Trick

This movie made no sense, none whatsoever from the get go. There is no plot, no character or story arc. Just someone running around killing random people. No backstory, no character development seriously what was this crap?

Maybe one or 2 scares. A bit thrilling. A bit goofy. Not too bad. Kinda an okay slasher film. Moderate twist in here! We enjoyed it. It's fun even if it's not the greatest

I had some hope for "Trick", it being a Halloween themed movie and directed by Patrick Lussier, whose "Drive Angry" is one of my guilty pleasures. Sadly, "Trick" tricked me & turned out to be a bad substandard movie, and not the so-bad-it's-good type.

It took only a few minutes to understand that it's not going to be a great ride and it took an hour for me to give up and check how much of the runtime there's left. "Trick" is an extremely flat and dull horror flick, it will very likely fail to raise any emotions in you and will maybe mildly entertain you. Then again, I can see how "Trick" qualifies for dumb fun. For me it wasn't fun, mostly just dumb. At least half of the plot details, some of the character design and their actions are unrealistic, awkward and, at the worst, irritating. The pacing is actually pretty fast, it's just that the happenings on screen are not very engaging. It doesn't help that the ending twists can be predicted easily as well. Acting's okay, but it doesn't even matter on the background of all the flaws. The killer is seriously dull. Even technically "Trick" is boring, lighting is all the same, doesn't matter if it's day or night, a lot of the camera work (during the uninspired action sequences) looks like a complete overkill & even the original score is cheap and cliche. One thing I think we all hoped for is that there's at least some awesome kills - well, that's not the case. The kills are mostly all the same, unimpressive & not very creative. You know, even Tom Atkins didn't save this movie.

If I'm grasping at straws "Trick" does have two minor qualities - near the end the already n-th unrealistic plot moves made me laugh a bit, it's kinda hilarious. And the other quality is it simply being a halloween themed movie. It offers no treats though. My rating (and it's generous): 3/10.

For this genre, slasher/horror, I guess it's an okay movie. There will never be gems in this genre and this one isn't one either, but it's watchable if you like a bit of gore and a dumb mindless story. Because that's what it basically is, a vilain that looks like he can't be killed or injured, a bunch of cops that outdumb each other constantly, a whole bunch of bad decisions, mixed with a lot of slashing and blood, and you get Trick. Too bad there are so much dumb scenes otherwise it could have been better.

First off, I do find Patrick Lussier to be a talented guy. This was the fourth film I've seen of his, after Dracula 2000, My Bloody Valentine, and Drive Angry. I would rank Trick last out of those as I was a bit turned off by this film.

The movie opens with a Halloween party that gets gruesome after a kid named Trick starts slaughtering his acquaintances only to meet his match at the hospital at the hands of a detective played by Omar Epps, only the killer disappears, Michael Myers style. In each of the following Halloween's, the murders pop up again. Is it Trick, or is it a copycat? Only Epps believes that his nemesis Trick is continuing the onslaught.

My biggest problem with this film is the villain, and his continuous battles with Epps and his police cohorts. Trick wears a mask and paints his face and wears a hoodie. He looks more like a punk than a monster, and his constant twirling of a knife becomes bothersome. He also has a knack to run away from those pursuing him and their gunfire. He can slip out of their grasp like a fish.

Trick does have its moments and features plenty of blood for horror fans. Omar Epps is good in the lead and Tom Atkins is always welcome in a genre that he is no stranger to.

Trick ran in a whopping 1 theater here in Detroit and has not shown up in box office reports.