The Collective

The direction and editing of this movie is really good. The acting is varying from OK to really good (the "Conor"-character being one of the top performed). I can't really put my finger on why exactly it looks so low budget because nothing stands out as lacking in that regard so I'm guessing it's pertaining to the equipment used.

So I look forward to see future productions from the same director and producer.

The biggest problem with the movie is the plot. It's OK, but it's not very original and without giving any specifics away, it has moments that feels kinda .. silly.. And I thought it totally lacked a sense of suspense. But that's just personal taste I suppose. If you like mystery-type thrillers you can give this movie a shot. It's solid work behind it and probably delivers what you would expect from a low budget movie in this genre.

(I don't know if it _is_ a low budget movie but it certainly has that feel to it.)

The first half of the movie, Tyler searching around New York City looking for her sister after recovering a mysterious phone call is pretty good. It sets itself up for a good mystery, but gradually gets worse and worse and loses its rhythm. I believe they revealed what was happening way too early and killed the tension... why are we getting end of movie answers 20 minutes in? These early reveals caused the end to just become boring and uneventful despite reaching the climax.

Overall acting was decent for the type of movie, but the script was just whatever. Wished it didn't lose its charm so quickly.

The first half of the movie was good. Looking for her sister was very sensational. It was going really well until she found her but their run away part which was long for nearly 20 minutes was really full of nonsense.. The only thing they were supposed to take a cab and ask the driver to get them a police station or airport or wherever they want to go. I have never been in Manhattan but according to this movie it should be such a small city that people can run into each other easily. It was awkwardly long and illogical. Meantime I could not get an idea who killed the guy and why he was killed.

In my opinion the sound work is the only good thing and the rest is just a waste of time...