The ruthless vigilante girl gang at the center of “Asking for It” is introduced to the audience mainly through still photos.
Each member has their name splashed across the screen, followed by a quick cut of candy-coated, provocative images — Regina (Alexandra Shipp) licks the sharp blade of a knife, Beatrice (Vanessa Hudgens) models before a glittery background, Sal (Radha Mitchell) leans on a car wearing aviators and a menacing glare.
These snapshots seem to imply that they’ve been in the game for a while, their fierce poses standing in for any semblance of character building.
Their pasts are less important than their present mission — to reap violent revenge against the men who have sexually assaulted them and their fellow gang members.Now, the women, who work, play and fight the patriarchy together on a compound in rural Oklahoma, have decided to zero in and destroy the alt-right men’s rights leader Mark Vanderhill,
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