Gerald's Game

After an attempt to reignite the passion in their marriage goes awry, Jessie is left handcuffed to a bed in a secluded house with her husband, Gerald, dead. Not only must she break free from her shackles but she must avoid being killed by a wild dog that figures that Jessie is on the menu. Then she starts to hallucinate and reminisce.

Based on a Stephen King, the movie contains many horror elements as well as human drama and survival drama elements. The survival drama is reasonably interesting, and is the best part of the film. However, it is not substantial enough to be able to make up the entire movie, hence the need for the human drama side, and the horror side, to a lesser degree.

The human drama feels overwrought and often like padding, which, from my previous comment, it is. The horror elements are a bit confusing as they are often products of Jessie's mind, but one part then isn't. This also makes the conclusion quite odd, as it seems to come out of nowhere.

Overall: watchable, but only just, and only for the survival-based intrigue.