Happy Birthday!

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Movie Info

On his birthday, Brady finds out his girlfriend has been cheating on him. His best friend Tommy decides to take him on a raging drug induced birthday celebration in Mexico to forget his troubles. Things quickly take a dark turn when the two girls they meet at a bar are connected to a Mexican drug cartel and hold them for ransom. Drugged and tortured, Brady and Tommy now must fight for their lives and find a way to escape a desolate hotel room nightmare in a foreign land.

Rating:

R (for sexual content, Language throughout, Some nudity, Drug use and violence)
Genre:

Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Casey Tebo
Written By:

Casey Tebo
In Theaters:

Sep 9, 2016 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Nov 1, 2016
Runtime:

90 minutes
Studio:

Darko Entertainment

Cast

Matt Bush
as Brady Baxter

Vanessa Lengies
as Katie Elizondo

Britne Oldford
as Lucia

Riley
as Tommy Quinn

Matthew Willig
as The Cowboy/El Caballo

Tristin Mays
as Janie

Steven Tyler
as Kasape Suka

Robert Miano

Erik Palladino
as Texican

Jeff Daniel Phillips
as Frank Zappa

Inanna Sarkis
as Kasape Suka's Girlfriend

Diahann McCrary
as La Sad Girl the Gangster

David A. Garcia
as Cockfight Gambler

Carlos Adrian Romero Ayala
as Gangster

Juan Jose Dubon
as Eldest Brother

Rey Borge
as Fat Gang Leader

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Critic Reviews for Happy Birthday!

All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Rotten (3)

Though well-acted and stylish, this meta-grindhouse exercise strains under its own self-satisfied cleverness.

Sep 8, 2016 | Full Review…

Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic
For all its strenuously outrageous twists and turns, Happy Birthday! is ultimately too conventional to really stand out among similar thrillers.

Sep 8, 2016 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
Film Journal International
It plays like it was written by a bro who just discovered the early films of Quentin Tarantino.

Sep 6, 2016 | Rating: .5/4 | Full Review…

Wes Greene
Slant Magazine