The Basement

This is one of the most boring films I have seen in a long time.

Any sense of wonder or suspense disappears after a few minutes because the story is predictable and just plain stupid.

The only reason I gave this two stars is for the acting, which was reasonable considering everything else.

Watch five minutes at the start, and five minutes at the end, and that is the whole story worth giving time to.

It's a shame that such solid performances from the two leads get wasted on such a dull script. As is typical with many low budget limited set films, there is a lot of padding here and not much punch. With the exception of a few scenes featuring the wife of one of the two leads (Mischa Barton in a very small role), the film takes place in one room - lending it a claustrophobic effect. That is not really a good thing here. To say this one drags a bit is an understatement - it practically grinds to a halt. It gets 7/10 for performances, 3/10 for overall quality of production, and 1/10 for entertainment value. Unless you really love discovering fresh faces to keep an eye on, there's no real value here.

Found this little gem on netflix and didn't think much of it. Yes, the beginning is slow and the acting feels wooden but IT GETS BETTER. The ending was brilliant. And the way the killer offs his victims? Creative af. I love it. Definitely worth a watch.

Yes i did give this movie a 4/10...to be far the acting of the two main characters in the basement was quite good...and the gory scenes were pretty good too.

However!

That's it! it was a drawn out waste of time and pretty stupid story line.

Don't waste your time on this movie, there are better ways to spend your time and better movies.

Plainly put, this film (as mentioned in the title) was pretty boring. I don't usually go into a film "blind" as in without watching a trailer for it 1st but I kinda wish did for this as it might have saved me 1hr 25mins of sheer boredom. Five minutes in and I already had reservations about it, but I stuck with it to give it a chance in the hope it would improve.

It did not.

It didn't get worse, but it definitely didn't get any better.

The acting is mediocre at best, but I will say that the best of a bad bunch was Jackson Davis as Billy who did a fairly decent job with all his "personalities". Although it probably wasn't that hard to be a stand out amongst the rest of the actors, and I don't know why Mischa Barton got such a prominent mentioning, as she was bland, uninteresting and soulless throughout the film.

The film is littered with the usual cliché's that you'd expect to see in a kidnap/torture film as well, which I guess is to be expected but you always live in hope. As for the twist at the end. Meh. It didn't make my jaw drop, but was a mediocre part of the movie that made it just a smidge better.

Take my advice and give this a miss. I know films, like any other art form, is subjective, but how anyone could rate this so highly is merely baffling. Just proves that there's always something for everyone, I guess.

Also, who the Hell takes a Lamborghini to go to the store as well?!