‘Drag’ Review: Lizzy Caplan Headlines a Twisted, Tongue-in-Cheek Robbery Thriller That Overstays Its Welcome

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In writer-directors Raviv Ullman’s and Greg Yagolnitzer’s twisted feature debut, Drag, Lizzy Caplan has her body tested in ways that didn’t even happen on Masters of Sex, the transgressive Showtime series that propelled her into the spotlight ten years ago.

Contorting herself in a manner that would make Buster Keaton proud, the actress has her back broken several times, her nose busted at least once, and a piece of porcelain thrust into her cheek. She doesn’t get dragged across concrete like Vince Vaughn in that crazy movie, which Drag recalls in its more outlandish moments. But she does get dragged across a floorboard with a nail sticking out of it, slicing open her torso and yielding an impressive flow of blood. And that’s only in the first ten minutes.

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