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Ugh why even bother with these type of movies.

posted 9 years ago by iheartnormi
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Basically an American version of Eden Lake, with a pointless dog. I don't understand how the dog a German Shepard at that not make any noise what so ever. Even if they lured him with some steak it would seem as if he would at least alert his master.

And what is with not making sure people are dead when you attempt to kill them, the soldier made the biggest mistake ever. Never turn your back on your enemy.

Why do people always feel the need do go to a deserted camp site to camp?

The fact that the kids only communicated through texted was a poke at millennials, I thought that thought it was realistic in this situation I believe they would talk to each other.

[–] dance-gavin-dance 9 years ago

Yeah a completely pointless movie. Absolutely nothing unique about it

Female protagonist. Lets make her pregnant! Then lets kill off the two main leads and have her suddenly turn into a badass who can survive head on collisions with stones, endure being choked repeatedly, and kill 3 people. Such trash. I've been complaining about this in movies for years where they overpower the female lead and always pussify the males. Hey writers, it's 2015. This isn't and has never been original. Stop doing it

[–] essex9999 9 years ago

Female protagonist. Lets make her pregnant!

Let's not just make her pregnant. Let's have her take a pregnancy test, the results of which we will keep mysterious for half the movie, in a gas station bathroom while on a road trip with her husband and brother-in-law in the middle of nowhere, even though she later says she found out about a week earlier after taking multiple tests ... which apparently still didn't convince her so she did it again on the trip.

I think the writers and directors had a bunch of stuff they wanted to use - some message-y stuff about violence and men and modern times and the like and some horror tropes they could not resist. Then, they just crammed them all together with no particular rhyme or reason to produce this wasted opportunity of a film.

By the way, I am 100% certain I've seen that "reluctant pregnancy test in gas station bathroom while traveling" bit in another horror movie. I can't remember which one, though. Any ideas ...?

[–] lyssisalady 9 years ago

Yeah you would've thought a trained soldier would know to make sure the person is totally dead. Not only that but as soon as the dog toy kept being thrown and squeezed you would've think he'd be smart enough to know someone was tricking them and to just take off running instead of sticking around.