Review: Wynonna Earp: Vengeance
By William Pattison
Well, I finally got to watch the Tubi Original Picture Wynonna
Earp: Vengeance. This film is based on the 2016 SyFy Original Series Wynona
Earp, that lasted five seasons.
This film begins five years after Wynonna Earp and her
associates, including a resurrected Doc Holiday, closed portal to hell in the
town of Purgatory. Somehow the portal is reopened when the former Sheriff of
Purgatory is ice fishing in the lake. A demon from hell in a human body is
released and it is out for vengeance with Wynonna. The demon, who is a former
councilor of Wynonna from when she was sixteen kills one of Wynonna’s friends
and badly beats up the former sheriff.
The current sheriff, who is in a lesbian marriage to
Wynonna’s sister, calls in Wynonna for help.
Wynonna is kind of burnt out with traveling the country
causing chaos with Doc Holiday and jumps at the chance to come home and kick
some demon ass.
Unfortunately, Wynonna doesn’t expect that this time she
will be facing an enemy from her past that won’t be satisfied until she has destroyed everyone
Wynonna loves including the daughter she had to give up to protect her.
So, let me get started… It was a lot of fun revisiting these
characters. The cast did well getting back into their roles after so long.
Unfortunately, this film sorely suffers from a shoestring budget. The whole
production screams made for TV. This is horribly evident in the final act when
Wynonna and crew fight the “hell hounds” and goes to Hell to face the demon.
The “hell hounds” were nothing but stunt men dressed in Party City robes with
cheaply made up claws. Also, Hell was a blackened set with a few blue light for
mood…seriously that was it. Really not that exciting.
So, in the end all Ãs resolved and all is safe again and Wynonna
Is given a resolution.
But, was it worth it? I would say no. The series ending was
way more satisfying. I’ve had more fun listening to the recently released audio
stories than I had with this mess. At least with the audios I can use my
imagination to view the minions of Hell rather than suffer those Power Rangers reject
minions I got in this film. Sorry, Tubi, that was a definite miss.
