Wreck

Bad acting, bad story line, just all bad. Special effects also bad

'Wreck' is very indie, very low-budget, and the first feature film of writer-director Ben Patterson. And it rather shows. The root concept is simple, but I think there's solid potential in it. This strikes me as an instance in which the filmmaker just didn't have the resources to fully realize the premise - and that's unfortunate, because the resulting deficiencies are glaring. There is no aspect that's been convincingly executed or achieved, and the integration of all the constituent parts is sadly just as faltering.

I can overlook modest production values broadly, but even recognizing the humble origin of the picture, the editing is coarse and inelegant. The creature design is good on paper, but this is an instance where more careful camerawork, discreetly limiting what we actually see of the beast, would have been more effective - and highly beneficial; the animatronics of 'Five Nights at Freddy's' come to mind. In too many instances, performances and the orchestration of scenes feel directionless, as though Patterson declined a particularly active guiding hand for his vision.

Early exposition mostly feels extraneous; if deemed necessary nonetheless, the same minutiae could have been glossed over with a mere handful of lines of dialogue while more directly advancing the plot toward the primary setting. Once the story does progress to the titular wreck, frequent cuts limit the impact for viewers of protagonist Corman's ordeal, and the opportunity for star Gemma Harlow Dean to spread her proverbial wings and meaningfully illustrate her acting skills. And at that - for all the superfluous cuts, which we conventionally infer in film or TV to indicate the passage of time, very little of consequence actually happens while Corman is "trapped." The establishing idea of being pinned under a vehicle doesn't mean there can't be robust eventfulness at the same time, and the lack of it here is another regrettable fault.

Again, I like the premise; it's full of possibility. I like the ending, even though I think that is also very rough around the edges. Why, I'll grant that maybe I'm being too generous - maybe Patterson intended utmost incomplete schlock all along, and I'm just reading too much into the fine details. Either way: there's an overarching sense of inauthenticity to 'Wreck,' and whether that's owing to deliberate forthrightness or an earnest lack, it severely limits our engagement.

For good or for ill, I'm inclined to say this was an honest effort that just didn't have the means to bear fruit. Given another chance to make this screenplay all it could be, I'd happily sit to watch that remake. As it is, I see 'Wreck' as a swing and a miss. Better luck next time.

Well the monster looks terrible and you can clearly see its a screw on head on is costume...

The movie is also about 1h, but its fairly boring and low budget, acting fx etc are all terrible.

Skip this one honest absolutely nothing good.

Dont be dissuaded by the low scores, this film is absolutely smashing. The gormless but gutsy heroine stumbles her way through a script so thin Stevie Wonder could see through it at night. The nonsense, sorry, action starts when she gets her foot trapped under a car after crashing in the woods and fixates on moving the car rather than digging away the soft ground around her foot,, but that's nothing, nothing compared to what follows. The Grandfather of all Crap Creatures is stalking her, a creature so biblically crap I'd bet even it doesn't know what its meant to be, at a guess I'd say Oscar the Grouch after a week long session on the Buckfast. There's a shower of truly rubbish baddies chasing after the mysterious briefcase handcuffed to her wrist for reasons never explained or even hinted at, there's even a token random rambler with a beard and wooly hat who finds her, lamps her with a tree branch and tries to steal the case, only to be set upon by Oscar the Were-Whatever!!, and throughout all of this everyone keeps a straight face. This film has been made with a tongue the size of Godzillas slippers firmly in it's cheek and should be applauded. I imagine the crew had a blast making this film and I for one appreciate the effort. I would have marked it higher but trust me it's not for everyone, if you don't have a sense of humour you'll hate it.

This wreck is not even suspenseful let alone scary! The monster looks so fake! THANK GOD ITS ONLY 69 MINS LONG..the monster looks like an aged tele tubby