Get Duked! (2019)

Get Duked! is the kind of gleefully unruly genre cocktail that shouldn’t work but absolutely does: a teen misfit comedy that suddenly sprints into a backwoods chase movie, then swerves into horror-tinged absurdity without losing its beat. Ninian Doff directs with the confidence of a DJ dropping the perfect track, keeping the Scottish Highlands vivid and the momentum relentless while the ensemble bounces off each other with scrappy, foul-mouthed charm—especially the scene-stealing DJ Beatroot, whose hip-hop swagger turns panic into punchlines. Beneath the chaos there’s a sharp satirical bite about class, youth, and who gets to call the shots, but it never forgets to be funny first. If you’re allergic to heavy profanity or stoner antics, it may not be your hike, but if you want something fast, weird, and wildly entertaining, this one earns its cult-love the hard way.

Get Duked! is clearly aiming for a scrappy, hip-hop-fueled survival comedy: four loudmouth teens dropped into the Highlands, chased by posh psycho hunters, with the whole thing pitched as a chaotic satire of class and “kids these days” panic. When it’s clicking, it has a few genuinely funny spikes of energy, a game cast, and a nice sense of place that keeps it from feeling like a total throwaway. The problem is it can feel uneven and oddly low-stakes for a movie built around being hunted—stretches drag, the banter doesn’t always land, and the jokes sometimes lean on familiar laddish beats rather than a sharp, distinctive voice. If you want tight tension, clever dialogue, or a horror-comedy that escalates cleanly, this may test your patience; if you’re fine with rough edges, heavy swearing, druggy chaos, and a punky “let’s just see what happens” vibe, it’s an easy enough ride.