The Complex: Lockdown (2020) User Reviews

Awful writing, rampant plot holes, little direction, trope riddled, predictable and poorly directed

[millerrobertky · 3/10 · 29 August 2021]

Disagree with the other users review, she's great in letterkenny although she clearly isn't a strong enough actress for a lead. Still that being said this movie highlights the importance of a quality writing and directing team and the writing more than anything is clearly the weakest aspect of this film. From Clare's awkward placement in the film to the strange choice of a name like kindar as a stand in for the North Korean regime. A clear result of Hollywood capitulation to the Chinese communist parties rules for foreign cinema.

Plot hole after hole and some of the weakest and poorly chosen dialogue I've ever heard. It felt like a rough draft that never got a good proof read and re write.

This tragic policy making has to stop!! Make movies better again, make tv better again and stop this diversity quotas. Put the most qualified people in charge of directing, writing and acting. No more forced diversity and no more politics.

A by the numbers thriller

[habakukofice · 5/10 · 7 August 2020]

An 80 minute commercial for a video game, but still a competent movie. No more than competent, though. It's not original, the cast would be more at home in a low budget Canadian sci-fi, the plot is bland and slow, and the whole thing seems cheap.

Long

[payasoingenioso · 5/10 · 21 July 2021]

This movie is so slow.

The plausibility and scientific accuracy seem off.

The characters have waaay too much free time in this "thriller."

The end is decent, but this should have been a 30 minute episode of Black Mirror.

What?

[caseypthompson · 1/10 · 25 December 2021]

Right off the bat the acting was horrible. Super cheesy made-for-tv acting that maybe teenagers are into? The whole plot felt really off and made no sense. As soon as the lab went into "lockdown" (obviously due to a leak of a biohazard) the main actress/actor started acting like nothing was wrong when someone just attacked them. While the "nanobots" were spreading and killing an intern and their coworker was just lying there dead, the main actors were smiling and flirting with each other like nothing was happening. What?! That's when my eyes started rolling. This was the first 20 minutes.

None of the actors were doing or saying what people would be doing in real life. That's bad writing.

So don't waste your time.

Terrible!

[fiktiv-46582 · 2/10 · 29 August 2021]

You will laugh while watching this film, but it's not because of jokes. Simply terrible!

Waste of your time.

[M0E_ · 1/10 · 3 August 2020]

Dull, cliche plot. 80 minutes of nothing but horrible acting. Seriously, it is a waste of your time. Stop spreading fake rumors about the pandemic, for the love of God.

The Complex: Lockdown Review

[christopherstowe · 2/10 · 27 July 2021]

I was excited to watch this movie in the beginning, during COVID what better thriller could there be? Well let me tell you... ANYTHING and EVERYTHING is better than this movie. Within the first 20 minutes of the film I could already tell that we were going to get a horrible performance from main actress Michelle Mylett. I wholeheartedly believe that movies like this are exactly what is wrong with filmmaking in today's world. The job of an actress is to emote Ms. Mylett. If you can honestly watch this movie and say that Michelle Mylett isn't a robot then you have a much greater imagination than I do. I really wish that I had stopped watching this movie and left to get a root canal instead it would've been a lot more enjoyable. I gave the film two stars out of 10. The film gets 10 stars because I enjoy the genre of choice and -8 stars for the god awful performance from the dead fish main actress Michelle Mylett. Do the world a favor Michelle quit being an actor and be a model instead, after all you already have the dead expressionless face nailed down to a T.

Save 80 mins of your life!

[chazzatl73 · 2/10 · 6 September 2021]

This is a horrible movie. The lead actress is the worst actress I've ever seen. No range of emotion. Horrible on all accounts!

Buy the game...why they made this a movie is beyond me.

[jervin50313 · 6/10 · 4 August 2020]

If you're a fan of games, check this out, the complex offered a multitude of options for game play, I played them all. excited to see the movie and what choices it makes. As a movie....dang, horrible choice.

Unbearable

[andyofne-75813 · 4/10 · 21 August 2022]

This was a pretty stupid movie, all things considered. I feel bad for Michelle Mylett, she's much better than this. This looked more like a made-for-TV "lifetime" type movie, low budget, garbage script.

A difficult watch.

Surprisingly good

[oceanstar1977-880-992329 · 8/10 · 19 December 2021]

I'm surprised by the overall bad rating this movie got. Yes, the acting from the lead actress could've been better. In fact, a whole different actress could've made this movie FEEL more suspenseful. But, in all, I thought it was great and really stuck my attention. Great ending!

Ignore idiots. Superb movie

[yankeedoo · 9/10 · 5 August 2020]

I watch around 10 movies a day my job. And this caught me off guard decent movie some bit far fetched but it's ok lead actress was grt