Dead Stop

This actually progressed well for a horror film. I'm not into horror, and appreciate the science fiction and character aspects more.

For horror fans, this should have top appeal, though, complete with the formula horror ending.

The characters here find themselves stranded in the desert with an unseen monster.

The characters are all fairly likable with their human faults. The young boy shows the most "cool" of the group, and he's the most likable from the onset.

That's actually one disadvantage for those of us who don't care for formula horror. We know some likable characters are going to be killed. Even the least likable character here is not one worthy of death.

The dialog isn't the best, but dialog doesn't matter when you have good actors. Real actors can make any dialog work. That's called "acting", and this group does it well. When all the actors perform well, you know you have a good director.

Could have been much better. It really progressed well until the final five minutes when we got the usual Hollywood negativity, probably to sell to the Beavis and Butthead audience.

This movie was incoherent, and more of a Jerry Springer episode than anything else. It was teens in a desert whose vehicle broke down; how cliche. Then, it becomes a cesspool of what would make a great swinger party. Everyone just starts freckin on each other. There's no back story to any of the characters besides their intimate relationships.

My next complaint was the "thing" that was trying to kill them. What the hell was it. Apparently, it only sees light and glossy red, with a blurry recognition in its center vision. The acting was insanely bad. Whenever that thing would happen to appear, everyone screamed like a version of Barbie in a tryout session, as well as making the dumbest decisions.

The last part of my rant is the bile they called a closing point to the end of this garbage. What was the creature? It just showed some dude petting something on the head at the end. Was it some dog? What the hell? Who was the guy?

This whole movie seemed entirely pointless, and it made me not care about any of the characters. This movie sucks. I usually don't give extremely negative reviews, but it just seemed like there was no effort put into the script at all. No creativity- anything!

3/10 - for the effort of the film crew.

The movie gets all 3 stars purely for that one greatest dialogue ever! 'do you want me to hold that for you?' I think if you find a woman who is willing to aim your ding song for you while you wee is going to be a keeper.

It's like they had a list of stereotypical characters and ticked them off; the outsider, the old people, the bad guy, the good girl, the token and the hero. Still, I did finish it and despite the horrid sepia filter, the fact that being lost is hard when you are camping next to POWER LINES that are so frequently shot that I started thinking they were taking the piss, I did enjoy the ride. If (and that's a big if) you can forgive the many plot holes, obnoxious characters & their stupid choices.......it's not that bad ride of a movie.

Let's just start with what another reviewer called an unnecessary sex scene. This occurred when a woman who was too drunk to walk was groped and then straddled by her friend's boyfriend as she said "no, we can't do this." What a lovely way to introduce our 2 main protagonists. This is followed by our male protagonist being extorted for more sex by a third character. But she assures him that she is a "better lay than drunken Barbie," so I guess there's nothing wrong with this situation either. This was made in 2011. What the hell is wrong with these people?

Everything else is as stupid and bad as every other review described. Cheap sets, terribly unbelievable dialogue, awful acting, offensive plot points, weak terrible characters, and criminally bad score and sound mixing. Cinematography was bad. Lighting was bad. Everything was bad, with no redeeming quality. Still, does not come close to being "so bad it's good." This is "so bad I hate it."

Seven idiots are in a van in the desert, one of whom is a child. Also, in this universe, a Zoology professor lives and dresses like Indiana Jones, except that his girlfriend is a trashy druggy.

Don't waste your time. A mid-day nap is more worthwhile than this horribly conceived atrocity.