Film Review – It’s a Wonderful Binge

2020’s “The Binge” had potential. It was a comedic take on “The Purge,” only instead of unimaginable violence allowed across the country for a short period of time, the feature focused on drugs made legal for citizens looking to go crazy for one night. Screenwriter Jordan VanDina had a chance to create a rollicking movie about the wildness of such freedom, and “The Binge” got halfway there, helped along by co-star Vince Vaughn, who worked to make his moments count in a picture that tried to get by on poorly imagined raunchiness. VanDina returns to his creation for a Vaughn-less “It’s a Wonderful Binge,” a sequel nobody asked for but the writer is happy to deliver, and he's newly promoted to the director’s chair, overseeing the next round of binge-tastic shenanigans. The first endeavor felt like a missed opportunity, while the follow-up is a torturous viewing experience, lacking even basic cinematic functions as VanDina lurches from one unfunny, borderline unfinished scene to the next. “The Purge,” with all of its death, destruction, and excruciating acting is actually funnier than “It’s a Wonderful Binge.” Read the rest at Blu-ray.com