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Loved: The humor Some of the character development, but could have done more. Hated: characters make unrealistic decisions The ending was incredibly cheesy The monster became very un-scary as the film went on, shown too often. A decent one time watch for most

This movie felt rushed. It's not a bad movie by any means but there's all these random things that keep getting thrown at you. I also thought the way the kids were acting was off, not their acting skills but their actions. They get attacked by the movies monster and 10 minutes later they are flirting and playing the air drums. I've never been in a "getting attacked by alien thing" situation but I don't think I'd be acting that way. But it is a movie so... overall it's cool.

It's not too bad for a low budget monster movie but there's not much horror to be had. Wasn't that scary but the creature makeup was ok. Similar to Jeepers Creepers but isn't as big budget as that or as action packed. Still it's watchable even if not very thrilling.

The kids acting wasn't bad, but differently not realistic for situation. Story tried so hard to be a coming of age story it missed opportunities to do that. Strange flash backs. Unrealistic choices made by characters.

I'm at a loss to understand the negative reviews of "Shortcut'. Its not a horror masterpiece but its by no means a poor movie, either.

Personally, I'd characterise this one as a "functional horror". Its has all the right scare components, in all the right places, to offer the viewer a mildly chilling experience.

Its "Famous Five" vibe is interesting too, akin to film adaptations like "IT". The group dynamic works well and is backed by strong acting, from the predominantly youthful cast.

So in summary, watchable, a little scary, not overly original but competently done nonetheless.

6/10.

The ending of this movie left me very curious. I won't give away too much for the sake of those who haven't watched it but there has got to be a sequel. A group of teenagers go from being typical high school children who tease each other constantly to becoming the closest of friends after their bus has to take a detour due to a pile of fallen trees blocking their usual road back home. This is where all the trouble begins and just continues to escalate. Left on their own these teenagers need to find a safe way out together.

This is a decent, well directed UK horror that just misses the mark. The story is interesting, and keeps itself watchable due to many shifts and revelations - but the antagonist and idea of the initial set-up are too similar to Jeepers Creepers 2 not to invite comparisons, and the 'misunderstood' character of Reggie is too much of a nasty little poser to ever side with. But then, I think we're supposed to cheer when the nerdy girl gives the monster the one-fingered salute and calls it a '****ing piece of s***.'

The young cast does lend this caper a kind of more serious Scooby Doo vibe. Other than that, this is a mildly horrific way of spending 77 minutes. My score is 6 out of 10.

There are quite a few good things about this movie. The acting from the young cast is good; the creature they are dealing with looks suitably frightening and there are even a few parts, especially at the beginning, which are quite creepy. The trouble is there are too many aspects of this movie that don't make sense. Actually what the creature is, where it came from; and what its motives might be are never explained satisfactorily. Who the teens are and their back story is never revealed even though there are one or two odd flashback scenes. Then there are a couple of plot lines which seem totally out of place and don't do anywhere anyway. Chief among them is the prison escapee who takes the kids hostage at the start of the movie. I actually thought this was going to be the plot of the movie, but no. That particular plot line is soon dispensed with and makes you wonder what the point of it was. In fact the whole movie is like that. I can't help feeling that a lot of this movie ended up on the cutting room floor for some reason, that the story was meant to be much more than what we see here. I certainly get the impression that the people who made this film thought they had produced something significant in the horror genre. They certainly haven't done that. It looks like they left things open for a sequel too. I can't see that happening.

Bottom line: this movie is certainly watchable; it's not long enough to really out stay its welcome. Just don't set your expectations too high.

Absolutely awful, no plot point whatsoever, so boring, not even scary

Normally i avoid horror movies with teen leads. This film has solidified my aversion. Its actually worse than a lot of teen horror films. Characters go from scared s&!tless to goofing around whithout a care in minutes. Besides the absolute idiot choices that have no basic reality even for dumb teens.

I liked the actors. The British teen-agers seem more like real people, than the often smarmy, precocious teens often portrayed in US movies. I found the first half of the movie interesting and well photographed. When the monster showed up, it seemed like a different movie, which didn't seem congruous and was poorly thought out. I found the second half of the movie poorly conceived and very weird, but not in a good way.

The only thing good is the setting. The dialogue is idiotic, the pacing is so slow I could fall asleep waiting for the next line. Not scary in the least. Nonsensical. The direction is non existent. The theater must have been desperate for content when they booked this wreck.

Pretty middle-of-the-road horror movie. It could probably be better on the writing front because characters do things that don't make sense but are necessary for the plot to happen, which is traditional lazy horror writing. I prefer my characters to make the best decisions they can while facing great obstacles, but a character can only be as smart as the writer, so I guess we have some dumb writers on our hands here. The acting actually isn't bad. A couple characters are pretty bland, but nerd girl, discount-chubby-kid-from-Spider-Man, robber guy, and bus driver guy did pretty well. I was confused by the creature's power level because the attacks were sometimes deadly, but sometimes you could walk it off, which is something a bad writer would write. The movie was also very dark, visually speaking. I'm sure the effects budget was low, but I still have no idea what the creature actually looked like besides a couple dark shots of a mouth with fangs. Not a bad production, but hamstrung by sub-par writing. 4-6 stars is fair.

Absolutely horrible. Can I have my money back please?

THE GOONIES + THE BREAKFAST CLUB + JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 = SHORTCUT

Jeepers Creepers italian edition. You tried - but no.

It really wasn't all that bad of a movie, not particularly great, or horrendously awful either. At best it's a Goosebumps-level horror, and at worst it's a half-baked "IT".

WOW truly dreadful filmmaking 101 here!!!! A bunch of the worst British "ACTORS" teens on a bus get stranded with a Creature trying to eat them one by one all JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 style but done horrendously BAD!!!

The teen group are truly terrible actors & say their lines like their doing a SCHOOL PLAY it's that bad. All the kids are crap characters that you want to die & everything feels so UN-THREATENING & UN-SCARY which is terrible for a Horror Creature Feature!!!!

The actual Creature is not too bad to be honest & it's practical which is always best, it's a man in a rubber suit & i liked that old skool style & the music was retro but everything else was just soooooo poor.

Could've & Should've been way way better

I cannot believe I watched all this, it's the worst garbage you will ever see. The worst script,acting it's just urrrggghhh, seriously DO NOT waste your time watching this if you do you will regret it. I would have given minus 10 if I could.