Minka Kelly (Sara) vs Leighton Meester (Rebecca)
Oh.......those crazy roommates!
All of us have suffered a crazy roommate at one time or another, but chances are slim that you ever encountered a roommate as crazy as Leighton Meester's character in the 2011 release aptly named "The Roommate".
Here is the description from poster on IMBD:
Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara Matthews (Minka Kelly) has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca (Leighton Meester) is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But Tracy is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she's going to have to get to the bottom of what's up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches. Written by napierslogs
The two lead actresses are very beautiful, and it's no task to watch them for a long period of time, and the movie also features the scorching hot Alyson Michalka (Tracy) as an added bonus. Aside from that, I would have to label this a "fast-forward" movie in my book.
What kills me here, is that this is a movie that could have been great.
You got two very hot college girls. One becomes EXTREMELY possessive of the other woman. For example, when Sara comes home from a date with a guy, Rebecca storms out, chides Sara for not answering her phone calls, and then storms off.
You could feel the lesbian tension!
Well, or so I thought. But, then again, this is a Hollywood production so I should have known that I would have no such luck. Now, mind you, in Hollywood they always "tease". Sara was sitting at a table with her new boyfriend when he suggested that maybe Rebecca liked Sara "in that way". (chuckle, chuckle)
Way to tease us producers. Way to tease us. We do get a scene a bit later where Rebecca does kiss and seduce a woman in a bathroom, only to take her back and leave her tied up for the final scene.
But, anyway, forget the tease, let's get to some substance.
Let's get to the first catfight! Meow!
The scorching Alyson Michalka (Tracy) is taking a shower when suddenly the lights go off in the locker room area she is in. Rebecca is looking to teach Tracy a lesson. Namely, that Tracy is a bad influence on her new roommate and best friend Sara.........and she is going to let her know about it.
When the lights go off............Tracy walks around the place and looks around.........only to find nobody. However, she knows exactly who it was, as Rebecca had been giving her evil stare downs for the last couple of days.
Tracy decides to step back into the shower as she mutters "Bitch"........and suddenly somebody comes through the curtain...........and low and behold...........it is indeed Rebecca. Rebecca pushes her face against the ground, warns her to stay away from Sara, to not mention this conversation, and then she rips her belly button out for good measure.
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I was disappointed that they scripted a character as hot as Alyson Michalka (Tracy) to be such a total wimp. Earlier on you got the impression that she might be tough as she had a party girl/bitchy attitude.
But, whatever. They make the movies. I just report on the what they churn out. ;)
The Catfight:
All movie long has been building to the climax, where Rebecca has a girl tied on the bed, and Sara is pleading with her not to kill her. Sara gets close, and gets whopped in the face with the back of Rebecca's gun and then falls on the floor.
Rebecca then apologies profusely and goes over to help her up.
Sara finally retaliates against the crazed woman and knocks her off of her. She goes over to help her friend on the bed, who has a bag over her head, but is pulled back by Rebecca. Sara slams her backwards into the wall, but Rebecca tackles her to the ground, and then strikes her.
Rebecca then quickly gets up and leaves the room as she looks around in the adjacent room for her spare gun.
Sara then slams the door shut, and locks it, as Rebecca protests and bangs on the door while screaming Sara's name wildly. Sara removes the bag from her friend's head, but the phone is cut, and they are too high up off the ground to jump out the window.
Sara tries to crawl on the window panel to the fire escape, as her friend remains tied up in the bed. Sara busts in, is about to shoot her friend, but then Sara's boyfriend appears, tackles Rebecca, they have a struggle, and Sara gets shot in the window as she clings for life hanging by the curtains.
Her boyfriend mounts Rebecca and nails her with a hard punch to the face. He thinks she is knocked out, as he goes over to help Sara, but as he almost has her pulled up, Rebecca plants a sharp object into his back as he collapses to the side.
To Sara's surprise..........Rebecca pulls her up..........and she crawls over to her downed boyfriend. Sara grabs the gun and tries in vain to shoot Rebecca, but no bullets are left. She tries many times, and this angers Rebecca, as she can't believe it.
Now the catfight begins!
Meow!
Rebecca slams a backwards fist against Sara's face and roughly slams her into the wall. Sara falls to the ground, and Rebecca tries to follow up, but get kicked in the face. However, Rebecca is not deterred, as she smashes a glass vase against the back of Sara's neck, and mounts her as Sara is facing down.
Rebecca then powers Sara over to the dresser with the mirror behind it and starts choking her with all of her strength. Sara puts up a good struggle, but finally, her movements go limp as Rebecca smiles. Instead, Sara muses, "You will never be my friend" and then jams a sharp object in Rebecca's back as she falls to the side...........seemingly dead.
Sara, however, wants the necklace on her neck, as she reaches down to retrieve it. An out of it Rebecca snatches Sara's wrist, holding it in place, and the drifts off to sleep forever.
And............that's all folks.
The catfight was ok by Hollywood standards.............of which...........is really not much to be excited about really. I remember some websites reporting this would be the "Mother of all Catfights". Talk about hype. It's always hype, hype, hype when it comes to a possible catfight.
However, if you want to buy this, feel free to be my guest. Again, I guess it's a decent bout, but I doubt it's anything you are going to want to watch twice.
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