joey_ozz
I watched most of this movie in fast forward it was that bad.
thomderdriv
Forget about the reviews. I read the reviews extensively and then I went and watched it and yes it was great fun. Very unpredictable as well.
In fact it was so fun that I could not fall asleep afterwards...True story. This movie is not a waste of time. It is just a weird and brave attempt of thriller from Eli Roth. I don't particularly like his movies, but I enjoy the courage that he has in filmmaking.
As for Keanu... you know he is a cool guy and YES THERE IS A REASON THAT HE IS IN THIS MOVIE. Pros: unpredictability, good acting, pretty ladies, good shots, good atmosphere overall and subtle comical moments.
Cons: pace slow at times, dialogue in the beginning seems a bit discouraging but it gets better later on.Worth the time, definitely.
Pascal Charpentier
The good news first. You will laugh a lot. Because the level of bad is sharknado territory. With the difference that here it is not intended. I guess theoretically there is a nice idea in here somewhere but the execution is just laughable. The actors are terrible. Keanu Reeves has shown time and time again that he can only do stoic cool guy but this is some of the worst acting I have seen ever. But if you look at him in some of the most awful scenes you think you see him smile a little because he knows this is just bad. You see Ana de Amas nude, thats the only thing good I can say about her in this movie. The dialog is ungodly bad. A mixture auf c-movie horroflick and a well...porn. The direction, i don't know what to say. If this were a film student they would rightfully close the film school he was going to. Since this comes from a studio and has famous actors, it gets a release. Don't watch this.
maruugaa
I impulse bought this dvd curious as to what a big-name actor like Keanu Reeves was doing in what appeared to be a cheesy horror movie, also because I enjoy cheesy horror movies.
Omg, this movie was definitely not what I expected.
It was not a horror movie. It was a comedy. In fact, aside from the Austin Powers movies, this is probably the funniest thing I ever saw in my life.
The script and acting at the beginning are so bad yet funny including lines like, "If Daddy doesn't work we'll have to live in a box", and "Monster been waiting three weeks", and "I know when I'm married my husband will want to sleep with other woman so I want to get used to having threesomes now."The comes the crotch-grabbing bubble bath scene, and I was keeled over in hysterics for the rest of the movie.All the weapons the Bel and Genesis use to torture Evan are household items, such as tying him to a cheap wheely desk chair with an extension cord and gagging him with a pair of underwear. At one point Evan trips over a trolley, and the scene he's tied up with a garden hose and being transported to the backyard by said trolley.I can't decide between 2 parts as my favourites:
1) The part where Louis is texting at the door and for a split second you see Bel roll Evan tied to the wheely desk chair draped in a sheet by the window, or
2) Where he's neck deep in the group and trying to delete the facebook video of Bel going at him and accidentally hits the Like button.The fact that this is a remake(meaning someone in 1977 thought it would be a good idea to make a movie about a man getting raped and tortured by two hot babes half his age, and then someone in the 2014 decided this need to me remade for the younger generations made me laugh harder. As did the fact that it somehow stars a big name actor, and that so many people went to see this cuz of John Wick and were greatly enraged by what it was.I actually made a lot of my friends watch this movie.Eli Roth truly is an artist.(also, there's an alternate ending that parodies John Wick for all you people who only went to see this because of John Wick)
AD
