Landmine Goes Click

This is one of those movies where I constantly had mixed feelings about it. Sometimes I thought the movie wasn't going anywhere, plus that the acting is not the greatest but at the end I thought it wasn't a bad movie at all. There were some scenes that were hard to watch. Scenes where I wanted to jump out of my couch and beat the crap out of some characters but when I think about it, it is a good thing that I felt like that because it means that the story got to me. At one point I thought it was never going to end and one character in particular was really annoying me. It's a low budget movie, with no outstanding actors, but the story all fits together at the end. It's about revenge and it gets emotional. Moral of the story, don't do to others what you don't want to be done to you.

The difficulty reviewing a film like 'Landmine Goes Click' is that its one of those rare films where the less you know going in, the better. The set up is that 3 American friends (a couple and their mutual best friend) are on a walking/climbing holiday in the beautiful and remote Georgian countryside. Things take a turn for the deadly when one of them accidentally steps on an old landmine, a leftover from the war that ravaged the country a few years ago. What happens from here is so full of twists and turns that to say any more would definitely spoil things so I will advise not reading much about the story (or watching the trailer) before watching. Needless to say the story goes off on brutal and twisted tangents throughout that definitely keep you interested. The direction, acting and cinematography are all solid, the real outbreak star being the gorgeous Georgian landscape. The film isn't perfect. Some scenes drag on a tad too long, and the pace dips a little in a couple of places. I also felt that it should have been 'nastier' but maybe thats just me. There is limited on-screen violence. Having said all this I do recommend the film to anyone prepared to try something different. It definitely makes you think as the credits start rolling. The film certainly doesn't go where you expect it to, and ultimately these days, thats high praise in itself.

6.5/10

PROS: To start off, the acting in what should've been a poor film, was in reality very well crafted. Each character was injected into the plot with so much finesse that you couldn't help but feel what they felt. The actors took on some deep, deep circumstances and they pulled them off phenomenally. All the scenes in the movie were so separate while staying just as significant to the central point. The idea of mini stories coming together to create one big one was creative and like no other. This made for an unconventional build up of tension, but it wan't bad. I liked the mini climaxes, and the character development that this set up created. But overall, I enjoyed the creative style of the progression of intensity and the acting which helped carry this dark film.

CONS: A simple thing that one could point out was then ending. I enjoyed the climax getting us to the resolution, I just didn't like the resolution itself. The reason for me not liking it was probably because it didn't enhance the movie for me. The requirements for a "technically" good ending is to clarify questions that help inform the watcher while simultaneously not taking away from the watchers overall viewing experience, to leave a lasting impression, and to enhance a point at which the film was trying to drive home; that can be anything from self preservation, blood must have blood, or even horror is fun. But this movie just missed the mark on a few key elements of a good hardy resolution.

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Hello there,

This is my first review so... it won't be very great. But as I find myself troubled sometimes whether to watch a movie or not, I thought I might help others about this movie.

So here is what you should do depending on what you like:

Watch it: if you like strong psychological movies that show the real human nature, those movies that make you succumb into deep thinking after seeing it. Maybe not the best example but kind of like The Stanford Prison Experiment, if you saw it.

DO NOT watch it: if you're only looking for a movie to pass time, it will be terrible for you unless you just discovered your new passion for psychological movies.

Hope my review will help many people with deciding whether to view this movie or not.

Alicia and Chris make the most naive choices.

They absolutely fail themselves.

Meanwhile... I did not expect the final act. That was seriously a Give Yourself Goosebumps moment.

I definitely recommend an alternate final act; however, the film is generally entertaining. I did fast forward through one part.