The Last Temptation Of Becky Review: Hilariously Gory Capstone To Lulu Wilson's Revenge Series

Going for broke with its grindhouse impulses, The Last Temptation of Becky stays on the rails thanks to Lulu Wilson's central furious performance. Published Nov 2, 2026, 12:56 PM EST Brandon Zachary is a Lead Writer for Screen Rant's New Movie Team. He also writes or has written for Comicbook.com, CBR, That Hashtag Show, Just Watch, and TVBrittanyF. Brandon is an Emerging Screenwriters Semi-Finalist, co-writer of a Screencraft Quarter-Finalist, a seasoned on-screen interviewer, and a MASSIVE nerd. You can reach him at bs.zachary@gmail.com Practically an instant cult classic when it landed in 2020, Becky was a genuinely vicious take on the action-thriller that indulged not just in the visceral visuals of violence. By embracing a B-movie action tone and a grindhouse amount of gore, the Becky films have been able to bluntly exert a real sense of rage against a deeply flawed world. The sequel, The Wrath of Becky, took things a bit wackier and broader, but never lost that harsher edge to the central character. Becky might have become a bit more quippy, but there's a reason she has such an impressive kill count. The third film in the series, The Last Temptation of Becky, goes even bigger, with a comically campy expansion from the neo-Nazi threat from the first film into a genuine attempt to establish the Fourth Reich. Even as the movie becomes broader and goofier, the film vitally doesn't lose that core rage that's central to the title character. Rooting its perspective in Becky's simmering trauma, the narrative remains compelling on a character level. A proudly over-the-top and gruesomely goofy action movie, The Last Temptation of Becky is just ridiculous enough (and angry enough) to work. The Last Temptation Of Becky Knows Exactly What It Is Whereas the first Becky film was a vicious Home Alone riff, and the sequel embraced a harder, revenge-thriller vibe, The Last Temptation of Becky goes for broke with a narrative that takes cues from James Bond, Wolfenstein, and decades of grindhouse flicks. After joining the CIA following The Wrath of Becky, Lulu Wilson's Becky Hooper isn't really adjusting to the rules and regulations that come with such a position. As underscored by an opening espionage sequence in which her blunt approach leads to someone getting their head caved in, Becky hasn't conquered her anger so much as found a way to funnel it toward specific targets. Her latest mission takes her to Poland to monitor a larger Nazi movement moving in the shadows, which steadily proves connected to the key that the first film's villain, Kevin James' Dominick, had been after. Arriving in Poland and quickly getting to work investigating the "resort" run by Neil Patrick Harris' comically evil Wilhelm Reuss, Becky is quickly drawn straight into the action. Running at a crisp 89 minutes with credits, The Last Temptation of Becky never slows down for an instant after that point. Jenn Wexler, who directed and co-wrote the film with Matt Angel, gives Wilson a large sandbox to play in, either through gallows humor or gruesome duels. There's no real sense of complexity to the actual plot, to the extent that it actually resolves itself early – but Becky just cannot suffer a Nazi to live, so she sticks around to kill some more. While some of the fights may be fairly basic, they're never lacking in creative gore. The self-aware script gives the cast, especially the villains, plenty of comically tinted takes on action archetypes that play into the overall tone. This is a movie having an absolute ball of a time killing Nazis in gruesome and ridiculous ways, lending the action a certain goofball charm that helps it land. Becky's Real Rage Elevates The Campy Action Thriller While The Last Temptation of Becky does lose some of the more grounded thriller elements of the previous two films, it keeps ahold of a central element of the franchise: a genuinely furious edge. Wilson plays Becky as someone who is far more comfortable being the quippy action hero, but occasionally shows the deeply hurt young woman she really is. Those little moments where Becky lets her guard down, not to be vulnerable but to feel and embrace her grief and rage, make her a uniquely compelling take on the "embittered action hero." It's easy for characterization to be lost in these kinds of movies, leaving audiences with a bland hero taking out waves of faceless goons. By contrast, The Last Temptation of Becky is very much about a woman still reeling from all her trauma getting the chance to take it out on the most deserving, dangerous dweebs that have existed. The movie dwells in that anger, and Wilson mines the smaller moments to great effect. ...there's a vicious, furious, and funny bloodbath waiting for you with The Last Temptation of Becky. The film draws a lot of comedy from the self-aggrandizing, brutally self-centered nature of the Nazi villains, especially Harris' one-note but effectively villainous Wilhelm. The movie isn't looking for depth in its villains, to the point that Becky's disruption of their grand scheme might be one of the funniest subversions of this genre in recent history. Where it keeps its angry heart beating is with Becky, balancing out small moments of humanity amid her rage that remind her (and us) of what she's given up by becoming the killing machine. The movie isn't necessarily perfect, with some standard choreography, noticeable effects, and narrative leaps tripping up the viewer. Those little hiccups are often followed by a memorable turn or burst of violence, highlighting a non-stop pace that can get a little tiring at times. If you can get past those technical hiccups and embrace the gonzo gore for what it is, there's a vicious, furious, and funny bloodbath waiting for you with The Last Temptation of Becky. The Last Temptation of Becky releases in theaters on Wednesday, November 4. The Last Temptation of Becky 8/10 Release Date November 4, 2026 Runtime 89 minutes Director Jenn Wexler Writers Matt Angel, Jenn Wexler Cast Producers Aideen Hand, Chadd Harbold, Jordan Beckerman, Jordan Yale Levine, Larry Greenberg, Paul Kennedy, Russ Posternak