Safety in Numbers (2006) User Reviews

Big waste of time

[toronaga · 2/10 · 14 October 2006]

Silly cheesy horror movies, man how they make a Saturday night. You can pretty much tell from the box it comes in whether it's a dud or a gem in hiding. This one was of the former persuasion. The actors were capable and the overall production quality was good. But the STORY - that's where this falls into the toilet. It's not scary in the slightest, it's just a ripoff of that classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" where a guy is trapped on an island trying to avoid some killer (there's even a pit trap just like in that story). In this case it's six people trying to avoid a killer

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who is revealed to us pretty much at the beginning of the movie in a flashback. They spend the rest of the time doing the stupid things people in every horror movie do - split up into smaller groups of 1 or 2 to make it easier for the killer to do his thing instead of staying together. You expect this in this genre but you at least want some tension, drama, or at least a "boo" moment or two. There's none of that here. Each person is dispatched very matter-of-factly without the slightest scare. The ending is incomprehensible and makes no sense - I didn't understand what happened to the two who got away and I didn't really care. Pass this one by, folks...

I wish i were in the Safety of the Numbers of people that wisely avoiding watching this travesty

[movieman_kev · 2/10 · 6 October 2009]

Six former reality-TV stars (three female & three male) from 'Castaway Island' are whisked away to a seemingly deserted island for a reunion show. Once there, they're hunted and killed one by one. Could it be this Wesley guy that everyone thinks is crazy or someone else entirely? The better question is will you even care to find out one way or the other?

Proving that America doesn't have a monopoly of unoriginal, hideously contrived, badly acted and scare free B-horror films, this Australian travesty rears it's ugly head to further trivialize and dumb down fans of the horror genre. This relatively blood-free, heavily clichéd mockery is deathly boring on top of all that and to add insult to injury, the ending doesn't make a lick of sense

My Grade: F+

Another 1 1/2 of life gone.

[richard-1878 · 2/10 · 21 September 2007]

It takes a long time for the film to get going. Not at all gripping, exciting or scary. I was very glad that there was nothing else on TV to watch. If you have seen The Breed then you have seen the better version of this film. If you have not seen it then watch it rather than this film. It is the type of movie that you watch to the end hoping that it will get better.

The film actually gets going after about fifty mins, not that it's to going. The sound track is typical early nineties and the acting matches the soundtrack, Although this review is very negative, if you do watch this film for more than forty mins then keep going you may see a little blood...... Typical low budget cast and low budget effects.

horrible movie

[tomelgdoyle-1 · 1/10 · 7 March 2007]

i thought this was a truly awful film . Nothing in it made any sense , even by horror movie standards.The premise wasn't too bad but it just fell to pieces after the first 5 minutes its an Australian movie and the male actors have Australian accents but the women have these terrible fake American accents and one of the womens accent is so appalling i have no idea what country she is supposed to be from . the ending made even less , i presume it was to set it up for a sequel but there is no way this dog of a film would get the funding for a sequel . i was surprised it got the funding at all sense than the rest of the movie. after watching this movie i tried to find a way to get in touch with the director to sling some abuse , no other movie has driven me to that point before don't watch it unless your video store has a ' didn't like it? get your money back ' policy

Abysmal

[michellehagger · 1/10 · 23 January 2008]

Truly one of the worst movies I have seen in years. There is absolutely no tension, shocks or scares. The cast members are despatched in an entirely perfunctory and unimaginative fashion.

The story and scripting is stupid beyond belief. At one point a character falls off a cliff and instead of trying to help him the girl he is with runs miles back to the camp to tell the others that he has fallen off a cliff. They don't actually decide to do anything about it and then seem entirely unsurprised when he shows up again with what appear to be only minor injuries (a bit of a cut on the side of his head). And how come the female actors have American accents (sometimes in some cases) whilst the males speak with Australian accents? And don't get me started on the ending. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

I have seen infinitely better low budget films produced by students.

Avoid this at all costs.

A pretty good cast wasted.

Terrible

[mjlechne · 1/10 · 16 June 2010]

Are you kidding me? The plot makes zero sense and the ending is even worse. The acting, effects, and plot were on the top five worst of all time. I would like to recommend this movie to someone so that they could see it and possibly offer some insight into what the director was thinking. The movie is supposed to be some sort of insight as to what would happen if a reality show participant cracked, which seems like a decent enough plot line, but then things start happening for no reason whatsoever. Characters die off for no reason and without any explanation of who killed them or why. What's worse is that the killer's identity is never really explained (motivation wise). They add some sort of "plot twist" with some woman saying there were other people involved, but these people are never identified, shown, or even hinted at. Seriously, don't ever watch this movie.

I cringed while watching it

[jordondave-28085 · 1/10 · 21 July 2023]

(2005) Safety In Numbers HORROR/ THRILLER

Low-budget straight-to-rental film co-produced, written and directed by David J. Douglas from Australia involves a group of teens visiting an island after one of them wins a million dollars at a "Survivors" game show. Upon going over there, an unknown jealous opponent waits for them to go there to take them all out for the reason of being a sore loser. Oh yeah, and tensions clash among the groups when their beach resort unknowingly blows up- they pointlessly blame each other. If you don't mind a movie with a lot of pointless babbling (to identify with the characters and it's situations) this film might be for you, otherwise use a "fast-forward" button while playing which is what I did and still be able to make out what was going on. Stupid beyond belief that there were times, I had to press my hand onto my head. Bomb.

Great movie well worth watching.

[spencer-94 · 10/10 · 23 January 2007]

Great to see a adult movie without all that excess blood and gore. Believable story with no supernatural. You will watch it right to the end. What should be a happy return for the group that made a reality show on a island turns to life threatening problems when someone tries to kill them. It is good to see a girl saving the day rather then the normal guy and the girls being hopeless. Excellent acting and production values. Loved the background music. Women would love this show and guys will be happy with the classy actresses. End leaves things unanswered for the sequel. I think the last ones did survive but we will have to wait and see. Well worth a look.