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‘Ick’ Review: Brandon Routh Finds a New Way to Be Super in Joseph Kahn’s Frenetic Monster Movie
A mysterious goo gets some big ideas about modern anxieties to stick in 'Ick,' a high school-set horror film from music video auteur Joseph Kahn.
Only Kahn — still best known for music videos for the likes of Britney Spears and Taylor Swift, amidst features such as “Torque,” “Detention” and “Bodied” — could make a film about free-floating malaise that feels so busy. Star quarterback Hank Wallace ( Brandon Routh) has it all at Eastbrook High, but a knee injury during a game and a breakup with his girlfriend Staci (Mena Suvari) put him on the path to nowhere rather than playing college ball. Yet “Ick” suggests that someone should have given him a call about the “Venom” movies — the symbiote-driven set pieces here rank with the best of them, while the sheer amount of camera setups required for any given five minutes of the film lend it a rare kineticism.
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