Genre deconstruction is awesome when done right. When it’s done wrong it comes across as trite, like the filmmaker doesn’t actually understand the very genre they want to take apart. However, when it’s done right you get films that help define the very genre they’re deconstructing. Take the likes of You’re Next and Cabin in the Woods or even Deadpool. They do more than just pointing out the tropes of their genres, they add something more to the mix. 

That’s what Bad Times at the El Royale does as well, but in a different way. Instead of deconstructing a specific genre, it mashes together a whole wealth of genres and delivers an utterly unique, unpredictable, and unexpected movie that never stays still long enough to be anything but itself. It’s the kind of genre-busting film that’s hard to review because the lexicon isn’t even there for it. Whatever it is in a grander thematic sense, Bad Times is good in every way. 

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Source: Destructoid Review: Bad Times at the El Royale