In fact, every single secondary antagonist in the film is a similarly vile example of toxic femininity (if there is such a thing), and every other man in the film is a victim, even the ones trying to kill Chip. She is far from the only example of horrfically stereotypical shrews in the film. She is the very embodiment of the kind of woman that men's rights activists insist are everywhere, and that's really hard to watch. There is nothing about the Liza character that defines her outside of that a disregard for the men around her.
Liza is evil, which would be fine, if it weren't for the fact that every single character trait written to outline her evilness is directly attributable to negative stereotypes of manipulative women. AnnaLynne McCord's portrayal of Liza as a harpy of a woman whose sole purpose on earth is to manipulate the men around her, whether it be Chip, her landlord, or her poor simpleton brother, is incredibly grating and one note. There are plenty of films that utilize women as villains in interesting and compelling ways. I've seen enough exploitation films over the years to understand how these things are constructed. Sex, drugs, and violence are in no short supply here, but I do have a really major issue with the film that became evident within the first few minutes. On the surface, 68 Kill has enough going for it to find great success as a modern indie crime exploitation film. Liza gives chase, and the rest of the film follows Chip as he encounters one asshole after another on his way to freedom. Chip decides he's had enough and goes on the run with a hostage their pair had kidnapped when the simple heist took a predictably sideways turn. All the while she assures him that it's for the best, simultaneously digging him deeper and deeper into her horrendously twisted plans.Įventually Chip draws the line when he discovers that Liza's predilections for mania and abnormal behavior run in the family after an unsettling collision with her dopey oaf of a brother Dwayne (Sam Eidson), who has some pretty twisted hobbies of his own. Chip pretty quickly realizes that his girlfriend is far more out of control than he knew after watching her trade sex for rent with their unpleasant landlord. The story revolves around a white trash heist of $68,000 initiated by Chip's emasculating, maniacal girlfriend, Liza (AnnaLynne McCord), who uses her feminine wiles to induce her man into becoming an accessory to all manner of heinous crimes in the name of financial freedom. Matthew Gray Gubler's Chip has a really hard time with women in Trent Haaga's scumbags-on-parade exploitationer, 68 Kill.
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