Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.
Everly is a lean, single-location siege thriller that commits fully to its grindhouse-adjacent premise. The confined apartment setting gives it a distinct, almost theatrical unity of place, and director Joe Lynch wrings decent visual energy from the claustrophobic space. However, the plot is thin and episodic — essentially a series of escalating waves of attackers — and the narrative logic frequently buckles under scrutiny. Salma Hayek gives a committed physical performance but the script gives her little emotional complexity to work with, and supporting performances are broadly cartoonish. The ending deflates rather than pays off, feeling rushed and underearned. Its novelty lies in the relentless single-setting execution and its unapologetic B-movie energy, which sets it apart from generic action fare even if it doesn't fully capitalize on its concept.