The 5th Kind

This movie is so ridiculously bad that it's shocking that anyone ever thought this was going to turn out even tolerable. The acting is dreadful, the plot is nowhere to be found and it doesn't even begin to make sense. The film has some of the most horrendous acting ever. It's a generic found footage film except it spices the formula up by making it extra dreadful. They managed to take a dump on any merit the original concept of found footage ever had. LIKE WHAT IS EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE GOING ON!? Miss this one.

This movie is like a nice ocean breeze across a long stretch of beach.

The 5th Kind is a low-budget, found-footage style Scifi / Horror flick. The movie consists of the actors in the forest and actors interviewing/being interviewed.

The actors in the forest are pretty good -- the acting was believable and there was definitely charisma between the actors. The interview sessions were grating to say the least -- the main interviewer was overacting and his delivery was quite annoying, and the tone of the interviews didn't really match up to the dialogue.

The visual and auditory effects throughout the movie were well done, though the camera cut away far too quickly for my tastes. The actors reacted to the visual and auditory effects in a believable manner as well.

What hurts this movie is its pacing. There are exhilarating parts, but instead of growing on those and continuing to build the suspense and dread, the movie instead cuts away to another scene, be it an interview, or the following day. The movie doesn't capitalize on the suspense that it generates.

This movie doesn't live up to its 7-star rating on IMDB, but at 72 minutes long, it goes by quickly, and it's definitely worth a watch.

I enjoy low-budget movies and laugh at all the bad acting. This one is no different. It's a short one - just over an hour - so you won't feel you've wasted your whole evening. This one is pretty corny, but I liked the found footage scenes in the woods. Didn't care for the spliced in "interviews" and the interviewer was the worst actor ever - you have to laugh! Watch this just to make fun of him!

I understand it's an indie film and usually I can push through rough acting if the story is interesting enough, but this was a snooze fest. The cutting away from the found footage to random "interviews" throughout was severely overused; anytime the tension and momentum built up, it cuts away to a witness interview or an interview with an official. Each long winded and not well acted (the interviewer is particular grating). Skip this one. There are better entries into the found footage genre worth your time.