robdot1964
Storyline a bit predictable but well executed. Acting is first rate and doesn't rely on jump scares.
iamtherobotman
Another film which had a decent concept but was once more let down badly by the execution. OK, so she gets herself a job as Security for an abandoned Luxury Tower Block and strange things begin to happen, fair enough. Why though must these films always have people act like complete morons?? Checking the buildings Blueprints she notices that room 411 doesn't have an active camera and states this amazing fact to her colleague who then informs her that that area was not completed and therefore didn't have a camera...Now, first day of the job would any normal person then continue questioning and then insisting that "someone" go check it out?? No, of course not, you'd pay attention to the guy who's worked there for a number of years and has the experience and know-how of the building, wouldn't you!! This is only one of the horrible horror cliché's within this attempt. She also becomes obsessed with gaining entry to the 'room' to such an extent she breaks in...She allows an old homeless guy access to the building to shelter from the storm outside... Now i realise that these instances were actually plot related but this is my point. The plot, the film, the alleged cliché of a 'twist' at the end were all poor, the film was poor. Her acting was passable at times though for some reason they constantly had her 'act' shocked or surprised by continually slapping her hand over her mouth and even at times forehead in some vain attempt to emphasise just how shocked/surprised/or worried she was. The whole thing was obvious from the word go, obvious 'jump scares', obvious overly dramatic score which at times went way over board, obvious occurrences...etc...etc. They tried desperately to create an air of malice and tension with use of lighting and angles and of course mixing in the CCTV footage but i'm afraid none of it worked. It had certain moments, brief though they were that were passable but overall this was just a horrible film rather than a horror film.
geraldyelverton
I recently watched the movie The Abandoned. Scary! Normally I am not a fan of the horror genre as it is just not my thing. This film I am a fan of. It is about a female security guard's first night in the graveyard shift patrolling an abandoned Wearhouse. I know at first mention it sound very cliché and like the basic plot of any horror movie. The Abandoned is the exception. The directing, acting, writing, cinematography and the sound was on par. The characters seemed like real people and not the carbon copied stereotypes you see so often in this genre. The dialogue was realistic and the plot easy to follow.I recommend this film to any movie lover. There were a handful of actors that I recognized, but most were unfamiliar to me, which actually helped in believing the story was really happening. Definitely check it out.
danjonesx
Normally I'm extremely skeptical on horror movies. Most of the time I'm skeptical when it comes to "Will this scare me?" or "Will this put me on edge and accomplish what horror movies are meant to?"After finishing watching the Abandoned, I can say it managed to accomplish both of those two things for about 95% of the movie.The film had some obvious cues as to what was going to happen. Most horrors seem to hold basics of when a happens b is to follow followed by c. Even with the predictable moments, it still was able to keep my attention.I was gripped onto the story of the film up until the very end. The ending of this film threw off the entire film for me. Perhaps there is a reason as to why it was written and produced as it was, but for me, it felt like it had gone a little too far in attempts to twist things up. If the directors and/or writers chose to go down a different path, I might have been left liking this film immensely more instead of instantly hating the ending to feeling as if it has effected the entire film.
AD
