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Cool concept. Terrible execution.

posted 12 years ago by yursomedush
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Just watched it on Netflix. Thought the synopsis sounded cool. Gave it a shot and was a little disappointed that it was a found footage movie but still gave it a shot. And....wow. Once the two "bestest friends in the whole wide world started to YELL at eachother non stop for no reason at the very beginning I knew I was in trouble. Hated both of them. But I figured it was a low budget flick and maybe the cool concept would keep the movie going...but alas dumb f u.c.king characters continue to make dumb decisions and dumb *beep* happens. Lack of police involvement made zero sense, why put out the Amber Alert and then DO NOTHING when you've got confirmation of the vehicles location? Made the purpose of the alert pointless. Cops would've been all over that car. Ending...what the *beep* was that about? Just gunna break into dudes house? Not gunna go knock on the neighbors door? Get help from them. Not gunna grab one of those loaded guns on the counter? Just gunna get shot in the face? Oh okay....and then you're gunna end the movie by saying the Amber Alert has saved blah blah blah kids....yeah you pretty much s h.it on law enforcement in the movie and made the damn system seem like it didn't work...good job....oh and your gunna have your two terrible leads talk for five minutes?...nah I'm good. Should've established some character development throughout the movie. One star for good concept. One star cause the main chick was kinda sexy. That's about it....oh and spoiler alert.

[–] HippieDrillSealOfApproval 12 years ago

I agree with "Cool concept. Terrible execution". The premise could be turned into a really good movie with some skilled filmmakers. The characters themselves didn't bother me, nor did the lack of police involvement, etc. I'm not looking for realism in films. It was just badly made. Despite what was a pretty dire situation the movie never came close to generating a palatable sense of danger or suspense. I kept waiting for it to get going but it never did.

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[–] gabby_bm 12 years ago

agree, cool concept. I even liked the idea of making it a shaky-cam movie, though generally I turn away from those as they've just become too typical. I appreciate the cameraman doing a good job at holding the camera semi-steady in a moving car. I give two stars just for that alone!

It could have worked had the players reacted realistically to the situation rather than making it a scream-fest. This film necessitated dumb responses from the leads in order for the film to reach its run-time. All it does is prompt the audience to constantly think of the multiple (smarter) options they would exercise in their place. Constantly.

Incessantly.

And as if it wasn't bad enough to have the two leads yelling at each other, I also had to endure my wife yelling at them both.

Better them than me, I suppose.

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[–] roca-ivette 12 years ago

If you we're in a situation like that I doubt you would do any of the things you expect them to do . So shut your mouth and die bitch !