Ready or Not Is a Clever Horror Comedy About Entitled Rich People

Beginning with Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” this cautionary tale of wealth spiraling into murderous madness has been remade by Hollywood numerous times, from the Fay Wray–starring 1932 version to the 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme action thriller Hard Target. When Fitch (played by Kristian Bruun), a member of the well-heeled Le Domas clan, is handed a weapon and told to hunt someone through the family’s expansive mansion, he excuses himself to go to the bathroom, then quickly loads a YouTube video titled “Getting To Know Your Crossbow.” That’s the arch joke at the heart of the film: The target of the hunt, the newlywed Grace (Samara Weaving), might be spared from death not only by her own ingenuity, but also by the incompetence of the people chasing her.