Having been handed a copy of this film from a friend who got it from a different friend I sat down to watch this as I had nothing else to do. Well, doing nothing would have been better. If this is the future of the British film industry I fear for it.
The camera work was patchy, if you're going to use more than one type of camera then at least make them look like they could possibly be the same camera. The completely different picture quality between different shots in the same scene was horrifying. And note, by darkening a daylight shot doesn't mean it looks like night time.
The subtitles (and I normally wouldn't have an entire paragraph devoted to these but this time it's really necessary) were spelt incorrectly and changed fonts half way through. Now, changing font, that's one thing, but incorrectly spelt. Surely a spell check isn't that much to invest in after the money has been spent on everything else in that film.
The plot, well, what plot. I'd like to talk about the plot but the lack of it makes that difficult. The premise of student protesters being stuck in a war zone could be used very effectively however it appears that plot has been forgotten for some, rather dodgy, fight scenes. Some of the explosions were actually quite well done but the CGI bullets were laughable.
I'm not even going to mention the acting, the previous reviews have mentioned that they weren't all that great and they liked the film so you can probably guess what I felt about it.
I will give it one plus, the script was very funny. I'm not sure that was on purpose but some of the lines had me laughing. "There's a safe way over there" in particular was very amusing because the actor delivered it as if giving directions to the local supermarket. Slightly less exposition would also be advisable next time.
Digital cameras mean anyone can go out and make a film but that doesn't mean that the film is going to be good, or even vaguely watchable. I did make my way through the entire film but that was more to see if it could possibly get any worse, something that appeared to happen every few seconds. Watching this film was as hard as running up a hill, one that takes as long as it took the female students to run up in this film.
Please, don't make any more films. I beg you, put your money to better uses.
The camera work was patchy, if you're going to use more than one type of camera then at least make them look like they could possibly be the same camera. The completely different picture quality between different shots in the same scene was horrifying. And note, by darkening a daylight shot doesn't mean it looks like night time.
The subtitles (and I normally wouldn't have an entire paragraph devoted to these but this time it's really necessary) were spelt incorrectly and changed fonts half way through. Now, changing font, that's one thing, but incorrectly spelt. Surely a spell check isn't that much to invest in after the money has been spent on everything else in that film.
The plot, well, what plot. I'd like to talk about the plot but the lack of it makes that difficult. The premise of student protesters being stuck in a war zone could be used very effectively however it appears that plot has been forgotten for some, rather dodgy, fight scenes. Some of the explosions were actually quite well done but the CGI bullets were laughable.
I'm not even going to mention the acting, the previous reviews have mentioned that they weren't all that great and they liked the film so you can probably guess what I felt about it.
I will give it one plus, the script was very funny. I'm not sure that was on purpose but some of the lines had me laughing. "There's a safe way over there" in particular was very amusing because the actor delivered it as if giving directions to the local supermarket. Slightly less exposition would also be advisable next time.
Digital cameras mean anyone can go out and make a film but that doesn't mean that the film is going to be good, or even vaguely watchable. I did make my way through the entire film but that was more to see if it could possibly get any worse, something that appeared to happen every few seconds. Watching this film was as hard as running up a hill, one that takes as long as it took the female students to run up in this film.
Please, don't make any more films. I beg you, put your money to better uses.