The premise of this movie sounds pretty good. A bunch of desperate people being hunted in a hostile landscape with nowhere to hide. Unfortunately, nothing comes of it. All of the characters are jerks. And not in an interesting way, where you're eager to discover their inner demons or past traumas. They're just boring and obnoxious. And this wouldn't be so bad if the movie didn't insist on spending an excruciating amount of time with them. I think this is supposed to be character developement, but there's nothing there to develop.
The killer is barely in the movie. And when he is, he is not scary or menacing or compelling. He's just kind of dorky. He keeps sneaking up on the protagonists in a flat, empty landscape. They try to imply there's something supernatural going on, but this is never really explored. There's several "dream" fakeouts, the kills are unremarkable, and most of the deaths are the result of the character's stupidity rather than the actioons of the killer. The editing is confusing, and bits of the story that would make the plot easier to follow are just skipped over in favour of the "teens" running around and goofing off.
The reveal at the end is not foreshadowed in the movie in any way. But rather than this making it a surprising or interesting twist, it just feels tacked on. Basically the killer is a random incel wandering the desert rambling out his manifesto and killing attractive people who wander over there to make out. This seems to happen surprisingly often. The main girl fumbles through several opportunities to kill him, finally lucking into it more than anything.
The movie tries to hint that Crissy, the final girl, was the killer all along. But the rest of the story makes it pretty clear that wouldn' make sense.. It's a lazy, dumb end to a lazy dumb movie. Watch The Hitcher instead, you'll have a better time.
The killer is barely in the movie. And when he is, he is not scary or menacing or compelling. He's just kind of dorky. He keeps sneaking up on the protagonists in a flat, empty landscape. They try to imply there's something supernatural going on, but this is never really explored. There's several "dream" fakeouts, the kills are unremarkable, and most of the deaths are the result of the character's stupidity rather than the actioons of the killer. The editing is confusing, and bits of the story that would make the plot easier to follow are just skipped over in favour of the "teens" running around and goofing off.
The reveal at the end is not foreshadowed in the movie in any way. But rather than this making it a surprising or interesting twist, it just feels tacked on. Basically the killer is a random incel wandering the desert rambling out his manifesto and killing attractive people who wander over there to make out. This seems to happen surprisingly often. The main girl fumbles through several opportunities to kill him, finally lucking into it more than anything.
The movie tries to hint that Crissy, the final girl, was the killer all along. But the rest of the story makes it pretty clear that wouldn' make sense.. It's a lazy, dumb end to a lazy dumb movie. Watch The Hitcher instead, you'll have a better time.