There were no advanced screenings of Cry_Wolf. Of course, like most people, my idea was that it was a horrid movie that the studio didn't want to open to bad reviews. Well, now I've changed my mind. Instead, think of this as a Sixth Sense kind of thing- twist ending.
The movie centers around Westlake Prep school and a bunch of rich kids. Dodger( Lindy Booth) is the head of this little group, and obviously needing to prove something by being extra devious. The rest of the kids are the stereotyped teens that always appear in moves, the jock, the sarcastic girl, the goth/punk kid- who has way too many piercings to be allowed in prep school, and the token black guy,. The school is shocked by a murder of a local girl just about the time our main character Owen shows up. He's invited into Dodger's world and their game, where they try to lie to each other and accuse to win money. Soon they decide to bring the game school wide and invent a serial killer- The Wolf. But then what they invent becomes real.
I really liked the pace and the colors of this movie. The school was surrounded by trees and forests in fall, which at night added to the feel of the film. Everything hides in the shadows. Something I had trouble believing, and not because it wasn't well done, was Gary Cole, who is Owen's absent father, is British. It's hard to see someone like him trying to use an accent and it just doesn't fit. The director hints at what's to come in the rest of the movie during a scene in the library. A book hanging off the shelf, Sartre's No Exit, is thrust between the two characters- of course the obviousness of the placement makes me wonder if the director has heard of subtlety.
This movie was not a horror movie, nor a thriller. It should be classified as suspense. The blood and gore is very limited so the faint of heart would be safe with this. Scream and other 90s horror movies set up the sarcastic, poking fun at themselves story lines with snappy one liners. It was the "new" spin on horror. Cry_Wolf doesn't do this. Perhaps because they're trying to fit in with movies of the 2000s, with the twist endings. It's almost impossible to see a movie these days without a twist ending. Even without all of that, I still enjoyed the idea. The end was odd but so well explained someone who had missed the rest of the movie would understand. With not much in the thriller/horror genre out right now in theaters, Cry_Wolf is good for satisfying your craving. But if something a little more straightforward and gory, I'd recommend a trip to the video store instead.
The movie centers around Westlake Prep school and a bunch of rich kids. Dodger( Lindy Booth) is the head of this little group, and obviously needing to prove something by being extra devious. The rest of the kids are the stereotyped teens that always appear in moves, the jock, the sarcastic girl, the goth/punk kid- who has way too many piercings to be allowed in prep school, and the token black guy,. The school is shocked by a murder of a local girl just about the time our main character Owen shows up. He's invited into Dodger's world and their game, where they try to lie to each other and accuse to win money. Soon they decide to bring the game school wide and invent a serial killer- The Wolf. But then what they invent becomes real.
I really liked the pace and the colors of this movie. The school was surrounded by trees and forests in fall, which at night added to the feel of the film. Everything hides in the shadows. Something I had trouble believing, and not because it wasn't well done, was Gary Cole, who is Owen's absent father, is British. It's hard to see someone like him trying to use an accent and it just doesn't fit. The director hints at what's to come in the rest of the movie during a scene in the library. A book hanging off the shelf, Sartre's No Exit, is thrust between the two characters- of course the obviousness of the placement makes me wonder if the director has heard of subtlety.
This movie was not a horror movie, nor a thriller. It should be classified as suspense. The blood and gore is very limited so the faint of heart would be safe with this. Scream and other 90s horror movies set up the sarcastic, poking fun at themselves story lines with snappy one liners. It was the "new" spin on horror. Cry_Wolf doesn't do this. Perhaps because they're trying to fit in with movies of the 2000s, with the twist endings. It's almost impossible to see a movie these days without a twist ending. Even without all of that, I still enjoyed the idea. The end was odd but so well explained someone who had missed the rest of the movie would understand. With not much in the thriller/horror genre out right now in theaters, Cry_Wolf is good for satisfying your craving. But if something a little more straightforward and gory, I'd recommend a trip to the video store instead.