Random Acts of Violence isn't the movie I expected from Jay Baruchel. Best know for comedies like Goon and This Is the End, I anticipated something more comedic and satirical and, while those elements are there, this is a blood-and-guts horror movie through and through. Jesse Williams is the writer of the most popular R-rated comic going. Loosely based on a series of real murders along the I-90, his creation begins to come to chilling life when he, his girlfriend (Jordana Brewster), creative partner (Baruchel) and assistant (Niamh Wilson) drive from Toronto to New York for a comic-book convention. There are elements of satire in Random Acts of Violence. Baruchel and Chabot have something to say about the entertainment industry, fandom and basing art on real-life horrors. But they also pull out all the stops when it comes to the violence. These aren't Jason or Freddy style murders, but killings that feel real. And things boil over into an almost over-the-top finale that wo...