adamkarz Reviews

Compliance (2012)

A testament to the failure of education in America

[6/10 · 28 December 2012]

This movie is simply unbearable to watch. Yes, it is well made and has great acting. But whats infuriating is that it highlights how truly stupid and uneducated most Americans are. Yes, I understand given the notion of authority, people will listen to what they are told, but these people act like they have never heard of due process of law, innocent until proved guilty, asking for an attorney to be present or even asking for a policeman's badge number when he demands strange things. Only at a fast food restaurant, staffed by the most uneducated idiots could something like this occur. Or rather, I would like to think so. It seems as if the caller banks of what the people may have seen in TV shows to get them to follow his orders, but likewise, wouldn't TV at least remind people that officers don't strip search and spank people over like 40 missing dollars? The moral of the story is to stay in school and know your rights. Or you might wind up like these morons someday.

V/H/S (2012)

Creepy but kinda pointless

[6/10 · 5 October 2012]

Overall pretty creepy, good production value but not entirely original. If you are a big fan of horror movies this is definitely worth your time, but wont change your life. Each vignette was genuinely creepy and had good atmosphere but in the end, it doesn't amount to enough...Each of the vignettes kind of would qualify as the ending of any horror movie, so in essence its like seeing the end of 5 different horror flix...See it on Netflix!!

Of the found footage genre of horror I would definitely rank this above the paranormal activity movies. Unlike paranormal activity there were definite moments in this that made me shudder and look around my own apartment...