Tell Me How I Die

I remember back in 2000 when 'Final Destination' came out picking it up at the DVD (video?) store and having very low expectations for it. It then proceeded to blow me away, and is still one of my favourite horror movies to this day. I've now had a very similar experience with 'Tell Me How I Die', which also happens to be a similar film in terms of story line. I really didn't have high hopes for this movie at all going in, but it managed to pleasantly surprise me, and short of a slightly better ending, this could have been something great.

The concept of seeing the future (namely your's and other's deaths) and trying to change fate really can make for an interesting movie. Obviously it's not possible in real life, so there are no set rules the film is forced to follow. This adds more layers of intrigue.

The only thing I would have liked to see was the movie go out with a slightly darker and more memorable ending. The final 15 minutes are actually very clever and well put together, but it was just lacking that gut-busting kicker that would have made it stick with the audience a little longer.

Very few modern horror movies manage to have any effect on me whatsoever, and consequently just come across insatiably boring. That was not the case with 'Tell Me How I Die'. For whatever reason I genuinely cared about the fate of these characters and was intrigued by the story. If you're like me and want to make sure you don't miss any remotely good horror movies released today, because they are so rare, then make sure you check out 'Tell Me How I Die'. I suspect you'll be happy you did.

College kids looking for cash join drug trials. The main side effect is precognition. And the future doesn't look bright.

A little slow at times, a little bit, "Who cares?", but Tell Me How I Die is also sometimes charming, and the dialogue is occasionally interesting. This isn't a movie made for Oscars, it's a movie based around giving young people something easy and moderately enjoyable to watch. It meets those modest ambitions. (And, to contradict an earlier reviewer, the ending makes plenty of sense.) It's not good enough to say, "Go see it!" But it's not bad enough to say, "Don't." And there are enough sort-of-new ideas in this that I'm looking forward to the filmmakers' next projects. If they can come up with a better story line, with a bit more to fill up 90 minutes, they should be able to make something genuinely good.

This was a pretty good spin on a thriller - being in a clinical trial for a new drug that targets "feelings". However, it drags on and on with future flashes and then back to where it started that you get dizzy thinking "If you know what's gonna happen, then why not try and avoid it". However you then realize it's like telling a teenager not to text while behind the wheel, only for them to be in a horrible car wreck because...you guessed it, they were texting behind the wheel. In other words, yah just can't tell people not to do something. Even if they know they'll die doing it. The acting wasn't too terrible. There were plenty of times I rolled my eyes at the execution or timing of the script. That just kindah goes with the territory of a thriller - they almost get it right but not always. I won't chalk this up to a total waste of time as there were a few moments that make you go hmmmmm, but overall, especially during the ending you wonder why yah stuck it out as surely you could tell the future that things weren't gonna end on a good note so why bother. But then again, yah just can't tell someone that (not even yourself) cuz even if they know the flicks not gonna end good they still dedicate the time spent knowing they'll never be able to get that time back. This review may seem like going over the same circle but be forewarned, it's exactly what you'll take away from this 4 out of 10 flick/mess. You may ask yourself why 4, why not 2 or 3 if I didn't like it. Well, I'm sick of indie flicks that are done on a 2 or 3 thousand dollar budget and this one appeared as though they spent some money on clothes, location, setting, lighting, and more then 3 characters which was refreshing.

By the title I mean this is in the same stream of horror as I Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legend etc. If those 2 are good movies for you than this will be just the ticket. Not quite the attention to detail that a film such as Final Destination has or the stars as featured in I Know... Has the same style of writing and is made for the very same audience as the mentioned movies, undoubtedly. I could easily believe they used lighting, cameras, makeup from the same movie studios, though I didn't bother to check the credits. The premise was pretty good as was my main reason for watching, having a sci-fi vibe. However, nothing very clever was made of it only used to set the scenarios really. A shame as it would have given this a more memorable story-line. As it stands it is fairly forgettable. It is a reasonable time killer if you have nothing else that needs doing and just want to lay back in front of your screen.

The core idea is nothing new but a good thriller it could have been had it not been for some really bad screenplay, lame idiotic dialogues, dumb characters and most importantly very very bad acting.