Paintball (2009)

A group of young urban workaholics sign up for a weekend of paintballing to have some adventure. But the adrenaline-filled entertainment soon turns into a manhunt, in which they become the ... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Benmayor

Writer:

Mario Schoendorff

Stars:

Brendan Mackey, Jennifer Matter, Patrick Regis

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brendan Mackey	...	David
Jennifer Matter	...	Anna
Patrick Regis	...	Eric
Iaione Perez	...	Iris
Neil Maskell	...	Frank
Anna Casas	...	Brenda
Peter Vives	...	John
Claudia Bassols	...	Claudia
Felix Pring	...	Hunter
Josep Seguí	...	Russian
Lucy Tillett	...	Russian Assistant
Lada Rudakova	...	Redball Announcer
Joshua Zamrycki	...	Orange Player 2
Joyce Müller	...	Orange Player 1
James Phillips	...	Organization Client

Storyline

A group of young urban workaholics sign up for a weekend of paintballing to have some adventure. But the adrenaline-filled entertainment soon turns into a manhunt, in which they become the prey and the hunter shoots live ammo not paint. It is no longer a game!

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Plot Keywords:

falling downhill | hunter | shaky cam | subjective camera | voyeurism | 

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Taglines:

Play to survive.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was filmed in the Amazon Forest

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Goofs

Boom-mike visible during the introductory sequence in the truck, after Frank's hood is taken off.

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Quotes

David: [sarcastically] Good luck
Eric: [snaps] yeah... and fuck you too
David: [snaps back] and your mother

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Connections

References Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

User Reviews

Good Idea, Bad Execution

I guess pun intended with the summary line. The idea is really good, but the movie itself isn't. It's a shame, that they couldn't make something out of it. The title gives away a little bit and of course you can imagine, that this won't be a regular Paintball game, that you will watch in this movie.

There are quite a few neat scenes, but especially one gimmick (where the camera uses a filter and therefor the picture you're seeing is "different") that it uses, wears off pretty quickly. Add to that, whiny characters (not all, but too many) and not that many different ones, so you could root for a particular character. It moves along too slow and any tension that gets build up, is destroyed pretty quickly. Some nice (gory) scenes won't help that either (not to mention, that some of them are shot through the aforementioned filter, which is really bad).

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 2009 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Gotcha: juego de muerte

Filming Locations:

Catalonia, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,050,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$497,693

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, Filmax, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color (35 mm version)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1