You need to know as little as possible about a movie like this before watching it, so I’ll understand if you don’t want to read any further. Know then that I enjoyed the film. It has its issues, but if you liked Promising Young Woman, you’ll like this. 

If you do keep reading, I promise to limit the spoilers.

Naomi Ackie (new to me, but she’s terrific) plays Frida, a waitress with a bit of a thing for tech billionaire (and very naughty boy) Slater King. When she and her mate Jess (Alia Shawkat) gatecrash an after-party held by King, the waitress encounters the billionaire in a meet-cute for the ages. King invites Frida and Jess to his private island (someone’s a fan of Epstein), where… things get intense.

This is one of those movies where you’re waiting for the penny drop. Arguably, it takes longer than it should, but the acting—Frida and Jess’s relationship is wonderful—and the slick, clever direction (with several neat bits of foreshadowing) keep things moving. The second half of the film (it’s more like the last third) is… well, fucked up, but it’s not as violent as it might have been. The script from Kravitz and Feigenbaum makes its point without lingering. That’s not to say there aren’t horrific moments—the trigger warning that opens the film is undoubtedly justified.

The film’s conceit (no spoilers) is nonsense, and the climax only makes sense if you don’t think about it too much. And that’s what I would suggest. Don’t think about it too much because this film is less about its plot mechanics and more about women banding together rather than competing for the same awful man. Naomi Ackie and Adria Arjona (who plays Sarah) own the final third of the film, and whatever quibbles I have with the story pale into the background compared to their performances.