Would You Rather is about a young woman named Iris who is caring for her sickly brother. When faced with mounting medical bills, she is introduced to a shady millionaire by her doctor. The rich guy (played by Jeffrey Combs) offers to let her attend a dinner party where she can play a game to win all the money she will ever need. She attends and finds herself in a motley group where they are almost immediately put to ethical tests for money. Iris violates her vegetarianism for $10,000 and a recovering alcoholic (played by John Heard) gives up his sobriety for $50,000. And then, the real game begins. I don't want to give too much away but it involves electric shock, ice picks, buckets of water, razor blades and worse.
This is a pretty good cast considering how small a movie it is. June Squibb, fresh off of Nebraska, plays an old paralyzed woman playing the game. Heard and Combs do their thing pretty well. The guy who plays Penguin on Gotham is Combs' sadistic son, who attempts to rape one of the guests. Enver Gjokaj (from Joss Whedon projects galore) is Lucas, the kind of heroic balance trying to keep all the guests from losing their humanity.
Hard to watch at times but again, pretty well made for such a small budget. The cringe factor is high but the ending is pure O Henry. I can't recommend it for everyone but for those wondering where their own limits are, maybe see this and Cheap Thrills to find out.
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