The Odds

I don't know why people are giving this movie a bad review, I'm a cinephile and I've seen a lot of movies! And I liked this movie a lot. Don't trust the bad reviews, watch it for yourself!!! The ending was great!

Woman plays a game showing how far she is willing to self-harm for a million bucks. Film is almost entirely about her interaction with the referee.

This is probably as low budget as anything-- basically one setting, two speaking characters, most gore is insinuated rather than shown, might have been filmed over the course of a week or less-- but they do a good job with the budget by making those choices, and while it might have a late-night Showtime feel to it, it's at least just a B-movie, not a C-movie; production values are still high.

As I said in the title, this is basically a suspense film, about character interaction, although there is some torture porn to it. The gore is mostly off-screen, but if you don't like gore, stay away. Character interaction is with a cookie-cutter misogynist, and I'd be willing to bet there are some deeply individual misogynists who would resent the portrayal; I guess they should probably stay away as well.

Acting is strong, but character writing is on the two-dimensional side and serves narrative convenience over strong characterization. It's no Streep vehicle. Still, good enough for this film.

I suspect some of the reviews here are from shills, people involved in production, but this isn't a bad film, acceptable for what it is, although very far from high art.

This movie isn't terrible, but it isn't good either. I think it was okay for being kind of low budget, but it could've been better. For it being a movie about how much pain a person can take, most of the "tests" violence is off screen. The dialogue - oh man. I don't think it's meant to be funny, but it is. It's probably 30 minutes longer than it needs to be. That said, we had fun watching it.

Interesting premises, but with only a few torture scenes and most of the movie filled with boring flashbacks, makes this movie a bore.

This one room film with two actors stays enticing. The thrill and gore are on Alfred Hitchcock - unseen. The plot is straightforward, and, honestly, the protagonist is a bit slow.

Yet somehow, this movie is on point. Even though it could have been better, all involved worked magic with so little.