Review of Play Dead

Play Dead (2022)
3/10
Ugh...Rolled My Eyes 98% of the movie
30 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I really hate when writers write the characters to do dumb things that interfere with them saving themselves and I am truly sick of it.

Take this one for example, you get the keys. Good girl. However, you then go and get your ex off the table, walk him to the door, do everything to open the doors and clearly see he can't walk, you tell him to run when you open the doors but you STILL have to go back and get the phone. When you realize you're caught and being watched, you take your sweet time trying to get the ex up again clearly he can't walk. Obviously for the movies sake, you can't just leave because it really has nothing to do with your moral meter. From that point, I have no sympathy for the character, them getting caught becomes satisfying and I could care less if they live or die.

Had she instead, got the keys....went to get the phone....got the ex....escaped but then coroner blocks them from leaving or something in that nature resembling an inch of intelligence, then I can root for the lead. "Omgeeeee noooo she really tried...oh please let her live." In this case, sadly, I did not feel this way and I felt absolutely 0 ounce of remorse for the lead, Chloe (Madison).

Also, I have not seen Bailee Madison in anything since she was a young child and I loved her then. For example, her role in "Just Go with It". She was so cute and I said "She is a star". I haven't seen PLL reboot nor do I plan to but she really overacted in this one during her "scare" scenes. Her faces annoyed me so badly. I read some reviews saying they felt suspense watching this and I wonder if we watched the same film. This was really predictable, fell flat for me from middle to end, and idk just felt like a mess. Also, idk if we saved each others lives, you got the kidney so you're going to pay me regular price...100k. I didn't go through all of this tonight for the bear minimum of 25k. That's just enough for tuition and maybe something on the house. So now what are they gonna do?

This movie was an annoying joke. I'm sick of it. * Major eyeroll*. It was watchable. I'm glad it's a free Tubi original. I still love Tubi however. It has literally become my fave streaming app though I pay for others. I'm a sucker for their Z-list movies though I will rate this one a B-list due to the cast.
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