Ready or Not is a 2019 American black comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. The film stars Samara Weaving as a newlywed who becomes hunted by her spouse's family as part of their wedding night ritual. Mark O'Brien portrays her husband, with Adam Brody, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell as members of his family.
The film had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2019, and was theatrically released on August 21, 2019 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film has grossed $33 million and received generally positive reviews from critics, praising Weaving's performance and the blend of dark humor and thrills.
The wealthy Le Domas family hosts a generations-long tradition of playing a game on the wedding night of new additions to the family. In a flashback many years ago, young Alex Le Domas and his brother Daniel witness the killing of a man named Charles, who has just married their aunt Helene.
Thirty years later, Alex - who has been estranged from his family for years - marries a young woman named Grace at the Le Domas estate. At midnight, after joining a family initiation, Grace participates in a session where she is required to draw a card from a mysterious wooden box and play the game written on the card with the Le Domas family.
Participating in the tradition with Grace are Alex, Daniel, their father Tony, their mother Becky, Daniel’s wife Charity, Alex’s drug-addicted sister Emilie, Emilie’s husband Fitch Bradley, and Helene, who is Tony’s older sister. Tony explains that his great-grandfather Victor Le Domas made a deal with a man named Mr. Le Bail where Le Bail would help create the Le Domas fortune if the Le Domas family established the aforementioned tradition.
