CURSE OF THE FORTY-NINER (or MINER'S MASSACRE, as it's actually called in the movie) may be low-budget, but it delivers the goods. To be sure, it's yet another mindless Teen Slasher, without any redeeming quality whatsoever. But the movie is very much aware of its insignificance to world culture, and in return we get all the goodies fans of the genre are used to.
Final word is that FORTY-NINER will not win any awards, but it doesn't sell its niche audience short. Although the leads are a bit bland. I didn't even know they had names, or that they were married (!), until almost toward the end.
5 out of 10
Final word is that FORTY-NINER will not win any awards, but it doesn't sell its niche audience short. Although the leads are a bit bland. I didn't even know they had names, or that they were married (!), until almost toward the end.
5 out of 10