Bad Turn Worse

Bad Turn Worse

Directed by Simon Hawkins, Zeke Hawkins

Produced by Rough & Tumble Films

201491 min5.4 / 10

A dark crime thriller about three teenage friends whose attempt to escape poverty spirals into violence and moral compromise when they cross a ruthless syndicate.

Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when one of them steals from the wrong man.

Questions people ask

  • Is Bad Turn Worse scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Bad Turn Worse sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Bad Turn Worse violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Bad Turn Worse end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Bad Turn Worse easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

12/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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