Bride Hard (2025)
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The story
Maid of honor Sam, who is secretly a government agent, organizes a bachelorette party in Paris for her best friend Betsy to intercept a rogue bioweapon. After Sam disappears from the party, Betsy drunkenly appoints Betsy's fiancé's sister, Virginia, as the new maid of honor. Sam eventually arrives at the wedding in Savannah, Georgia, but finds herself ostracized from the bridal party. Before the ceremony can begin, a team of mercenaries led by Kurt takes the wedding hostage, demanding access to a family vault. Sam must navigate the chaos to protect her friend while balancing her secret identity.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Maid of honor Sam, a secret agent, travels to Savannah, Georgia for her best friend Betsy's wedding after a botched mission in Paris. While at the private island estate, she is ostracized by the bridal party and finds herself at odds with Betsy's sister, Virginia. The wedding is interrupted when mercenaries led by Kurt take the guests hostage to steal gold bars and a hard drive from a vault keyed to the family's rings. It is revealed that the best man, Chris, is working with Kurt to help his father. Sam evades capture and eventually reunites with Betsy, helping her lead the hostages through secret passages to a train depot. Sam is captured while creating a distraction, but the hostages escape. Sam eventually rescues the bridal party from a whiskey still where she and Chris were being boiled alive. After a chaotic chase involving an antique cannon and a hovercraft, Sam throws Kurt overboard and Chris crashes in an explosion. At the train depot, Betsy marries Ryan, but a burned Chris arrives with explosives. Sam disarms him and reveals the hard drive's contents. After Sam accidentally hits the detonator, destroying the mansion, Virginia returns the maid of honor role to Sam, who toasts to their friendship while keeping her secret agent life a secret.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 105
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Simon West
- Writers
- Shaina Steinberg · screenplay; CeCe Pleasants Adams · story; Shaina Steinberg · story
- Cast and characters
- Rebel Wilson · Sam; Anna Camp · Betsy; Stephen Dorff · Kurt; Justin Hartley · Chris; Anna Chlumsky · Virginia; Da'Vine Joy Randolph · Lydia; Sherry Cola · Nadine; Gigi Zumbado · Zoe
- Genres
- action; comedy
- Themes
- Friendship; Secret Identities; Action-Comedy Tropes
- Tone and mood
- Anarchic; Action-packed; Comedy
- Premise and plot tags
- Wedding; Hostage Situation; Secret Agent; Mercenaries
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics, with some describing it as 'abrasively hard to watch' and 'much, much worse' than a typical wedding flick. However, it received a 'B-' average grade from audiences on CinemaScore.
- Production trivia
- Rebel Wilson was accidentally struck in the face with the butt of a gun during a fight scene, requiring stitches.; The theme song 'Butterfly' was written and composed for the film by Yoshiki and performed by Bi-ray.; The film received an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA due to the union's strike during production.
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