The Refuge

I, like others, took the (initial) 8.7 rating as being indicative of a quality piece of cinema. In fact, my expectations were such that I, sad to say, watched this entirely from beginning to end. As the movie progressed, through endless and pointless driving scenes and occasionally broken up by new characters woodenly reciting lines that were not only cliched but didn't really help to build up any story, I grew increasingly disbelieving. Surely there would some pivotal moment that would occur to kick things into a higher gear? There was not. Surely there would be a revelation that would give all the proceeding driving / corner turning / gear shifting / checking of traffic / poker-faced acting some context and meaning. There was not. Once I realised that nothing was going to happen I was so close to the end of the movie I thought I might as well keep going. No surprise that the ending is just as terrible as the rest of the movie.

Redeeming points - the visuals of LA at night (which is the only state you get to see anything in the movie - it's ALL filmed at night time) are nice. The sound track was pretty good, I thought, and perhaps the sole reason I managed to keep going.

Normally I would not leave such a scathing and nasty review, however it's clear from the ratings that 'someone' manipulated things to get it to 8.7 in the first place. As this number is about 7.7 higher than what the actual rating should be, this is a real no-no.

Avoid, avoid, avoid, but do keep an eye out for the sound track.

It's a decent story and some of the images are gorgeous. But but but .... why oh why why is most of the movie spent on driving for endless stretches of time? How did this boring film score 8.2?

This probably was worth more than a 1 out of 10 but for the sheer cheek of ramping up your own ratings I think this is deserved.

It's a painful watch that just drags and drags, soooooooo slowly.

The actual visuals are a mess and the extreme close ups are so overused it gets even more boring.

Reclaiming my time!!

Bland, boring, uneventful, sterile, uninteresting,mundane,amateurish, these are words that come to mind watching this garbage, i couldn't get much past 35 minutes, where the most interesting part was, he drove his car a little fast! Yip, that's the most excitement your gettin here, how on earth could this rubbish be granted a high score of 8, which would indicate at least worth a watch, if not great entertainment. Lead actor can't act, an he's in good company for this pointless bore fest, yawn,... i need 2 watch something now to rid myself of this excuse for a movie. Viewer Warning: DO NOT Watch!

The first 12 mins is nothing but shots of lead character driving.........in a 90min film, you fear it's because the story has nothing to say.......and you'd be right in thinking it! Slow, drab and talentless.......don't bother!