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I haven't written a review for a few years but I just couldn't let this piece of offensive garbage off without expressing how awful this 'movie' is.

A word of warning; in the UK this has been renamed 'Is anyone There' -presumably to deflect casual browsers doing a quick check on their mobile devices at the store.

The acting is non-existent; the actors are unable to convey any emotion and the whole miserable effort feels worse than a bunch of high-schoolers on their first school play read-through.

The camera operator at least manages to point the lens in the general direction of the action but seems unable to effectively frame any shot.

The sound is recorded with what sounds like the mic right next to the camera and the camera gate sound is particularly intrusive at the quieter moments.

If the director had simply pointed the camera at a tree for 90 minutes it would have been an immeasurably better movie.

Avoid this offensively bad piece of arse-dribble at all costs And: Fop; I want my money back.

First off; I don't work for the film industry in any sense –check my other reviews. Second, I believe Absentia to be not only a good movie but a great movie, now, just how good anyone else thinks it is depends very much on the viewer's expectations. If your idea of a good horror movie is watching 90 minutes of murder and/or cruelty then you will absolutely hate this. Absentia is all about atmosphere and the slow revelation that the world we live in has a dark and horrifying underside. The scripting is tight and the acting remarkably naturalistic –the relationship between the two central characters is particularly convincing. Absentia contains about two seconds of CGI –everything else is off camera or portrayed in the reactions of the protagonists and is miles better for it. I can't even hint at the story; you just have to watch it cold.

Fish story –Back in the 70's proto-punk band 'Gekirin' records a single album that no one buys. They split up and go their separate ways, their seminal work destined for the scrapheap of musical history until fate plays a hand in rekindling the fire of rebellion. This is not a great movie. It's not even a good movie. It's not even a bad movie; shot through with tantalising flashes of brilliance. It is a very dull movie. Scenes which should in all sanity last a few seconds are pointlessly extended to the point where even the actors look embarrassed. The dialogue is appallingly dull –I can only suppose that the editor gave the actors the stuff he cut out; so consistent is the flat, monotonous character of the script. The acting is strange – as if the actors are constantly thinking of something else -Presumably, how long till they can escape; as will the audience.

I do not work for a film company I am not paid to write reviews