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5.3/10
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अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंThe sun drenched days of summer turn dark and ominous for hitchhiking duo Jack and Véronique when they become inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill co... सभी पढ़ेंThe sun drenched days of summer turn dark and ominous for hitchhiking duo Jack and Véronique when they become inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill collector in rural France.The sun drenched days of summer turn dark and ominous for hitchhiking duo Jack and Véronique when they become inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill collector in rural France.
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The psychological thriller "Road Games" aspires to be atmospheric avant-garde entertainment. Alas, it never reaches such territory. However, any flick that features an American, a Brit and two Frenchies has it's merits. Even if the potpourri of performances and plot points are perplexing as all hell. Nevertheless, "Road Games" is a helluva ride.
If you can just manage to maintain traction.
If you can just manage to maintain traction.
Since a few decades, you can rely on the French if you seek brutal, perverted, and excessively violent backwoods horror! Of course, they're nearly not all as good as "Haute Tension", "Frontière(s)", and "Martyrs", but most still have that same raw & disturbing atmosphere and shocking gore. "Road Games" has a bit of intense atmosphere, but sorely disappoints when it comes to gore. Writer/director Pastoll goes for mystery and surprise twists instead, but his script isn't as unpredictable as he thinks.
The story opens with the young and British Jack hitchhiking on a remote backwoods French road on which there are signs warning drivers not to pick up hitchhikers. He meets the beautiful and adventurous Véronique, and they continue their trip together, until they are picked up by a friendly chap in an old junk car and taken to an isolated countryside mansion. The elderly host Grizar and his British-American wife Mary (Barbara Crampton) are suspiciously friendly and creepily hospitable, so experienced horror fanatics know what to expect. The next morning, Véronique has vanished, and Jack is treated a lot less warm and welcoming!
The twist at the end is clever, for sure, but not unique or super-intelligent, and it certainly doesn't justify the lack of action earlier in the film. If you pay attention to details and little human behaviors & interactions, you can anticipate the climax or at least feel less surprised when it comes. The weirdest thing about "Road Games" is the constant switching between the French and English language by three out of four of the lead characters. I speak French, so it didn't bother me too much, but I reckon it must be confusing and irritating when you don't. Barbara Crampton, the favorite starlet of every horror-loving male born between 1970 and 1990, also recites half of her lines in French, but she's completely incomprehensible. I don't know if she took French classes or learned her lines phonetically, but the pronunciation is abysmal.
The story opens with the young and British Jack hitchhiking on a remote backwoods French road on which there are signs warning drivers not to pick up hitchhikers. He meets the beautiful and adventurous Véronique, and they continue their trip together, until they are picked up by a friendly chap in an old junk car and taken to an isolated countryside mansion. The elderly host Grizar and his British-American wife Mary (Barbara Crampton) are suspiciously friendly and creepily hospitable, so experienced horror fanatics know what to expect. The next morning, Véronique has vanished, and Jack is treated a lot less warm and welcoming!
The twist at the end is clever, for sure, but not unique or super-intelligent, and it certainly doesn't justify the lack of action earlier in the film. If you pay attention to details and little human behaviors & interactions, you can anticipate the climax or at least feel less surprised when it comes. The weirdest thing about "Road Games" is the constant switching between the French and English language by three out of four of the lead characters. I speak French, so it didn't bother me too much, but I reckon it must be confusing and irritating when you don't. Barbara Crampton, the favorite starlet of every horror-loving male born between 1970 and 1990, also recites half of her lines in French, but she's completely incomprehensible. I don't know if she took French classes or learned her lines phonetically, but the pronunciation is abysmal.
A very slow thriller-horror (which to be fair is sort of the norm these days for the genre).
But that said it's not terrible; it's really nicely shot with rich colors of the French countryside, the acting is good enough to keep the interest going and the ending is pretty good.
I find it funny how some reviewers complain that too many parts are in French, like really?
Complaining about it being too many French-speaking parts in a movie set in France is like complaining about the water being too wet.
But I guess they either don't know how to read or how to put on the subtitles, which says more about them than it does this movie.
Anyway like I was saying, a movie with a bunch of positives but that still falls just a bit short with some unfulfilled potential; the script could have done with some improvement.
That said I wouldn't recommend anyone against watching it, unless they are looking for a fast-paced thriller I guess which this is not.
But that said it's not terrible; it's really nicely shot with rich colors of the French countryside, the acting is good enough to keep the interest going and the ending is pretty good.
I find it funny how some reviewers complain that too many parts are in French, like really?
Complaining about it being too many French-speaking parts in a movie set in France is like complaining about the water being too wet.
But I guess they either don't know how to read or how to put on the subtitles, which says more about them than it does this movie.
Anyway like I was saying, a movie with a bunch of positives but that still falls just a bit short with some unfulfilled potential; the script could have done with some improvement.
That said I wouldn't recommend anyone against watching it, unless they are looking for a fast-paced thriller I guess which this is not.
Let me start off by saying that I kind of enjoyed this movie. However . . .
It's a total mess. A mountain of things happen that you, as the viewer, are supposed to take in and remember later as events unfold.
Scary mansion, older folk and mannequins are all in abundance. What isn't, is any sense of a linear plot after the first 40 minutes.
Watch it if you're drunk, speak French, or enjoy worrying about the dialogue flipping between English and subtitled French.
It's a total mess. A mountain of things happen that you, as the viewer, are supposed to take in and remember later as events unfold.
Scary mansion, older folk and mannequins are all in abundance. What isn't, is any sense of a linear plot after the first 40 minutes.
Watch it if you're drunk, speak French, or enjoy worrying about the dialogue flipping between English and subtitled French.
This is a weird film but it's worth the hour and half to watch it.
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाWent straight to #1 when it debuted on streaming platform Netflix in America and retained the top spot for 3 consecutive days - July 12, 13 & 14, 2016 - before Stranger Things (2016) premiered on July 15 and knocked it to 2nd place.
- गूफ़The tape over Grizard's mouth has been redone for the final post-credits scene, much more nicely than Veronique originally applied it.
- क्रेज़ी क्रेडिटThere is an additional scene after the end credits.
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- कंट्री ऑफ़ ओरिजिन
- भाषाएं
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- Road Games: Fausse Route
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- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $51,985
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 35 मिनट
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- पक्ष अनुपात
- 2.39:1
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