Amber Alert

(This part has nothing to do with the movie. See next paragraph.) I was getting irritated with all the bad reviews. These reviews were done as poorly as they tried to describe the movie as being. When writing a review the goal isn't to belittle the movie and try to come up with 'clever' ways to speak badly about the people and their career choices as actors. You basically are a bully and not a critic at that point, so stop it.

(Amber Alert) I went into this movie not expecting much and came out much happier than most by doing so. It is a low budget movie with its share of flubs. But it is not a 'pathetic' and 'horrible waste of time'. The story is simple yet captivating. The acting tends to lack in a lot of areas but is good at certain points. If you can get past the acting and keep yourself in the movie the story has a good build. People like to believe they would have done things differently, but it's a movie so if you can accept that then their actions in the film won't bother you. The only thing that genuinely bothered me was the police' lack of response and at some points their concern. In the end it was a decent movie. And it's just a movie so if you like it, good. If you don't like it then just leave it at that and don't feel like it is your civic duty to really ream these actors because in the end it makes you no better than a Starbucks customer.

I want to acknowledge that I completely understand that not every studio can afford to hire Steven Spielberg as a Director or have Matt Damon, Emma Stone, or Ryan Reynolds act in their movie. So I try very hard not to judge movies solely because they have a lower production value or less well known less talented actors or actresses. However, even with the most shoestring budget or the most inexperienced actors, I just have no sympathy for movies, who totally neglect, realistic situations, or do not do the research before hand before they write and make the movie. I think the subject matter amber alert puts forth is actually a very thought-provoking, a found footage type of movie, but not just a horror or slasher film, actually a pretty good idea. However, it is nothing less than embarrassing that they did not do any research about police procedure or even put an ounce of effort into making the situation that happened in Amber alert even remotely realistic. It is a real shame, because there was a lot of good ideas here to work with, but they just could not deliver on any of them.

This is a movie that has a very good plot, and I would like to see it with better actors. The girl and guy in this are perhaps the most annoying people I have ever heard, all they did was argue the whole entire time. Please don't waste your time on watching this. Very bad acting and dumb decisions, all the people did was argue to the point where I got a tremendous head ache and I have never been so annoyed in my life. I literally want to complain to the people who made this movie because it is so, so, so annoying and find it actually offensive they would put this out for everyone to watch and hear. So sorry to everyone that still watches it after this review, you will regret it.

I want the last hour plus of my life back.

Can I do that? This is my amber alert to stay away from this movie..If I can save just once person from watching this my job will be complete. If you want to see a movie that has a good hour of random driving with two people in the front seat just screaming at cars and each other, well then knock yourself out. No. Really. Knock yourself out. It will be better for you in the long run. Take a nap. I wish I had but all the incessant yelling and whining kept me awake. Horrid horrid movie. Why didn't I check the reviews? Please read your reviews first people! Stand up to bad film making.

I watched this via my cable service On-Demand feature; just a random search and watch. On the plus side, I do have to admit that in spite of my hate for the characters, it is one of those movies where once you get hooked you have to watch until the end to see what happens. As I titled this review summary, I did make it through the end. But what an effort that was.

The story premise was not bad. But have I ever hated two characters more in a film than these two main characters? Never. I cannot recall such despise and hatred. The guy was an absolute narcissist in spite of his apparent affections for the female lead. His constant fighting back and lack of concern regarding the situation just grated to where I wanted to reach in the movie and punch the crap out of this dude (in spite of my non-violent nature). As for the female lead, unfortunately I felt likewise although I would never condone violence against a female just because she is stupid. Aaaargh! I have trouble writing this when I think about these two numb-skulls in action.

One last point that I have to criticize is that this movie insults our police forces. I cannot believe they would be as lax as they are portrayed in this movie. While not always perfect, I prefer to think the police response to an Amber Alert situation would merit a much quicker response. Unfortunately the movie premise would not have existed. Maybe that would have been a good thing.