daisydogears

I've watched some truly terrible films but this is the 1st time I have ever blacklisted a director. This fairly new Spanish filmmaker paco took some good ingredients and what must have been a fair budget and put cage into a... where to begin: very poorly scripted, cliché ridden, terrible music choice, poor use of effects, good actors poorly acting, beyond stupid sequences, stop start one dimensional, no character development(it does not count when you just narrate the plot or history)

It was an attempted rip off of the excellent taken. The one use of this film would be a learning tool for film students as the what not to do.

To end ill give you just one example as to why the blame is securely at the feet of the director. Near the end of a stupid action scene, as cage is about to deliver his cliché one liner, we get a cut shot which starts with a 3 second close up of nics crotch before panning up....pfff

This is a heart warming perfectly made documentary i am not a video gamer particularly but i felt so involved. Kudos to Seth Gordon for his exciting and greatly crafted masterpiece and thank you. The well chosen score along with a well edited film shoots this high into my top ten documentaries with a subject that i would normally consider as banal.

This film is not simply about video games, it is full of tension and conflict, it is more about the pursuit of perfection and competition. It turns into the good versus evil David versus Goliath with the hero and the villain which may not be completely accurate but i do feel that this was necessary to allow us to relate to the film and so poetic license was used and should be forgiven for the sake of our entertainment.

This documentary really could not have been better..... Enjoy peoples ))))))

great idea this genre is right up my alley im half way through watching this film and the problem is i want them to be eaten especially the daughter. the acting is somewhat hammy probably due to the weak script. this is one of those films where you shout at the stupidity of the victims but in this case i just don't care enough.

okay. a little bit of redemption, still lacks but a few developments in plot made this an uninspiring but mildly enjoyable film. such a shame it wasn't scripted better and no offence but Darrell Roodt s direction sucks ass big time. shoddy camera work, terrible effects and bad score i feel i might be being a bit harsh this is a south African film and so will have budget constraints.

all in all worth a look if you want something a bit different just a little bit more effort and this could have been great.