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Well, it was once again a night where with nothing better to do and no new releases in the Red Box that I wanted to see and had not already seen, I decided to take a gamble on a movie that sounded interesting, in spite of never having heard of it or heard of the production company. Unfortunately, I struck out this time. What sounded like an interesting and possibility entertaining flick on the Red Box summary was just another example of really insidious false advertising. The summary itself was misleading, speaking of half truths pertaining to the plot and making it sound far more entertaining than it was.
The honest run down: Three small town college kids are bored and decide that a great way to kill time is to... well kill someone. Each has their own reason, each more stereotypical than the last, such as the Apathetic character who never feels anything and hates life, or the character who is angry at their parents for never being around and decides taking out years of pent up anger on a stranger would be therapeutic. No matter the reasoning or justification, it's still three college kids who decide to make their mark on the world by becoming murderers.
The kids film the entire process in a documentary style format, filming themselves making plans and speaking of subjects that the writers probably thought to be deep, but with poor scripting and much less than interesting characters, the dialog completely fell flat and made the movie tedious and just that much longer. It took far too long for anything interesting to happen, and even then, just when you thought things would pick up, you are treated to the slowest moving and least entertaining part of the film yet.
The idea was interesting in and of itself, but the execution was terrible. Sub par directing, bad script, okay acting (at least it was not bad, but it was not good either)and sloth styled pacing made the movie impossible to enjoy. It was not that it was annoying, or stupid or even baffling, rather so much as it was just so boring and lacking of creativity. You watch the movie with one eye, the other resting on your watch wondering when it will end.
I gave it a 3/10. It's not the worst I've ever seen by and far, but as stated, pacing so slow it almost seems to go backwards, bad dialog, okay acting and a lack of creativity made this a dredging process to get through.
The honest run down: Three small town college kids are bored and decide that a great way to kill time is to... well kill someone. Each has their own reason, each more stereotypical than the last, such as the Apathetic character who never feels anything and hates life, or the character who is angry at their parents for never being around and decides taking out years of pent up anger on a stranger would be therapeutic. No matter the reasoning or justification, it's still three college kids who decide to make their mark on the world by becoming murderers.
The kids film the entire process in a documentary style format, filming themselves making plans and speaking of subjects that the writers probably thought to be deep, but with poor scripting and much less than interesting characters, the dialog completely fell flat and made the movie tedious and just that much longer. It took far too long for anything interesting to happen, and even then, just when you thought things would pick up, you are treated to the slowest moving and least entertaining part of the film yet.
The idea was interesting in and of itself, but the execution was terrible. Sub par directing, bad script, okay acting (at least it was not bad, but it was not good either)and sloth styled pacing made the movie impossible to enjoy. It was not that it was annoying, or stupid or even baffling, rather so much as it was just so boring and lacking of creativity. You watch the movie with one eye, the other resting on your watch wondering when it will end.
I gave it a 3/10. It's not the worst I've ever seen by and far, but as stated, pacing so slow it almost seems to go backwards, bad dialog, okay acting and a lack of creativity made this a dredging process to get through.
- Twosocks42-1
- 13 जून 2010
- परमालिंक
I give credit to the filmmakers for making something of what looks like nearly a ZERO budget. 3 teens in a cow-crap kicking town are bored, and decide to "kill" someone. The film is an A-Z step-by-step process from the time they decide to kill someone (out of boredom for the most part) to the deed itself. I give props to the film for its creativity and covering ground that hasn't been touched on a lot, my only complaint is the movie can get a bit BORING at times. And other then the cameraman, the teens are genuinely UNLIKEABLE (probably the filmmaker's intent, but I haven't wanted to SMACK someone through the screen as much as the wannabe-killer blond chick).
I wouldn't label this film a "horror" movie, more of a suspenseful "mockumentary" slightly in the vain of The Blair Witch Project without dripping boogers & silly stickmen. The movie slows to a crawl at times, but its worth a watch. Just don't go in expecting a run-of-the-mill slasher flick or buckets of gore.
I wouldn't label this film a "horror" movie, more of a suspenseful "mockumentary" slightly in the vain of The Blair Witch Project without dripping boogers & silly stickmen. The movie slows to a crawl at times, but its worth a watch. Just don't go in expecting a run-of-the-mill slasher flick or buckets of gore.
- jorgito2001
- 6 मई 2010
- परमालिंक
Random!!! Random!!! Random!!! Loved the movie just because of the originality, but if a random killing is to be random, then make it random. From there, whatever, really. Would be smart to not pick someone in your stupid town, let alone someone you go to class with. Being more worried about who and how isn't really of importance if it's random. I would think when (time) be more of importance. Location can be random, but of course if you do it in broad daylight and on main street, it's sort of destroying everything you had "planned", worked for. Oh, don't document something you want to not be known for doing, you stupid amateur. I guess to be truly random and just not to give a flying *bleep*, lol... Just shoot the next person you see in the face and be put to death or at the very least, death row. Good luck! :D
- JackedWoWHunter
- 6 अप्रैल 2014
- परमालिंक
This movie was awful, thanks goodness for Redbox, but you know, it's not even worth the $1.00 rental. Since I am in the thankful mood, let me also be thankful for fast forward, because that's what I did through most of the movie. Don't rent this piece of trash movie. I thought that Kayla was a pretty good actor, but I must admit that I was expecting something a little more original. What alluded me to rent this movie was the tag-line (out of all things) but it failed to deliver on some many levels. Speaking of levels, this movie wasted my time in not only watching it, but also in writing this review. It probably would have been better if it would have been filmed from a third person perspective. Lastly, I can't believe they used such a great quote from Jame A. Froude to open up this movie; it really gave me great expectations, but as you can by now painfully tell, this movie is not worth your time don watch it.
- IzzySirius
- 23 मई 2010
- परमालिंक
This movie was so awful. I mean my screen was blank for 10 minutes. Just a black screen. While they were talking. How boring. SNOREVILLE. i mean come on, the ending was just as stupid. I will never watch another movie by said authors. Also, I feel bad for the sucker who actually filmed it. WASTE OF A DOLLAR. This is why I love the red box. Glad i didn't buy the stupid movie. And in the "summary" you read. It says "Death chamber" A box in the ground is NOT a death chamber. When i read death chamber I was thinking like awesome gory bloody thing like in saw movies. I was very very very disappointed in this movie. I just don't understand why someone would have even spent the money to make this movie. I don't know if this is "wrong" to say but yeah, i thought it was a bad movie, and I for one will never refer this movie to anyone else.
- toxic-rainbow-kisses
- 12 मई 2010
- परमालिंक
There is no reason for this movie to exist. It was slow moving and it wanted to be something like The Blair Witch Project with a serial killer, snuff film twist but when a movie like has already been done before it isn't effective or relevant anymore unless you do something strong and amazing like Cloverfield or Paranormal Activity, they simply didn't do anything new with the material. The three unbalanced individuals who are mostly at the centerpoint of this so called film got on my nerves pretty quickly and were more bratty buttheads than truly menacing, I just didn't buy it from them and the one that was the less crazy of the bunch was a coward and waited to long to be the hero in the game. I was pretty impressed with the victim and thought she was pretty believable in her part and seemed like the smartest person in this movie that falls victim to village idiots. There is nothing in this movie that is bloody just unsettling and disturbing especially the box scene which I felt claustrophobic just watching it and was pretty interesting here and there getting into some of the characters psychie but they didn't dig deep enough for us to care and the ending just plain sucked and it just didn't give me anything. Overall this was pretty flat and dull exercise in torture blah, blah, blah, blah!!!!! Not Recommended! Zero stars!!!!
- mdnobles19
- 22 मई 2010
- परमालिंक
This movie shows how college students are today. It portrays the intellectual aspect of what plotting murder is.
Whats it like to die? Whats it like to watch someone die, and Whats it like to take someones life? Plus the acting is by far the best I have seen in a 15,000 dollar movie. They put heart and soul into making this movie and they got their point a crossed.
It goes to show anyone can kill in a heartless manner to know what its like.It also shows how ad they wanted to be something but how far would you really go? I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for a psychological thriller into the unexplained mind of our generation today!!
Whats it like to die? Whats it like to watch someone die, and Whats it like to take someones life? Plus the acting is by far the best I have seen in a 15,000 dollar movie. They put heart and soul into making this movie and they got their point a crossed.
It goes to show anyone can kill in a heartless manner to know what its like.It also shows how ad they wanted to be something but how far would you really go? I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for a psychological thriller into the unexplained mind of our generation today!!
- weaselsandchiefs
- 17 सित॰ 2011
- परमालिंक
- alanweiland
- 23 मई 2010
- परमालिंक
This movie was one of the worst movies I have ever wasted my time on. If you pick it up in a store, put it back fast. It is absolutely terrible and I cannot believe that someone actually wasted money making it. The acting is terrible, the story is terrible and it actually contained nothing but a black screen near the end of the movie. Had to listen to the victim and watch a blank screen for 10 minutes straight. It makes you wonder what the hell was going on in the mind of this director and also, where in the hell did he get these actors to play in this incredibly boring film (if that is what you can call it). It would be more entertaining to sit at home and watch reruns of Lassie. It is possibly one of the worst movies ever made.
Why did I rent this piece of crap!? What a waste of a dollar. This movie moves slower than snail sh!t! Please do not rent this waste of film!! I am a huge horror fan, and .... Just Don't DO IT!!! DO NOT RENT THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A FILM!!!!!! I was going to rent the new Alice In Wonderland but thought to myself, oh I saw it in the theater, I should try something new, but no, I should have rented the other! I almost have a problem referring to this as a movie, more like a home video of some pretty poor actors. Do Not Rent This Film! Buy a bottle of booze instead, actually you could get smashed as hell and this movie would still suck! If I had my dollar back I would buy a Twinkie, or a Mt. Dew, I could buy a taco, or maybe 4 gum balls, anything but this crap!
- Captain_Crunch
- 16 जून 2010
- परमालिंक
To be honest I loved this movie, although most people did not. This is a low budget movie, $15,000 (estimated), so if you do not like low budget this movie is probably not for you. A lot of people also say that this movie has bad acting but in my opinion it seems raw, and believable, which really helped me get into it. The movie is shaky-cam, and the camera is handle like person holding was not experiences. It follows three collage students documenting their plot to become famous, or rather infamous. They decide that they are going to kill a random person just for this purpose. It shows them as they plan, set up, pick out their kill, joke around, and yell at each other. What is so amazing about Meadowoods is that you really feel like you are watching a collage documentary about three students trying to pull off a murder. If you have some free time, and enjoy low budget films or shaky-cam I highly recommend Meadwoods.
- Bob_the_Hobo
- 2 जून 2010
- परमालिंक
Yes, the film is slow at times and yes, it does lack in scare a bit but for anyone who has made a feature length film of any kind, low budget or not it is a great little watch. The I did really hate the main character but that in is the paradox right because they are playing annoying idiots who really have no clue what the hell they are doing. And it is the quality that I liked best about them is that they made me want to hate them. That is the goal of any villains of any film, at least the best ones. The rest of the film could have used a bit of work but again for a first time thing for most of those involved is not a bad watch at all.
- fullspectrumfilms
- 13 सित॰ 2010
- परमालिंक
I can't believe I sat through this entire movie. I like to think I'm rather forgiving in my viewing habits - the movie didn't grab me so I kept waiting... and waiting... and then I was already so far in to the movie I was really just watching it to make sure it ended... somehow.
Even worse than that: the whole thing was so stumbling and awkward, I thought for sure it was improvised - like they were trying to do a poor imitation of the 'Blair Witch.' No. I final endure the equally awkward ending, pull up the film's details and see it had writers... it had a SCREENPLAY. Wow. That's all I can say. Horrible, stilted, mumbling dialog performed by cardboard cutouts of bored kids.
Avoid. at. all. costs.
Even worse than that: the whole thing was so stumbling and awkward, I thought for sure it was improvised - like they were trying to do a poor imitation of the 'Blair Witch.' No. I final endure the equally awkward ending, pull up the film's details and see it had writers... it had a SCREENPLAY. Wow. That's all I can say. Horrible, stilted, mumbling dialog performed by cardboard cutouts of bored kids.
Avoid. at. all. costs.
This movie was a complete waste of time. Honestly, the best part of the movie was when the credits were shown. Reminded me of the 'blair witch project,' just worse. Both movies had shaky cameras, but a blank screen for 10 minutes of a movie is a little much. There is audio of people talking, just no screen, complete waste of time! The summary of the movie should be as follows: If you have spare time, and a few extra bucks, rent this movie. It will bore you until you fall asleep, or bring you to the edge of your seat, due to wanting to walk away from being bored. All in all, even after spending $1.05 to rent this movie for a night, I honestly think I overpaid!
- roderick04769
- 1 अक्टू॰ 2010
- परमालिंक
- IPreferEvidence
- 1 अप्रैल 2011
- परमालिंक
How can a movie like this be mass produced and put in red boxes? The movie is soooooo low budget and its apparent. The acting is terrible. They picked just some random teens. The girl is melodramatic and painful to watch as she just sulks around with the same face. The main guy is mildly better, but still horrible. The plot is so ridiculous and boring as well. My friends and I were literally laughing our way through this film. I don't know how it could be taken seriously. The kids talked about planning the murder INSIDE A COFFEE SHOP with people around. There's random flashbacks to the kids talking about how much their life sucks (a.k.a.- they bitch about a ton of first world problems). The only thing I can somewhat compliment about this movie is that they characterize the main guy pretty well. He goes through some psycho downward spiral where he randomly runs around the woods... naked... then gets drunk and pretends to shoot his friend, and finally just goes bazerk as they kill the girl. OH! And the whole scene where the girl gets buried... good lord. The kids talk about putting 2 cameras in the coffin and once they put the girl inside and bury her, THERE IS NO LIGHT. Such a blatant oversight by the director not to put a dim light or night-vision camera in. Instead, the scene stays on (no joke) PITCH BLACK FOR 10 MINUTES and you just hear the girl moan and cry...This move should not have been made. DO NOT WATCH IT. Unless you plan on just fooling around while you're watching it or just chatting with friends.
- nicknacknick9
- 29 मई 2012
- परमालिंक
- Fire_heart1220
- 25 अग॰ 2010
- परमालिंक