Let’s be honest. If you’re looking for something with a NatGeo/Conservation-type ending wrapped up in a pretty bow, you won’t find it here.
What you WILL find is a generous amount of hilarity and gore, as Justin Long further cements his credentials as Scream King; a title he’s well-earned since Jeepers Creepers and Tusk.
With a relatively small cast, Coyotes balances comedy with jump scares, and just the right amount of blood and wine (so to speak). I’ve read complaints about the film “not being fleshed out to give EVERY character a backstory,” and I disagree. A majority of the cast you meet right before their demise (every death is savage yet hilarious), so why bother wasting the celluloid? The only characters who get a proper story are the Stewart family: Scott (Long), Wife Liv (Kate Bosworth, “Blue Crush,” “Barbarian”) and daughter Chloe (Mila Harris, “King Saud”). Scott has worked overtime to get his family out of their previously crappy situation and into a beautiful home in the Hollywood Hills.
