SincereFinest
disgusting, overrated, pointless
Spoonatects
Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
MusicChat
It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.
FlashCallahan
Upon finding a video camera on his doorstep, Tom begins filming his family, thinking that the camera is part of a competition that his wife signed up for. A college girl, has also found a camera, giving her something to do other than having late night conversations with her mother. A third camera finds a home in the hands of a social outcast who lives with his mother, and is convinced he'll win $10,000 from the competition.The three 'winners' are all given the same instructions......don't stop filming. Soon enough they start receiving more clues, while one is given a clown outfit and informed to carry out certain tasks. The game begins to take a turn for the worse when they receive what appears to be a snuff movie, advising them not to call the police or stop recording.........It's an interesting premise for sure, but like the directors other movie 'The Strangers', it suffers the same flaw, there is no rationale for the antagonists actions. So we are given three different narratives, and each as predictable as you would think.We get the obligatory house under siege, with the random background inclusions of shadowy figures being there one moment, and then disappearing the next, while all the while the couple are doing the most stupidest acts, like putting in all the lights and hanging around the windows.The second narrative is more interesting, but just as predictable, the social misfit is given a clown costume, and made to do more increasingly random acts, but it gives too much of the game away, this and the DVD cover.And the other narrative features the college girl just blubbering into the camera. The idea of keep filming, or someone will die, could have worked, but when you realise that the cameras cannot be turned off, that factor becomes irrelevant. So we are left with three groups of people doing increasingly sillier acts, before merging into what appears to be a reenactment of Nena's eighties super hit.And as the director gives us a stiff shock with the opening scene, he leaves us scratching our heads thinking 'hold on a minute, what was all that about'.Oh, and it's set in 1995, so mobile phones couldn't be an option.A rubbish film, with a couple good ideas.....
kelipoison
This movie was horrible, the plot incredibly bad. Why do people spend their time creating bad movies, while they could be spending their creativity to CREATE something GOOD.I was half asleep through the whole movie it was so bad, no thrills, nothing that makes you feel like you are going to die anymore..Movies today are terrible, where's the passion?? where's the love for creation? Don't make something unless you are going to make it WORTH IT!BE creative! LIVE in it, BE it and CREATE new astounding subjects, life and roads of new enlightenments. don't copy the same, and IF you are going to copy the same feeling, make it worth it.Terrible movie, just terrible.I WILL though, the clown, I want to see him in some other movies, he stands out for his stupidity and hilariously dorky way of being an idiot in movies.
djcalzar
What on earth was the writer thinking? This film really sucks, a minuscule plot. the only saving grace was the acting and also the soundtrack with credit going to the actor who played the clown. This film Should get a Golden Turkey if they still exist. I had heard good things about this and watched the trailer on you tube but boy was I disappointed. I just didn't get it at all and I was left after 80 minutes going WTF have I just wasted my time on. I really wanted to enjoy this but unfortunately it just left me with a very sour taste in my mouth. Avoid at all costs and I hope to god that there isn't a part two of this EVER.
Tyler Obrien
Though low on gore and shock value, this film actually exceeded my expectations on great scenes that kept the hand-held recorder believable without being blurry or shaky. The character development wasn't the strongest, but the portrayal of the fairly one- dimensional characters was spot on by the actors. The final scene and the way the plot threaded through the three perspectives was for me very successful. Those who enjoy the psycho-thriller genre should enjoy this film! The only really disappointing thing about this film is that there were not enough of the "clues" and contraptions by the people setting the entire game up. I also would have enjoyed some exposition about whether this game had been played previously by the antagonists (no spoilers) or if this was the first iteration of this game. I really enjoyed the "clown, family, girl" motif and if a sequel were to come out where the dynamics of the plot shifted but with the same motif I would surely watch. Overall, a very well done film that met the expectations it set up.
