Shook

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4.1/10

1.3K

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When Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of games to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real. Or... Read allWhen Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of games to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real. Or is it just a game at her expense.When Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of games to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real. Or is it just a game at her expense.

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IMDb RATING

4.1/10

1.3K

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5MarieWatches

Decent.

Has some pretty good acting and somewhat intense scenes!

4Movi3DO

Stupid

Another Shudder original. This was a pretty stupid movie. The plot had some major problems. The acting was alright and I wasn't too annoyed. The usage of music was amateur. So many different background musics were used to build suspense, but most failed to accomplish the purpose. It actually became distracting.

When the twist was revealed, this plot became worse and fell apart. The motivation made little sense, and the set up earlier was meaningless.

There was one scene where the main character made injections into her arms and legs. It was so stupid because she injected the needles 90 degrees straight through the bones. Clearly those needles were fake lol.

Overall, not scary but stupid movie. 3.5/10.

4flyswm

Editing and cinematography were good actually

They did some really cool camera work and editing for this. There was also some good situational humor. Not good but not terrible. 4/10 is just below average.

4TimothyP

It just wasn't very good.

While the concept has been done before, there was reason to hope going into this movie. A movie that promises to stretch out the opening scene of Scream to feature length could be done well, given the right care and feeding (so to speak). After all, Ready or Not was a great movie, but at its core, it was just a new take on The Most Dangerous Game.

Alas, it was not to be.

Shook made me sad.

While there are some nice twists and turns as the plot unfolds, Shook is woefully underwritten. At no point do we feel anything resembling empathy for our main character, her friends are nothing more than by-the-numbers stereotypes, and the pacing is off. I don't know if the director was trying to do a slow burn in some scenes, but if so, she didn't execute well at all.

And to add a little insult to the viewer's injury, there are continuity issues all over the place, the most egregious happening in the opening minutes of the film.

I give it a 4/10 because there's a good movie hiding in here. As I said, there are some nice, effective twists and turns. But underdeveloped characters and bad pacing doom this one to the bargain bin, if those still exist.

1Kittyb1981

The main actress has the personality of a handbag

I rarely switch off a horror/slasher but this was next level terrible. The main actress has about as much charisma as some old cheese in the back of the fridge and seems to spend most of her time pouting and blinking at the camera. The plot is dull and non-existent. Dull, dull, dull.

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Mia: [on the phone] What if I just hang up? What if I just stop talking to you?
Kellan: That's not an option. But how about this? I'll meet you halfway. 'Yes, Kellan, tell me more'. Okay well since you asked, we both know you have a big choice coming up, but what if there was a way for you to not have to make that choice? Might that be appealing to you?
Mia: Yes.
Kellan: That's what I thought.
Mia: So?
Kellan: So all you have to do is answer three questions. That's it. If you get them right, then I'll stop this whole thing and let everybody go. But if you get one wrong, then you have to make a choice between Nicole and Santi.
Mia: Okay.
Kellan: Here we go. First question: When administering CPR, maintaining proper rhythm is crucial. What song is recommended for achieving the correct tempo?
Mia: Huh?
Kellan: You have one minute.
Mia: No wait! What? Can you repeat that?
Kellan: 57, 56, 55...
Mia: [can't get the internet on her phone] Dammit!
[runs to the laptop, gets a video message of Santi with a bag over his head begging for help]
Kellan: CPR might come in handy.
Mia: Asshole!
[searching]
Mia: I don't know, I don't know, I don't know any song!
Kellan: Here you are cheating and complaining about it, tsk tsk.
Mia: You didn't say I couldn't.
Kellan: 16, 15, 14... 10 Mississippi, 9 Mississippi.
Mia: Stayin' Alive! Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees!
Kellan: Ding ding ding ding ding. Get that girl a toaster.
Mia: Is Santi okay?
Kellan: For now. Next question. At what temperature is someone considered to have a fever? No, no interwebs. 59, 58, 57-
[Mia rummages through her mother's medical equipment and printouts]
Kellan: 5, 4, 3...
Mia: 100.4! Hello? Was I right?
Kellan: Yes, that is correct.
Mia: Is Jade okay?
Kellan: So far.
Mia: Okay, what now?
Kellan: Oh, now you're into it now that you're winning.
Mia: Come on, let's finish this.
Kellan: Okay, final question: What were... your mother's last words?
Mia: How would you know what my mother's last words were?
Kellan: 59, 58, 57...
Mia: Why are you asking about my mother?
Kellan: Why not?
Mia: What does she have to do with this?
Kellan: I liked your mom.
Mia: I don't remember her ever speaking about you.
Kellan: Well she didn't speak much about you either.
Mia: Go to hell!
Kellan: She probably forgot you even existed. I mean how often did you come by to visit when she was getting sick? I mean when she was *really* sick. And I don't mean how often you promised to visit, because that's obviously a very different. answer.