Project MKHEXE

There was alot of work put into this. Well thought of and in my opinion nicely executed, I had no feelings of dread, nor did I feel scared or 'jumpy'... but I was sucked into this movie from the start untill the end with feelings of unease and curiosity. This movie went deep. I applaud the efforts put into this, from writing to acting and the visuals/audio.

Presenting a long-lost documentary, a filmmaker looking into the troubled final months of his dead brother discovers his obsession with a fabled mind-control experiment conducted by the government that has since slipped into urban legend, which soon brings him into the fold.

This was a fairly fun mockumentary with a lot to like about it. Among the better elements present here is the general approach taken introducing such a topic that this one covers as it's rife with the kind of background and mythology that offers up a perfect excuse for its presentation. The idea of investigating his brother's death and tracking it back through an investigation into a supposed military and government mind-control project carried out on the public decades ago, which has a hint of truth to it based on an urban legend populating the period, works incredibly well here. The idea of looking into the background on the project, its history, and general disappearance from society before the brother uncovers everything with the physical evidence, tapes of footage, and other recordings detailing what's going on and how it's affecting people creates a strong impression throughout here. The second half of this one, featuring the uncovered truth about what's happening and how they're being affected by the exposure to the project, does drop off the intensity, even though it also strangely ramps up the tension. The effects of the project and its intended purpose on victims are nicely explored through the footage showing interdimensional travel, portals, or figures appearing in the distance to influence their behavior or decisions, creating a fascinating psychological undermining of how the true effects of everything work. The problem is that very little of that is genuinely effective, putting them in danger as it devolves into the two of them trying to interpret what's going on and whether they're truly in danger or not, which is a bit disappointing. Whether or not the intent behind the action is scary is not the purpose, but it's more about getting the whole thing revealed at the end, so it's all dragged out at that point, which brings it down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.

The acting and buildup are very good. The evidence in the movie that is presented is very convincing. But it comes accross as a documentary with not much horror. Like watching a documentary on the Incas and how they sacrificed to the Gods victims they captured. It is all very inresting but ther is no real dread or suspense as it is a documentary.

They do such a good job with making it feel and look like a documentary that it stays stuck in that role. That makes the ending flat and predictable.

In Blair Witch Project they were able to make us feel fear, dread, paranoia, etc etc. None of that is here.

Right, well as much as I actually loathe found footage movies, then I will say that "Project MKHEXE" was actually a good movie.

Actually, if I had known beforehand watching "Project MKHEXE" that this was a found footage movie, I wouldn't have given it the time of day. But I wasn't aware of that prior to sitting down to watch it. And since I had never even heard about the movie, I virtually had no idea what I was in for.

Writer Gerald Robert Waddell, who also directed the movie, actually put together a well-written storyline. It was one that definitely had a lot of effort put into it, and it was rather nicely constructed. I have to admit that I was genuinely entertained throughout the course of the movie.

Needless to say that I was not familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list. But it should be noted, though, that the acting performances were fair.

Visually, well you're not in for anything extraordinary. But the visual presentation of the movie was actually working in favor of the overall enjoyment of the movie.

"Project MKHEXE" is actually the best of found footage movies I have seen. And that is quite a compliment coming from me, as I absolutely detest and abhor the found footage genre. But the storyline that Gerald Robert Waddell penned down made it worthwhile watching the movie.

My rating of writer and director Gerald Robert Waddell's 2025 movie "Project MKHEXE" lands on a five out of ten stars.

Some of the worst acting I've ever seen. The story itself is a good concept but it's not as smart as they believe it is. Found footage films can be a lot of fun when done well, even if they're a little predictable, but this is very poorly executed. Again, I cannot stress enough just how bad the acting is, it's almost worth watching just to see how fake these characters are, especially his mother and the "friends", it's difficult to understand how this movie was watched by the filmmakers and still released. Absolutely terrible, it seems more like a highschool film made for a class project by people with no acting training and no filmmaking experience.