While Keeley admits to "authorising a bribe" every now and then, he actually answers to chairman Vinod Shah (Raza Jaffrey), which issues Ray a new target. In the scuffle, Keeley pleads innocence over Bennett's murder and explains that he's just the face of BioPrime. Elsewhere, up-and-coming senator Diana Morgan ( The Leftovers' Amy Brenneman) announces that her campaign has partnered with BioPrime to provide affordable healthcare to the public and "clean out the rot" in Pittsburgh.ĭespite Rachel's insistence that Bennett's claims were all part of a "dead-end conspiracy", Ray infiltrates a charity event and confronts Keeley, urging him to acknowledge the damage he's done to so many people. But his exposé will prove much more impactful if Ray tells his tragic story alongside it.ĭuring the pair's subsequent meet on a subway train, Bennett is fatally stabbed by a mysterious hitman and in the ruckus, Ray and Rachel, who had sneakily followed her father to the station, are injured.Ĭut to 24 months later, and Ray is struggling to forget about what Bennett told him. Six months after Amanda's passing, Ray – who seemingly got away with the death threat without so much as a warning – gets a call from a journalist named Martin Bennett (Nelson Franklin).īennett explains that he has enough dirt on Keeley to spark public interest in his affairs: cover-ups, offshore accounts, accepting bribes to take Spero off the market and what not. To break down its surprising – and super random – twist, as well as what the director has said about it, we have to go into some major spoilers, so you have been warned. However, when BioPrime's CEO Simon Keeley ( The Good Fight's Justin Bartha) decides to shelve the life-saving medicine, Amanda dies and it sets Ray off on a revenge mission that starts with him threatening – on live TV, no less – to kill Simon.Īs we mentioned, what follows seems like a pretty run-of-the-mill revenge thriller that plays out at break-neck speed. They've tried everything (and used up almost all of their money) in an attempt to cure Amanda, and just when it looks bleakest, Ray – and the couple's daughter Rachel (Isabela Merced) are given one last hope in the form of new drug Spero, made by a pharmaceutical corporation called BioPrime.
SWEET GIRL MOVIE
After a cold open, the movie flashes back a vague "years earlier" to establish that Momoa's Ray Cooper is an outdoorsy family man whose wife, Amanda (Adria Arjona), is very ill. It's unexpected because, for the most part, the movie plays like a fairly standard revenge thriller after it wastes no time in setting up its premise. Like, for instance, the fact that the movie can’t decide if it wants to be an action revenge flick, a psychological thriller, or a serious critique of the American medical system.Sweet Girl has quickly shot to the top of Netflix's most-watched list and that's likely not just because its lead star is Aquaman's Jason Momoa, but also because of its unexpected twist. As this cinematic Frankenstein lurches through its bloated runtime, you may notice a few things. Writing an original story would be difficult and require effort, so instead the screenwriters have taken a dozen different clichés and created a thoroughly terrible mosaic. The writing is, as per usual, out of a can. Sweet Girl falls somewhere between a dumpster fire and a train wreck. Have fun.įor the rest of you who have questions about the quality of the movie and not the luxuriant locks of the leading man, I have bad news. Just go get your fill of man-bunned eye candy. I understand that Jason Momoa is a man with no small amount of sex appeal – how else could Aquaman have made any money? If you’re here because you like watching Jason Momoa, then nothing I’m about to say will matter. But Ray isn’t in this alone, and he’ll have to look after his daughter, Rachel (Isabela Merced), while plotting his revenge. When his wife dies, Ray swears vengeance against BioPrime CEO Simon Keeley (Justin Bartha) and anyone else he considers to be responsible for the death of his wife. A cheaper alternative is about to hit the market, and Ray is determined to get some as soon as possible – until BioPrime pays the manufacturer to hold the drug indefinitely. Her best chance is an expensive treatment manufactured by BioPrime, but the Coopers can’t afford it. Family means everything to Ray Cooper (Jason Momoa), so when his wife (Adria Arjona) is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, he all but moves into the hospital to ensure she receives top quality care.
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