Extremity

It has the right look and tone for a horror movie, the costume design and everything is fine, the acting, editing everything else is all fine... it's the plot that makes this movie suffer.... it's about a woman who gives permission to some group of nuts from youtube to scare the hell out of her.... but it goes back and forth between this event and her past and the payoff is I simply just do not care.

I don't care if she lives or dies, or who else lives or dies, I don't care why this is happening and I really don't care where it's going. I'm.not sure if the actress is too boring for the role or the role is just boring but it's just that, boring as hell.

The rest seems like it's been done before, there's nothing new or interesting, it's trying too hard to be a PG rated looking gore movie and failing at that, it's shock value is falling limp and again, like I said i dont care what happens to anyone here and it's just so Zzzzzzzz

I was expecting more violence and gore. But only one bit so little disappointing. The acting was good. The story had potential to go nasty but was safe and kinda slow and boring at first. The lead actress is stunning, really beautiful and did a great job so one to watch out for. Good luck to her.

Seems like a missed opportunity. All the masks and supposedly extreme scary rooms were just meh. I was expecting it to go brutal snuff style but was a lame Halloween house essentially. I almost gave up.......then the ending made up for it and it was kinda fun for last ten minutes. Even if a bit of a stretch of believability.

Seen worse. But could have been lot better. And certainly NOT to the extreme.

The first hour plays out as Fincher's THE GAME but directed by Rob Zombie: dumb, loud, and obnoxious. But when the cards are turned over in the last 30 minutes, the film really starts swinging for the fences. So, if you can stand the endless screaming and interminable flashbacks of the first hour, you'll probably be satisfied when it's over.

In the world of terrible horror movies, this wasn't NEARLY as bad as expected. The plot could have been a little less muddy but I sat through "Rubber" (about a killer tire... literally) so I can't complain about this. The general premise of the 'haunt' could have been better executed but there was enough to keep me interested.

'Extremity' happened to appear in my recommended for you section, and because the idea sounded so fascinating it was difficult for me to say no to watching it. The cover also was a creepy one and the title was attention grabbing. And despite how my previous reviews have looked like, there is absolutely nothing against films made on a low-budget, there have been numerous good ones. Despite how it indicates otherwise, also do appreciate horror, which has seen many great films, even if it is not my favourite genre.

So there was potential for 'Extremity' work. It is said with a heavy heart, not malice or prejudice in any way, that it doesn't...at all. Have seen far worse films of the genre, of similar budget and overall and it is not completely irredeemable, other films have insulted the intelligence more and have been worse looking, written and acted. Not that that is much of an endorsement, there is so much done wrong here in 'Extremity' and to a quite annoying degree.

The setting is spooky and the costume design is decent looking.

It is hard to appreciate both though when the rest of the production values look as though they were made with no care and in haste. The editing especially lacks cohesion, it's too drably lit and there is just no atmosphere or style at all. What little there is of atmosphere is undermined by cheap-sounding and random sound effects that are intrusive in placement and recorded too loud. The music didn't seem to fit and offers nothing unnerving or memorable.

Furthermore, the script is so start-stop awkward and cheesy that it doesn't matter whether you are trying to not take it too seriously, it would stick out like a sore thumb regardless of how one tries to watch the film. The story takes a premise that could have been very creatively, and executes it so ordinarily and dully. Nothing is surprising and 'Extremity' fails to be both interesting or scary thanks to a dull pace and no tension, suspense or creepiness.

Just non-stop obviousness (most of it having been done to death long before the film existed) and ridiculousness, complete with far-fetched and sometimes vague moments and very bland and irritating characters that behave and make decisions in a way that makes one endear to them less. The direction has no personality or distinction, not even rising above competent, while the acting with no exception is not really worth mentioning and not in a good way.

Overall, very bad but have seen worse. 2/10 Bethany Cox