I really wanted to like this. But then there were so many flaws which screws it up for me. Where to start?
The camera work was very awful, often shaky, often too close, sometimes blurry and there is no use of any filter or something to give it some more style or atmosphere. It felt like amateur filmer or almost like found-footage.
Then you have action scenes/stunts OFF SCREEN or poorly executed. Then there are pale actors with boring dialogues, stupid behavior or they are missing at all. Where were they? Oh I know, they rather liked to spent time celebrating at the set as seen in the little "making of" at the end. Or was that just a filler? Because the movie itself is barely 73 minutes long, yet starting too slow with off topic nonsense. Character setups? Non-existant.
The plot actually sounded not new, but could've worked if properly exectued. And yet you get "plot holes" leaving you with ??? In your face.
The music was not bad, but the location - the manor - was the best star in the whole movie. Even though it's empty and lacks of atmosphere.
What's funny is the fact that most people rate this 6+ here, while "RAVAGE" aka "SWING LOW" only has 4,9 currently here - a film I liked much better than this. Sorry "WICKED GAMES", that was way too less action and cinematography for me. Not really horror, not really thrilling - just poor, a dissappointment.
How about some "FUNNY GAMES", "FUNNY GAMES U. S.", "THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT", "THE STRANGERS" and so on and so on instead?
THIS one here needs a remake, even though it's "new". Get it? ;)
The camera work was very awful, often shaky, often too close, sometimes blurry and there is no use of any filter or something to give it some more style or atmosphere. It felt like amateur filmer or almost like found-footage.
Then you have action scenes/stunts OFF SCREEN or poorly executed. Then there are pale actors with boring dialogues, stupid behavior or they are missing at all. Where were they? Oh I know, they rather liked to spent time celebrating at the set as seen in the little "making of" at the end. Or was that just a filler? Because the movie itself is barely 73 minutes long, yet starting too slow with off topic nonsense. Character setups? Non-existant.
The plot actually sounded not new, but could've worked if properly exectued. And yet you get "plot holes" leaving you with ??? In your face.
The music was not bad, but the location - the manor - was the best star in the whole movie. Even though it's empty and lacks of atmosphere.
What's funny is the fact that most people rate this 6+ here, while "RAVAGE" aka "SWING LOW" only has 4,9 currently here - a film I liked much better than this. Sorry "WICKED GAMES", that was way too less action and cinematography for me. Not really horror, not really thrilling - just poor, a dissappointment.
How about some "FUNNY GAMES", "FUNNY GAMES U. S.", "THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT", "THE STRANGERS" and so on and so on instead?
THIS one here needs a remake, even though it's "new". Get it? ;)