Is it laziness? A lack of imagination? Or, simply being inept? Why do directors/filmmakers continue to make films which have been told many times before? Curve (2015) is exactly this, a film which copies the usual hitchhiker, horror format:
There are probably more similarities between this, Curve (2015), and The Hitcher (2007) (a film made 8 years earlier) than there are differences.
Unfortunately, the main difference between Curve (2015) and other similar movies, was the unnecessary crude language near the start. I suspect this was added for shock purposes, but all it achieves is lowering both the tone of the film and my opinion of the director.
In fact, I'm pushed to find positives, suffice to say I had not heard of Julianne Hough, nor Teddy Sears before watching this. The latter of whom reminded me of a cross between Paul Bettany and Alexander Skarsgård, both very capable actors.
In summary, Curve (2015) is a film that may help pass the time while you are doing something else - such as vacuum cleaning, or mowing the law. As a Saturday night main TV film though - give this a miss.
- A hitchhiker with malicious intent
- A young woman who breaks down
- Wide open empty areas for miles around
- The obligatory 'a policeman is killed'
- The hero who happens to be the same person that got themselves, and others, into the mess in the first place
There are probably more similarities between this, Curve (2015), and The Hitcher (2007) (a film made 8 years earlier) than there are differences.
Unfortunately, the main difference between Curve (2015) and other similar movies, was the unnecessary crude language near the start. I suspect this was added for shock purposes, but all it achieves is lowering both the tone of the film and my opinion of the director.
In fact, I'm pushed to find positives, suffice to say I had not heard of Julianne Hough, nor Teddy Sears before watching this. The latter of whom reminded me of a cross between Paul Bettany and Alexander Skarsgård, both very capable actors.
In summary, Curve (2015) is a film that may help pass the time while you are doing something else - such as vacuum cleaning, or mowing the law. As a Saturday night main TV film though - give this a miss.