best friend Jade shows up and is able to convince Gaby to stay and be a part of the team. Not being able to leave when all of her other friends arrive, Gaby is stuck in a big house that does not seem big enough for her, but needing to make the best out of a bad situation, she is ready to have some fun.

The old yearbook committee is back together and ready to make the reunion one for the ages. With Simone, Lamont, Jade, Freddie, DJ, Brad and his supermodel girlfriend Bella, along with Gaby, the group is ready to get everything done in one night. But there is a small problem in the back of their minds when the owner of the house Ray, and his high school squeeze Ashley, are nowhere to be found in the house and as night starts to set in, the group knows that they need to find their friends before they get hurt. Making their way down to the beach, Gaby finds Ashley’s body cut up and hidden in the electrical shack making everyone point their fingers towards Ray, who they think is losing his mind. Yet, not being able to find Ray as well is proving to be a problem and not having power in numbers may prove to be costly.

As the group returns to the house to find Simone dead in the hot tub, the group knows that they are up against someone that knows a little something about them. Reading all of the 'Most Likely To' blurbs from their yearbook photos, each one has some meaning when it comes to the way they are going to be X’ed out by the killer. Not knowing who they are up against, the remaining people in the group are trying everything they can to survive. With no way of contacting the outside world, Jade is able to find the gun that Ray keeps around the house for self-defense, but that may not be enough when the true killer shows up to claim all of them dressed in his Papier-Mâché mask and wielding his box cutter of revenge...

Just your classic high school slasher movie that takes place ten years after the fact, and is filled with remorse. I love how the storyline played out and the backstory of John Doe, who the group harassed for years, leading to his expulsion from school. Even though they all admitted to being a part of changing out his yearbook photo, which led him to snap, it seems like they feel bad about their decision, yet the grudge was never let go. With every character getting a good backstory, you start to feel like you are part of the crew, even when their issues come to the surface showing what they have done wrong in their lives. Not a bad way to tell a story, and you know what else is not a bad way to tell a story… adding a bloody ending. Box cutters, guns, gowns and even a graduation cap that is able to cut through anything, this is really the type of horror movie I can keep on my shelf for a night when I need to be entertained. Stay Scared.

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