Off the Grid

Ricky Russert, that's it!

The most annoying, overacted, cringing and retching performace I have ever witnessed...

I don't know whar they were aiming at with this character, but he simply brings down the whole movie... I will never again watch a film in which this sad man is casted.

I think he wanted to give out this Brandon Lee in "The Crow" vibe, but he just ended up looking (and sounding) like a playground bully... just ridiculous!!!!

We are before another of these two-bit flimsy movies that have been in fashion for the last 5 years or so (thank You Emmet/Furla).

We saw Bruce Willis (may God help him) take part in around 10 per year...

Most of them entertain, others not so much.

This one had more than one star. Josh Duhamel is OK. Greg Kinnear is fantastic, and Peter Stormare is, for me, a Cult Actor!

There wasn't much in the script for them, but they did their best and, had it not been for Billy the Silly Bully, the movie would have been a little better.

I agree with one of the reviewers, who says this takes us back to McGyver.

It's just another movie... it helps you pass the time on a Sunday afternoon, but be ready for the ridiculous goon, because, apart from being totally expendable, he can get on ones nerves...

Had so much potential. Soon as you see the bad guy, which is a cross between a B movie dracula and uncle fester who walks like he has a back problem you know it's going downhill. Beautiful back drops and scenery, good plot but the villain is awful and dont get me started on the awful centre greasy center parting they gave him. You will know what i mean when you see it.

The sheriff is equally bad, you just think seriously? Really? It's like it was directed by a primary school drama teacher who got fired for drinking on the job.

The "hero" isn't too bad apart from the cheesy scene in the bar. This could have been a great movie but you know exactly what's going to happen especially with the teenager. And how did this engineer suddenly have the skills of Arnie in Predator. Was he in the special forces before going into engineering? Good luck with this one.

Such a waste of good talent. This was so amateur hour, it's like it was written and directed by a 5th grade drama class. The entire story was cliched with the worst parts of every other cat and mouse drama film, all dragged out with ridiculous scenes. Even the normally comfortable 104 min runtime felt like 4 hours of the same run hide catch run hide catch etc. The top cast was all decent considering what infantile script and directing they had to work with, with the exception of long greasy hair dude that was annoying af and unconvincing in his role. Skip this one, it barely qualifies as a watchable B movie.

It was a relatively fun ride, nothing really original, there were some moments of doubt. At about 1 hour and 20 min in, I was getting a little impatient, in fact I started to doze off. Anyways... Simple linear story, nothing too far fetched, easy to follow, Greg Kinear was fine, Josh played his role well, but overall it was a typical action movie with the ever so over done payoff, if your bored... give it a watch but don't go into this expecting a wild non stop action ride. The only reason I gave it a 6 star was "it was fun" just enough to keep you watching. If it wasn't cast with the 3 decent actors, I probably wouldn't have continued.

I picked up Off The Grid thinking, "This could be good." This promised tension, action, and intrigue - all the ingredients for a decent watch. But what followed was one of the worst movie experiences I've sat through. And I've watched thousands.

The actor playing the "child catcher" was unintentionally comical - more pantomime villain than menacing threat. As for the so-called hero? Sure, he might look like a leading man, but any sense of screen presence or charisma was completely absent. A plank of wood might've offered more emotional range.

The plot? Barely there. The dialogue? Stiff and predictable. The pacing? Slower than a dial-up connection in 1998.

Do yourself a favour - stay clear.

You're welcome. ⭐