Monday, May 5, 2014

ATM: I'm sorry you have insufficient funds for this transaction or this is a bad movie and they should feel bad for making it.

2 Out Of 10

WOW just WOW is all I can say about this little gem of a movie. While the concept would have been great for a short dragging it out to 90 minutes is just a bad idea. How could Chris Sparling follow up Buried (2010) with this monstrosity. This film had all the potential to be a bad movie that you could reveal and enjoy in it's badness but can't even pull that off. Truly the only redeeming quality is the acting of Alice Eve as Emily. But seems to be dragged down with plot holes. Rounding out the main cast are Brian Geraghty who was unbelievable as a wannabe stockbroker with a heart and Josh Peck who should really stick with voice work or see if he can get his job  at Nickelodeon back. The plot and I'm using the term loosely is Peck is the DB friend of Geraghty decides to do his best after to ruin the budding relationship between Geraghty and Eve. To start the movie we are treated to 20 minutes of Peck whining and setting up just how big of an idiot he is. Ok we get it we got it 7 minutes in the rest is just filler that adds nothing except sowing a burning desire to see the killer get him first. The meat of the movie uses so many horror cliches that it would make a B-Movie slasher flick proud but takes itself way too seriously to pull it off. I could go on and on about these but I would start to drone on like the movie did. In collusion even if we suspend belief on the glaring problems with this production were not left with enough to enjoy. 

The Good 
Alice Eve's performance is truly the only redeeming quality in a bad movie.

It has a haunting rendition of Silent Night over the closing credits (that lasted 5 min)

The Bad
Everything else








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