Patrick Mason (lordplayboyman)
When word about this film came out, I was pretty excited. The movie poster was extremely provocative, and created an interest in the movie for me. The fact that Paz De la Huerta (From HBO's Boardwalk Empire), plays the lead character was a plus.And then, you watch it, and it's a hit and miss kind of feeling from start to finish. On the one end, Paz De la Huerta does have talent, but you wouldn't be able to tell from her acting in this movie, which is one note in every scene. She looks about the same in almost every scene, like she has anger issues and she is just waiting for that one person to set her off - and even then, its not impressive.The plot and story line are pretty good, and the other actors show more range of emotion than Paz does throughout the entire film. The narration that Paz's character, Abby Russell provides to us, feels like she went on a bender, and then takes a moment from said bender to talk about her murderous escapades. I kept thinking that she was slightly drunk at times.The Cinematography is good, and the special effects are OK. I could've done without the CGI in the movie (There's a few in certain scenes). Story wise, I really do like this film, but it needed way more polish. It's OK to watch every now and then, and it would've been a more memorable movie overall, if the acting for the main character had more emotion.It's really not that bad. Lackluster at best. I recommending watching it at least once, and then go from there.
Gravedigger41
It took me long enough to watch this movie and after all i shouldn't have watched it at all. Plot was fine, i knew what I was going to see but...Paz De La Huerta. GOD. A rock can act better than her. She was supposedly the hot nurse and all, I'll skip the fact that she's ugly AF , and looks like a transgender, that's a personal opinion, but her acting is awful. I mean did they cast her for this role? Who was she competing against for it? Why is she talking like that? She acts like she's drunk or has mental issues. That's the real issue here, another actress could have saved it a bit. Just like Katrina Bowden did, and that's what the 2nd star is for.
edwardrevans
My problem with this is the Actress who plays Abby Russell. The actress who is playing a role of a seductive Nurse is I am sorry to say is1.Not pretty enough, I think the costume department and make up did her a dis-service here especially her hair, she is no Sharon stone. The allure of Basic Instinct is the looks and the allure Sharon gave the role. 2.Playing the role too Hammy, the dialogue sounded like she was either drunk or bored.The final act of the movie seemed rushed and botched, the HR Lady what happened to her ?The Shower scene as mentioned in the Boards, why are they still wearing their under garments, if there is a no Nudity clause then don't film the scene at all.Shame really good concept poorly executed.
djangozelf-12351
Seen this movie in 2013 and it is good I'm writing about it in 2015 because strong female leads are the thing now and there popping up so much it's gonna get to the point that it becomes annoying.But thats the Hollywood formula I guess and sadly for me the reason to skip a lot of blockbusters and hope that originality will be maintained by in depended movie makers still getting funding to do their thing.Almost felt like this movie was made for me and I loved every little cliché it broke.The actress may not be the prettiest out there but by the way she uses seduction becomes very desirable non the less.The way people rated this was extreme on both sides,so either very positive or very negative but it makes me wander if the negative reviews would change because of the situation we find ourselves now in(with strong female leads flooding the box-office)Some guy here stated that it would be different if you switched the story to a male lead but in all honesty (and thats my theory)a girl can seduce a guy easily, while it is way more difficult for a guy to seduce a girl.Even more honest I over rated this because I really feel the rating is way to low and should be at least a six for the production value alone.I think the biggest flaw for this is that they made it 3-D while there really ain't a need for that and it was not a movie for that format.The director was good on this because he let "Paz"shine and in another movie she played in(I forgot which one) she was just awful.Truthfully this was an 8 for me and I hope more people will see it after reading this review.I recommend it to any one who wants to see a different but ultimately great horror movie.Added bonus was to see Judd Nelson in a good role again.Enjoy the "bleep"out of this.
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