Not sure why this is only being scored a six-something.
It has great acting, an interesting story, several twists... pretty much everything that makes a good movie. Yes, as another thread commented, there's one scene that is really out of place, but it's forgivable. I don't think I completely understand what happened at the very end, but even that didn't take away from the overall experience.
I definitely think this is at least a solid 7-7.5
I gave it an 8.
Kept my attention throughout because it was an interesting premise, but I really began to loathe every character by the end, especially the younger brother and the girlfriend of Miles.
shareWell, Miles wasn't exactly a saint! Never helped his mother when she was dying, lost their mother's boat from gambling, and borrowed money from loan sharks. ;)
The girlfriend was particularly despicable, though, considering what she knew.
He was bad earlier, but I liked how he was the only one in the last 1/3 of the movie that had his head on straight and didn't want to go through with the scam anymore even though the bidding was up to $300k.
Miles seemed to have changed as a result of the events of the movie. His brother & girlfriend got progressively more unlikeable.
But, did he really change? He'd always been selfish and only thinking about himself. In the end, when his brother had a knife held to his throat, he was willing to allow him to be killed, rather than back down from *his* new moral standard. That's pretty selfish.
shareHe wasn't allowing him to be killed, he hit Joe Bright over the head with a shovel (saving Josh) when Joe turned his head when the girlfriend arrived back with the phone.
Just my opinion, but to me Miles was the only character that wasn't a piece of sh-- in the last 1/3 of the movie. He was consistently a changed man after he was rescued.
Well, he did eventually agree to lie in the end.
Which reminds me -- at the end, he tells Joe that he'll do whatever he wants him to. And then hands him the camera and says "What are you going to do?"
I'm not sure I understood that. What was on the camera? Was it the same footage from when he was lost, or did I miss something?
He was consistently a changed man after he was rescued.
She didn't know until after the deed was done. Her father (the sheriff) told her in a conversation we didn't see.
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"In your opinion?"
"Um, yes your honor, in my opinion."
I'll have to re-watch it, because that's not how I saw it played out. If that's true, though, the dad knew she was living with the other brother, and never felt the need to tell her about anything? He was a pretty vile character, too.
I'm not complaining about the movie -- I liked it and rated it well. I don't mind movies where people have questionable morals or character, as long as it's a good movie, as this one was.
yes superb
and unreal scenery.
Not bad at all and I was surprised by the low score on IMDb, its easily a 7/10 i think.
shareI thought the acting was poor and it deserves what it deserves on IMDB.
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