On the safe side I have added the spoiler tag. But if you have already seen this film then you already know it has passed it's use by date and has spoiled. This is the film version of that bottle of milk that became lost in the car in early spring only to be found in late summer then for some unholy reason opened to "see how bad it really is"
It is interesting that so many of the 8+ star reviews have reviewed only this movie.
This is a low budget film but being one should not stop it from being a well made film as many iconic or cult films have been made on a shoestring budget or even less. This film is neither iconic or a cult film
Ignoring that lets explore this train wreck of a movie
Setting: The movie is set in contemporary rural England and from the radio we know that there is a heavy cold war on that is looking to go hot.
The problem with this "found footage" genre is that unless it is very well written you know that the main character are dead. There is no explanation over how the footage is found. This is not a well written script.
Characters: Overall they are like extras with likes of dialogue. Anonymous, bland, not memorable. I do not even have a reason to dislike them which would have given me a reason to remember them.
Dialogue: Of what could be heard of this was in the finer moments bad but most of the time it settles for bland to bad
Audio: Highly inconsistent varying from easily heard to a background mumble in most cases this actually improved the film as this means one did not have to suffer the dialogue
Acting: This movie is far from alone where you see actors struggling to spin gold out of chaff. a average scrip would have gotten a better performance.
Script/Story: Aside from some random good ideas the script and story is bland and pedestrian and are interchangeable with any number of similarly bland "found footage film". The troupes in the characters and story are both common and predictable with the exception of one character I was able to predict every character's demise
Locations: The locations were solid and well chosen and suited the story well
Special effects: Of what you could see this was fairly basic and having the video footage bleed of colours looks and feels like this was done to cover the poor/cheap effects. I would say that it looks like the special effects were done on a home computer but I have seen movies where the director used his home computer the make the computer effects and despite it was made several years ago it still looks better then the effects in this film
Overall: A generally bland, forgettable film. It is not bad enough to get a following from us that like the bad movie and is certainly not good enough to be popular.
Watch at own risk
It is interesting that so many of the 8+ star reviews have reviewed only this movie.
This is a low budget film but being one should not stop it from being a well made film as many iconic or cult films have been made on a shoestring budget or even less. This film is neither iconic or a cult film
Ignoring that lets explore this train wreck of a movie
Setting: The movie is set in contemporary rural England and from the radio we know that there is a heavy cold war on that is looking to go hot.
The problem with this "found footage" genre is that unless it is very well written you know that the main character are dead. There is no explanation over how the footage is found. This is not a well written script.
Characters: Overall they are like extras with likes of dialogue. Anonymous, bland, not memorable. I do not even have a reason to dislike them which would have given me a reason to remember them.
Dialogue: Of what could be heard of this was in the finer moments bad but most of the time it settles for bland to bad
Audio: Highly inconsistent varying from easily heard to a background mumble in most cases this actually improved the film as this means one did not have to suffer the dialogue
Acting: This movie is far from alone where you see actors struggling to spin gold out of chaff. a average scrip would have gotten a better performance.
Script/Story: Aside from some random good ideas the script and story is bland and pedestrian and are interchangeable with any number of similarly bland "found footage film". The troupes in the characters and story are both common and predictable with the exception of one character I was able to predict every character's demise
Locations: The locations were solid and well chosen and suited the story well
Special effects: Of what you could see this was fairly basic and having the video footage bleed of colours looks and feels like this was done to cover the poor/cheap effects. I would say that it looks like the special effects were done on a home computer but I have seen movies where the director used his home computer the make the computer effects and despite it was made several years ago it still looks better then the effects in this film
Overall: A generally bland, forgettable film. It is not bad enough to get a following from us that like the bad movie and is certainly not good enough to be popular.
Watch at own risk