It's a comedy horror. Kinda fun. No scares. Couple chuckles in here. Needed a few more twists. It will entertain you somewhat. Pretty okay!
86 Reviews
Kinda fun
saphira_dragon-8027014 November 2020
It's in the wrong genre
ivos-025206 November 2020
Searching for players
nogodnomasters11 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Nine old High School friends are out camping in the woods. They are in town for a football game. (Filmed in South Africa so I am thinking soccer.) They are knocked out with gas by their old high school science teacher and wake up with suicide vests with all having a different countdown time. The one with the highest time lives and everyone else will have to die. The teacher blames them for the death of his son. And they discover if someone dies, the person closet to them gets their remaining time. Let the game begin.
A bunch of young adults running around the woods pointing fingers, knives, axes, and guns. Seems like something similar has been done before, several times. Not bad, but gets old waiting to see who survives.
Guide: F-word. Sex. No nudity.
A bunch of young adults running around the woods pointing fingers, knives, axes, and guns. Seems like something similar has been done before, several times. Not bad, but gets old waiting to see who survives.
Guide: F-word. Sex. No nudity.
This Audio-Visual product deserves the Oscar for most zooms
passan-806706 November 2020
Do not let the cool poster trick you. This product is bad.
Here is the thing that ruins this product: They do not consider to remove the Vests.
The actors are bad and unbelievable. There is not a single character. Everyone is just a "one-sentence" summary or just a prop. A lot of repeated and/or meaningless dialog. The writing is next level awful. There are so many continuity errors, it is unbelievable. Camerawork is really cheap. Editing is just a bunch of quick cuts. It is impossible to know what is happening. (Drink every time the editor does a digital zoom) The story makes no sense. Just joking, there is none. They just run aimlessly in the woods. This "video-game" thing that is going on, is extremely cringe and makes no sense.
For a thriller, there is very little that actually happening. There is no tension and if there is any, the bad dialog and editing just makes it comedic.
It is like a D-Version of Saw.
The only positive is, that I got some really good laughs out of it. Not intentional by this product.
Here is the thing that ruins this product: They do not consider to remove the Vests.
The actors are bad and unbelievable. There is not a single character. Everyone is just a "one-sentence" summary or just a prop. A lot of repeated and/or meaningless dialog. The writing is next level awful. There are so many continuity errors, it is unbelievable. Camerawork is really cheap. Editing is just a bunch of quick cuts. It is impossible to know what is happening. (Drink every time the editor does a digital zoom) The story makes no sense. Just joking, there is none. They just run aimlessly in the woods. This "video-game" thing that is going on, is extremely cringe and makes no sense.
For a thriller, there is very little that actually happening. There is no tension and if there is any, the bad dialog and editing just makes it comedic.
It is like a D-Version of Saw.
The only positive is, that I got some really good laughs out of it. Not intentional by this product.
Half Good
gab-6759921 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I thought this movie would have been much better by the description but no! All the jokes came from only Kato but even those few jokes could not carry the weight of this bad movie. It was painful to watch these ppl run around acting like friends but then turning around and killing each other. It was like "I'm your friend I would never kill you" then they TRY to kill them and the same person goes back to that person who tried to kill them, frustrating! This went on with each of the actors and after the 3rd time I just wanted this mess to end. I love how they all had a plan to get help yet no one ever seriously reaches a road until the end. This was a movie that made your IQ dwindle after watching it. I say they tried but failed in flying colors. I only recommend if you have nothing better to watch. Then they said they could not remove the vets because of the cables attached and yet no one with a knife even tried to cut the vest off, or even try to. Bad all the way around, I was being generous with a 5 score.
Pointless dreadful teen screamfest
omendata7 November 2020
Yip it is one of those where the advertising poster looks better than the movie was!
What can we say but utterly atrocious waste of time. Teens running , screaming and killing each other in the woods for an hour and a half of mindless twaddle!
It triggered a headache after 30 mins with the constant screaming and shouting it was really pretty abysmal and the dialogue was just beyond bad then add to that some truly pitiful acting and you have a movie with aspirations to movies like Saw and it becomes laughable - The end scene with the girl screaming.....oh my!!!
A sad 3 out of 10 hatchets on the horror scale and that is being overly generous!
What can we say but utterly atrocious waste of time. Teens running , screaming and killing each other in the woods for an hour and a half of mindless twaddle!
It triggered a headache after 30 mins with the constant screaming and shouting it was really pretty abysmal and the dialogue was just beyond bad then add to that some truly pitiful acting and you have a movie with aspirations to movies like Saw and it becomes laughable - The end scene with the girl screaming.....oh my!!!
A sad 3 out of 10 hatchets on the horror scale and that is being overly generous!
Just above average
staunton-gary9 November 2020
Yep, kept me watching until the end. Characters were were not really developed enough for you top care about them. You basically watched and waited to see what happens. Overall, an enjoyable movie, doubt very much this will have a cult following. If you've seen any of the Evil Dead movies with Bruce Campbell, this is what it feels like, with the evil dead.
Really now?
xrmpouka13 November 2020
Enjoyable...
songod-9500312 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The eternal modern horror film question remains... what is the survivor going to tell people happened??
I suppose wearing the vest, the other bodies having the vest, the exploded remains... that makes it easier than a supernatural killer. And the survivor never actually killed anyone. Maybe it will be easier than most sole survivor situations.
I suppose wearing the vest, the other bodies having the vest, the exploded remains... that makes it easier than a supernatural killer. And the survivor never actually killed anyone. Maybe it will be easier than most sole survivor situations.
Terrible
payasoingenioso16 June 2021
Sometimes you watch a movie just to be entertained
mcsinteriors8 November 2020
It's watchable and I've seen worse
dewilliams3029 November 2020
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I keep seeing 'teens' but it's stated more than once they 'were' in high school. Yeah I don't get the 'very bad acting' I've seen a lot worse. There are moments though that a character here Or there literally makes me cringe but it's not throughout the entire film. The concept is good and there was a point of clarity In the film. I haven't focused on the editing and film direction especially if it's not in my face that's just wasteful time. As a B horror movie lover it was good and not just ok. The score to be settled was to Murder everyone while giving them hope they would survive the game. Hint: Mr. Peterson aka the Old science teacher does tell them they'll be only 'one' left at the end. I guess technically that's not a lie. Also it was better to find out who was the Cold blooded murderer from high school that gave Caleb the overdose of speed. Like most horror movies they don't give you a reason to like the characters as they set them up to just be victims with no true character base. I enjoyed watching the wanna be Patrick Bateman of the film get his just deserved. The only character I felt bad for was Caleb. As he was a victim Of the privileged teenager with a cop for a dad getting away with murder. Overall it's a watchable movie.
An Inclusive At The Cutting Table
thejoudblitz7 November 2020
This movie has a great cast, good looking people who can act. The campfire scene in the beginning sets up characters nicely, with understandable dialogue and the viewer quickly gets to know the protagonists sufficiently. Unfortunately that's everything the film has going for it. First of all it's simply too hard to watch with the constantly shaking and zooming camera. The editing is so erratic, immersion can never happen for the audience. I was looking forward to see how they solved the logistical and continuity problems that would arise from the preposterous premise, bomb vests which transfer remaining time to anyone who kills the wearer, since I am a big fan of the Saw franchise. But given the bad camera work I'd rather read the story than watch this.
ohhh they keep talking so much...
ops-525356 November 2020
Actually the more they talk the lamer the film becomes, bad directing en masse'.the spit and bloodfilled dialouges makes the actors tounges and lips go dry its like a frothing volcano that runs outof steam, so they have to lick the lips like a psychiatric ticksing patient, or like brundle in ''the fly''. so the acting are frenetic and stern, and as a gate into the moviebusiness its average ok acting.
its a gamef flick on life and death. its armed bombwests, tikking clocks on the chest, the rules is learned in situ, and everybody quite coincidentaly has a grudge to eachother nevertheless. so when its game time its killtime, and everybody is evryones foe..if you try gto give up youll blow up, so the wests are probably heatsensored or pulsdriven. there are vast amounts of blood and gore, actually some of the better ive seen from octane actually.
its really a silly production when thinking story and plot, it aint there at all. there are crazy coloured illuminated piece of woodland that sorrounds the senior hi schoolers, and the lack of real ambient light are really gutwrenching. the vest do also have colourcodes, and will tell you with either blue,red,green or yellow colours how your position in the game are, and a metronomic ticking sound that spins of at an increasing pace when you become closer to the extremes, which are ...win or die.
its a film for the young audience that do games wearing goggles, everything happens fast, with not much caracterbuilding and dynamic, so its not severely intelligently made. it might be shown on a norwegian tv-channel within a year late at night. will i view it again, no the grumpy old man thinks.a small recommend though
its a gamef flick on life and death. its armed bombwests, tikking clocks on the chest, the rules is learned in situ, and everybody quite coincidentaly has a grudge to eachother nevertheless. so when its game time its killtime, and everybody is evryones foe..if you try gto give up youll blow up, so the wests are probably heatsensored or pulsdriven. there are vast amounts of blood and gore, actually some of the better ive seen from octane actually.
its really a silly production when thinking story and plot, it aint there at all. there are crazy coloured illuminated piece of woodland that sorrounds the senior hi schoolers, and the lack of real ambient light are really gutwrenching. the vest do also have colourcodes, and will tell you with either blue,red,green or yellow colours how your position in the game are, and a metronomic ticking sound that spins of at an increasing pace when you become closer to the extremes, which are ...win or die.
its a film for the young audience that do games wearing goggles, everything happens fast, with not much caracterbuilding and dynamic, so its not severely intelligently made. it might be shown on a norwegian tv-channel within a year late at night. will i view it again, no the grumpy old man thinks.a small recommend though
Razzie goes too.....
kelvinpalmer7 November 2020
Terrible script, terrible acting
hippyhalo2221 April 2022
I'm normally pretty easy on movies. I don't mind movies that aren't great, and I usually think people rate movies too low just because they didn't like it. The current 5.something rating for this movie is too high. It was hard to sit through this movie. The plot could have been interesting, but it was thin. The acting is HORRIBLE. Truly horrible. Especially the actor who played kato. My god. Some of the worst acting I've ever seen. The dialogue is really poorly written as well (several super cringy lines "you're a left swipe on tinder! You're a femme fatale!") and the characters make really, really idiotic decisions. I only finished the movie because I mostly just wanted to see who ended up the last one standing. But honestly, I wasn't invested at all in who lived or died, it could have been any of them, because they are all terrible. I haven't written a film review in years and years, but I felt obligated to write one for this film so people can hopefully save their time and not watch this.
Fun movie with flaws
MovieMutt15 March 2021
Although I enjoyed the film and it kept my attention, I can't help but feel it could have been executed better. The worst part were the characters. They talked way too much and I suspect the dialogue was written by a film student. They all looked SO much alike and with the movie taking place in the dark, it was hard to tell them apart. That made things a little confusing and impossible to care about their fates as much. Other than that I thought it was a pretty fun movie.
Badly written, unlikable characters. But good FX
Jester22218 December 2020
Nothing new here.
Characters you can't wait to see die. All unlikable.
Script was lazy and predictable.
Dumbest decisions made. Yes. All the usual cliches are present and correct. Campy in places.
Redeeming feature was the gore FX which were fun.
Ok if nothing else on.
Dumbest decisions made. Yes. All the usual cliches are present and correct. Campy in places.
Redeeming feature was the gore FX which were fun.
Ok if nothing else on.
Good use of a known premise
craigwinter28 August 2020
What's wrong with putting ice in milk?!?
danevansjr25 November 2020
Interesting concept. The comparisons to Battle Royale aside, thank you for at least trying something new(ish) and not recycling something old and tired. The production values are pretty good as well. That means real cameras, and not cell-phone quality junk. And real shots, not handheld shaky cam. The plot is actually pretty good. Once you get to the 'reason' everyone gets strapped up. It's not just a crazy guy with a grudge (and some pretty good explosive and tech skills).
The acting is a mixed bag. Some scenes called for more experience and it shows that these are all not veteran actors. The characters start off REALLY not likeable. I know it's intentional so that the viewer either doesn't form a connection to them or doesn't feel bad when they (possibly) die, but some of them are over-the-top douchey. They do get more depth later, which is refreshing and not usual for this type of movie. The dialog swings from typical barely out of adolescent nonsense to serious conversations about mental illness to some intentionally funny moments. There are some misses, but mostly it all fits pretty good.
Girl 1: "You don't wanna kill me!" Girl 2: "Yes I do!" Girl 1: "That's the herpes talking!"
Overall, I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised and liked it.
The acting is a mixed bag. Some scenes called for more experience and it shows that these are all not veteran actors. The characters start off REALLY not likeable. I know it's intentional so that the viewer either doesn't form a connection to them or doesn't feel bad when they (possibly) die, but some of them are over-the-top douchey. They do get more depth later, which is refreshing and not usual for this type of movie. The dialog swings from typical barely out of adolescent nonsense to serious conversations about mental illness to some intentionally funny moments. There are some misses, but mostly it all fits pretty good.
Girl 1: "You don't wanna kill me!" Girl 2: "Yes I do!" Girl 1: "That's the herpes talking!"
Overall, I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised and liked it.
Where did they find these actors???
knedb17 March 2021
Seriously, this movie has some of the worst acting ever. Did they find them on craigslist? What a joke... I gave it a 2 because the plot was a decent idea. Just poorly executed especially because of the acting. I just hope these wannabe actors have a day job.
Watch it for the humor
canyongirl6010 November 2020
This film does not seem like a comedy, but then they start talking, and this is some of the funniest dialogue I've heard in a horror film in a long time. There is a silly and very bloody thriller going on that will keep you on your toes, but it's the wit that makes this one worth watching.
Explosive stuff
kosmasp30 January 2023
No pun intended - the "Saw" premise is quite intriguing. If you like horror movies - you could do a lot worse. And yes the premise was there or rather existed before Saw made it ... well mainstream. But since it was so succesful most will recognize it as such. People do understand what is being talked about quite easy that way.
While the movie may not have the best performances, it also does not have the worst either. The characters are not likeable and quite annoying ... but you can't blame the actors for that. You do not have to love them for that either of course. All that being said, the effects are quite good to say the least. Especially for a low budget movie. What would you do? I know right? Better not find yourself in a situation like that ...
While the movie may not have the best performances, it also does not have the worst either. The characters are not likeable and quite annoying ... but you can't blame the actors for that. You do not have to love them for that either of course. All that being said, the effects are quite good to say the least. Especially for a low budget movie. What would you do? I know right? Better not find yourself in a situation like that ...
Get triggered
Stanlee10714 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This film has been done many times before. The best example of this is the classic Battle Royale & to a lesser extent & arguably inferior Hunger Games.
It follows the same premise in that a bunch of friends are pitted against one another with the end goal is that there can be only one surviver. Each character has a bag strapped onto their bodies (that cannot be removed without an explosive consequence) with a timer that counts down & they die when said counter reaches zero a bomb goes off... All the participants have different available/remaining time on their counter but can inherit the remaining time of others onto theirs if they choose to kill other contestants.
There is a reason for this wicked game but I shall not ruin the twist... The characters were so clichéd but that's to be expected. There is one person among this group of reluctant participants that is a killer & also one that is the catalyst for this killing game to be designed & implemented.
It is watchable although one of the stoic character beggers belief in that his friends are trying to murder him yet he tries to appeal to their humanity & convince them to not do it. It also shows the length to be which a seemingly "ordinary" person will go to ensure their own survival in this enforced predicament. It is watchable if nothing else.
It follows the same premise in that a bunch of friends are pitted against one another with the end goal is that there can be only one surviver. Each character has a bag strapped onto their bodies (that cannot be removed without an explosive consequence) with a timer that counts down & they die when said counter reaches zero a bomb goes off... All the participants have different available/remaining time on their counter but can inherit the remaining time of others onto theirs if they choose to kill other contestants.
There is a reason for this wicked game but I shall not ruin the twist... The characters were so clichéd but that's to be expected. There is one person among this group of reluctant participants that is a killer & also one that is the catalyst for this killing game to be designed & implemented.
It is watchable although one of the stoic character beggers belief in that his friends are trying to murder him yet he tries to appeal to their humanity & convince them to not do it. It also shows the length to be which a seemingly "ordinary" person will go to ensure their own survival in this enforced predicament. It is watchable if nothing else.
Same Storyline
bonniesnewhamp8 November 2020
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