Cheap Thrills (2013)

“Whichever one of you fellas does this shot first gets $50. Boom!” -Colin,

For $50,000 I’ll eat whoever you want.

In Cheap Thrills, Craig, representative of the over-educated working poor (Pat Healy) is desperate for money and runs into his friend Vince, representative of the under-educated working poor (Ethan Embry) at a bar. Also at the bar is super rich and weird couple Colin (David Koechner) and Violet (Sara Paxton) who offer Craig and Vince more and more money to do progressively more dangerous, embarrassing or risky tasks. How long will they stay and what will they have to do? Yep, it gets pretty crazy eventually.

I love it. This film is short and effective. The pacing is rapid so you never really feel bored and the escalation of events is fun and suspenseful without getting full blown torture porn-y. The cast is great. Nobody plays a David Koechner role better than David Koechner… that is a scientific fact!