Painkiller

The decision makers behind this movie got absolutely everything wrong. The script is tenuous, the acting is terrible and the direction is a nightmare.

There truly aren't any redeeming qualities throughout the entire movie.

Not like I'm an expert on executions or anything, but aren't they supposed to shave most of your hair off, apply some sort of dielectric grease at the contact points and then stick this thing in your mouth for when you bite down? Could have sworn they do it something like that, but maybe they had budget cuts (at the prison that is, as this movie is cheap as hell). And who would have thought that some chick who doesn't look a day over 30 could come up with some sort of death-defying formula in some tiny lab in a prison with no assistants? She should have been working for Theranos. Anyways, if you can get past that you have the plot about the prison warden using the development of this rejuvenating formula (using prisoners as guinea pigs) as a means to supplement his income and I guess he needed it, seeing as the movie shows entire blocks of empty cells when the main characters are trying to escape. And who said there was overcrowding in prisons? The movie isn't entirely awful, just mostly, with a predictable plot, lackluster action, and lousy acting all around. I've seen worse, but this thing is pretty much a sleep aid more than anything else.

I have seriously invested in a really good audio system for listening to music and watching movies so the first thing I will notice is the audio quality. I thought it was a bit loud so I lowered the volume a touch. Hmm? What happened to the sound? In a shot with 3 people pretty much stood back one from the other. I could barely hear the two closest and the one at the back was too loud. After turning the volume back up and a bit more. Things didn't improve much and after a few minutes the volume increased to an uncomfortable level. I'm done. I often watch movies late at night and I don't wish to any my neighbors or deafen myself. I get that with some movies. The volume is increased during action scenes (I find this practice extremely annoying) but this wasn't that. I can't say it was badly edited either because to my ear it sounded like nobody was paying attention to how the movie would sound and levels where being adjusted ad hoc. I gave up 14 minutes into the movie so I can't really speak for the entire movie. This was enough for me.