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5.3/10
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A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.
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Torrey DeVitto
- Leann Hoodplatt
- (as Torrey Devitto)
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EVIDENCE has some nice "whodunit" qualities and keeps you guessing. There's also a hard-to-foresee twist at the end. Still, the surprises are not entirely earned, and the story just doesn't add up. Generally good acting, but nothing spectacular. The "found footage"--yep, it's another one of THOSE--of people screaming, burning, and crawling around on the darkened floor predominates and gets pretty tiresome after a while. The present-day police investigation is much more interesting: More of it and less of what they find on all the charred phones would have made this a much better film.
One good thing: EVIDENCE's makers did their best to rely on real suspense instead of blatant schlock & gore.
One good thing: EVIDENCE's makers did their best to rely on real suspense instead of blatant schlock & gore.
Still shot. 3D rotation. Smoke. A crime scene. Then a video camera being placed in a plastic bag marked "evidence". And you know: it's going to be one of those god damned hand-held camera movies. But you are a nice person and you hope, still, that there have to be good shaky cam films. You are, sadly, terribly so, wrong.
I really like Radha Mitchell, I mean, who doesn't, but she is past her prime - time to play in those motherly roles in bad haunted house movies. Stephen Moyer, having won an undeserved fame with True Blood, plays an unnecessarily troubled police/video specialist. None of these two roles is going to give you any satisfaction in what is supposed to be a twist laden thriller.
The story, which I make my best effort not to spoil - I don't know why, is basically a chaotic investigation based on a single videotape. Then there is the twist, one that you have expected the entire movie, because it can't be that easy. And it's not, and it's a stupid twist, and you will swear the day you decided to watch this film, even on fast forward.
So, if there would have been true empathy with the characters - after all they did make the effort of filling the first third of the film with motivational video on how needy were the girls and how much they wanted to enter showbiz, if there would have been any interest in the police procedure - which unfortunately only concerned media statements and video processing, if the entire story didn't reek of "wait for it! the grand finale!", well... it still would have been a crappy film. As such, it is worst than boring and less than funny.
Bottom line: I do this so you shouldn't have to. Respect my sacrifice and avoid this film.
I really like Radha Mitchell, I mean, who doesn't, but she is past her prime - time to play in those motherly roles in bad haunted house movies. Stephen Moyer, having won an undeserved fame with True Blood, plays an unnecessarily troubled police/video specialist. None of these two roles is going to give you any satisfaction in what is supposed to be a twist laden thriller.
The story, which I make my best effort not to spoil - I don't know why, is basically a chaotic investigation based on a single videotape. Then there is the twist, one that you have expected the entire movie, because it can't be that easy. And it's not, and it's a stupid twist, and you will swear the day you decided to watch this film, even on fast forward.
So, if there would have been true empathy with the characters - after all they did make the effort of filling the first third of the film with motivational video on how needy were the girls and how much they wanted to enter showbiz, if there would have been any interest in the police procedure - which unfortunately only concerned media statements and video processing, if the entire story didn't reek of "wait for it! the grand finale!", well... it still would have been a crappy film. As such, it is worst than boring and less than funny.
Bottom line: I do this so you shouldn't have to. Respect my sacrifice and avoid this film.
3iraz
This film is a mess. By the time all the details have been revealed, I could not have cared less. I generally will watch found footage films, even though I am often disappointed, however I don't remember being less interested in a found footage film than I was in this one. I was interested in seeing this film, I enjoyed "The Fourth Kind" (the director's previous effort) and I like the actors in the film.
I found myself unable to get involved in the plot and it just did not generate any suspense which is vital for a found footage film. Whatever kind of film you are making, you are trying to tell a story and if you lose viewers at the beginning it's awful difficult to get them back interested. Hopefully, the director's next effort will be more successful. All I can say is skip this one!
I found myself unable to get involved in the plot and it just did not generate any suspense which is vital for a found footage film. Whatever kind of film you are making, you are trying to tell a story and if you lose viewers at the beginning it's awful difficult to get them back interested. Hopefully, the director's next effort will be more successful. All I can say is skip this one!
starts out semi interesting and it all goes down hill. every once in a while something happens that gets your interest and keeps you from dozing off. unfortunately you start snoozing again just to snap out of your slumber just long enough to open your eyes for a moment. like other reviews that says this movie is not on par with good movies is correct. total watchable parts of the movie is about 5-6 minutes long, the rest is a wast of time and space. think about what makes a good movie and then wonder why this has none of that stuff in it. they could of made this film a lot more fun if they showed some nudity or had humor, drama, good dialogue? just about anything would of made this movie almost memorably for more then the time spent watching it.
you been warned
you been warned
First three quarters of the film is not suited for this genre. Basically the later twists in the film is what makes this movie amazing.
Things i liked :
Things i disliked:
DVD worthy, not Cinema :)
Things i liked :
- Never saw it coming in the end quiet honestly. - Harry Lennix was the best acting in the film while the rest were average, nothing creative really. - Some great scenery in the beginning. - More of a thriller than horror.
Things i disliked:
- Pointless scenes - Crime investigators were quiet redundant in my opinion. - Audience would wonder what might have happened to the murder as it wasn't clear in the end.
DVD worthy, not Cinema :)
Did you know
- TriviaDale Dickey (Katrina Fleishman) and Stephen Moyer (Detective Dale Reese) were co-stars in the HBO series True Blood (2008-2014).
- GoofsBarbed wire would not cause a vehicle to crash if driven through. The fence posts would have been ripped out of the ground. If the bus was going slow enough, the barbed wire might have blocked it from going through at first, but the posts would have given way at some point.
- Quotes
Detective Daniel Reese: For a serial killer it's an art or sport
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $180,249
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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