I don't know how to take this, but an overseas friend told me to watch this and imagine him as the caller here. This was to tell me if I would date him in real life or not. Watch this and you decide.
Well, #1 I doubt he has about six million to offer me. Second, I'm not sure I'd do even three of these things commanded in this movie because despite me being a slave to money, I know right from wrong and I don't allow people to pull my strings. No matter the price.
But, as stated, I *am* a slave to money...
I digress. This movie is part Saw. Part The Game. And all-fun for a small independent version of the two. Good for these people to make a full, feature-length on a tenth of the budget with solid acting and production design. It's definitely Fantasy and could've used more of The Voice (from the phone,) but it's a little fun ride to see where it'd end. Even despite the predictability.
Elliot is a little wimpy father-to-be who receives a phone call to kill a fly. He does and the game's on. In other words, he now has 12 more challenges to reach a goal of both: almost six million dollars and to dodge the police for his inevitable crime spree of greed. Can "poor" Elliot follow the rules of a seemingly omnipotent caller, or does he retain some of his soul and win the game of Life?
It's easy to watch and insert your own actions to what this character should do and I did just that. There are always ways out of situations, but that's really Monday Morning Quarterbacking. I will say: while the movie's watchable throughout despite the stress of his 13 progressively harder goals...the very ending is a letdown. I understand it, but still: that much, I'd change from my own story.
So, okay, yeah, bring this on. I'll do it. I'll have to block out any soul I have left, but I'm good at blocking out the bad I've done "in my past."
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Final thoughts: As for that friend, who will surely read this as he DID request I'd watch this and write a review: you better have the money ready.
Well, #1 I doubt he has about six million to offer me. Second, I'm not sure I'd do even three of these things commanded in this movie because despite me being a slave to money, I know right from wrong and I don't allow people to pull my strings. No matter the price.
But, as stated, I *am* a slave to money...
I digress. This movie is part Saw. Part The Game. And all-fun for a small independent version of the two. Good for these people to make a full, feature-length on a tenth of the budget with solid acting and production design. It's definitely Fantasy and could've used more of The Voice (from the phone,) but it's a little fun ride to see where it'd end. Even despite the predictability.
Elliot is a little wimpy father-to-be who receives a phone call to kill a fly. He does and the game's on. In other words, he now has 12 more challenges to reach a goal of both: almost six million dollars and to dodge the police for his inevitable crime spree of greed. Can "poor" Elliot follow the rules of a seemingly omnipotent caller, or does he retain some of his soul and win the game of Life?
It's easy to watch and insert your own actions to what this character should do and I did just that. There are always ways out of situations, but that's really Monday Morning Quarterbacking. I will say: while the movie's watchable throughout despite the stress of his 13 progressively harder goals...the very ending is a letdown. I understand it, but still: that much, I'd change from my own story.
So, okay, yeah, bring this on. I'll do it. I'll have to block out any soul I have left, but I'm good at blocking out the bad I've done "in my past."
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Final thoughts: As for that friend, who will surely read this as he DID request I'd watch this and write a review: you better have the money ready.