This is such a great idea for a short and executed really well but WHY??? Did they have to put such a stupid ending. It could have been amazing. Instead there is a jarring tonal shift that just doesn't satisfy.
6 Reviews
Stupid ending
injury-6544721 May 2020
Get out... if you can.
Pjtaylor-96-1380447 December 2021
In all honestly, 'Not So Fast (2014)' is pretty underwhelming. It's rather repetitive, despite its short length, and it doesn't have a very good payoff, either. There are some interesting and well-achieved special effects. The concept is decent, too. Ultimately, there isn't all that much too it, though. It isn't especially bad, but it isn't especially good either. 5/10.
so hard!
AvionPrince1623 December 2021
Run Lotta run
Horst_In_Translation28 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
"Not So Fast" is a 2-minute short film from 2 years ago and the writer and director is David F. Sandberg. we also see him at the very end. The female lead actress is Sandberg's regular Lotta Losten. We see a woman in a hallway, but she cannot get closer to an exit door. Every time she moves forward, it moves further away again. A pretty strange occurrence we have here. Are supernatural powers in force here? Watch for yourself. You will find the solution at the very end and it's all somewhat explained I guess. I don't think this was anywhere near Sandberg's best, maybe one of his weakest, but still a solid watch for such a runtime. The camera work is very simple in here and adds little to the atmosphere. It's still decent overall. Worth checking out for sure.
Great concept... terrible ending
SyoKennex3 April 2017
Not So Fast is a short horror film by David Sandberg, the creator of both the short horror movie and full movie of Lights Out. Released in 2014, David Sandberg seemed to have brought it to the horror genre again after the spectacular Lights Out.
Within this, a woman is trapped in a corridor with a demon and she cannot get to the door no matter how much she tries to escape.
Camera shots were used brilliantly to create suspense, and the hallway lengthening made me more and more anxious. This was a brilliant short horror film. There was a brilliant building of suspense, I really felt on edge and uncomfortable and as the woman's fate seemed sealed, I was shaking with fear.
Unfortunately, the ending fell short. It was really unclimatic. It was a real shame how it ended, and would have done better when her fate seemed to be sealed. The characters seemed to have no character or depth at all and it totally ruined the short as a whole. It was a shame, and so I've only given this four out of ten stars.
Within this, a woman is trapped in a corridor with a demon and she cannot get to the door no matter how much she tries to escape.
Camera shots were used brilliantly to create suspense, and the hallway lengthening made me more and more anxious. This was a brilliant short horror film. There was a brilliant building of suspense, I really felt on edge and uncomfortable and as the woman's fate seemed sealed, I was shaking with fear.
Unfortunately, the ending fell short. It was really unclimatic. It was a real shame how it ended, and would have done better when her fate seemed to be sealed. The characters seemed to have no character or depth at all and it totally ruined the short as a whole. It was a shame, and so I've only given this four out of ten stars.
the green door
Kirpianuscus16 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
A woman. a green door. a spirit. and the end of hall.a not most inspired end. at the first sigh. but , maybe, just the end is the ingredient giving coherence to a story who, perceved as drean, has the chance to explain , more realistic, the entire essence film. a dream well known, because the director gives to his public nothing more than he has. ordinary stories, known fears and dreams. this is not an exception. because many from us has his own green door. far by him. closed when you are so closer.
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