Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

unbrokenmetal A bunch of tourists are in Chile to party, but when an earthquake hits the city, they need to fight for survival, not only against the natural disaster, but also against criminals who seized the opportunity to escape from prison.I would have rated 'Aftershock' higher than 6 of 10 if it wasn't for the boring first 30 minutes. We get introduced to characters who are so dumb that we really wouldn't care if they all get buried by the earthquake. This lengthy introduction turns out to be a waste of time, anyway, because some of them are killed off early, while other characters who are more important for the movie get 3 seconds of back story ('Trust me, I'm a firefighter'). However, after the quake it gets thrilling, violent, suspenseful with a lot of action, which made the movie worth watching after all. I was not surprised to learn in the making of (watched on DVD) that several of the makers of 'Aftershock' have previous experience in comedy rather than horror, it's the timing of some scenes that tells it. For example the lady who shows the tunnel and then makes the mistake to stick her head first - that's the 'oops' timing of a comedy, not a horror movie. But it works and makes the movie more original. Also the background with a catastrophe that destroys the usual human behaviour so quickly is believable. Not too bad after all, but I recommend to press fast forward at the beginning.

tfminfl An Eli Roth movie, essentially, he doesnt direct, but stars and writes and produces, so... Its a disaster flick thrown together with kind people who in face of tragedy, band together to help each other survive. LOL. I said it was an Eli Roth movie remember... A group of over-privileged douche bags go out for a night on the town in Chile. And while they're being douche bags in some awesome nightclub, the Earth decides to get into and put on a dance herself, thus killing a shit ton of people almost instantly...one of the douche's loses a hand trying to save some hot chick, thats what you get for being nice asshole. Once they get outside the world is in chaos and the douche bags find out that while all this is going on we also find out that a bus load of dangerous prisoners over turned and many escaped, so we have that to look forward too. So for the type of movie it is, and from who made it... and of course if you know who Eli Roth is and what he does, then you'll know exactly what youre getting yourself into. And I'm sick in the head, so, I really liked it. Peace.

Andariel Halo Probably should have avoided it for the persistent Eli Roth involvement, but considering this is meant to be a disaster type movie, it was grotesquely over the top in terms of pointless gore and death, above and beyond what would be realistically expected in an earthquake.i'm not even someone who gets sick or repulsed by gore in movies but much like fudgy chocolate cake, if you eat fifty pounds of it in one sitting, you'll never want it again and you'll wish everything around you was dead.this film takes a tediously long period of time to actually get to its core concept, spending way too long to build up a group of barely likeable characters cruising around Chilean nightlife looking for parties and women. Eventually they meet up with a group of three women in a club, when the earthquake strikes. I would conceivably believe that this would be some manner of colossal earthquake never before seen in size and scope because the way it so easily rips apart structures to paper is obviously over the top and for dramatic effect. Chile is not a third world country, and yet the way the buildings crumble and infrastructure falls apart feels third world. There's even an overly long sequence showing some completely pointless rioting occurring despite at least two Tsunami Warnings. ultimately it's really difficult to overstate just how copious and pointless the gore in this really is. We get far too many instances of random stuff falling and crushing people in various ways, a completely pointless out of nowhere old woman getting hit in the face by a car after emerging from a manhole, and a painfully long, spotted 18 miles away sequence with a cable trolley full of old women and children that ends up crashing after the cable snaps and killing everyone inside. Or a fire truck randomly crashing into some wooden scaffolding and impaling the firefighters inside. Or a random group of gangsters torturing a guy half-crushed under concrete and raping a woman in front of him then setting him on fire. Or escaped prisoners somehow more interested in raping and looting and killing rather than trying to survive. It's painful because it's so copious and intense without any real purpose or even story in mind. None of the characters is particularly interesting or likeable, and there's no real plot beyond "Go to a hospital somewhere and avoid contrived threats unrelated to the earthquake since, despite the title of the movie, there are apparently no aftershocks". I would not at all disbelieve that this "movie" was nothing more than a framing device for a various assortment of torture and gore scenes that wouldn't fit in anywhere else. Going back to my original cake idea, if you like gore in movies, this movie is a gigantic cake made entirely of frosting. No matter how much you like frosting, at some point you're going to feel like utter sh*t

ScorpioVelvet Remember all those disaster films you used to watch back then? Or seeing the wildly, notorious works of extreme horror icon Eli Roth? Well, mix these two and you get a little-reviewed shocker titled Aftershock (2012). The film describes a group of Americans who go sightseeing & partying in Chile until all hell breaks loose when an earthquake strikes the entire country as they must escape for safety & survival but it's not easy. While the first act just consists of the main cast enjoying their stay, I felt it was like those starts of Roth's previous films in which it wouldn't turn into a horror film after those grim opening credits until halfway through. By then, I quickly became (shockingly) entertained once the first earthquake sequence popped out of nowhere - becoming a suspense adventure that also became gory as well (along with few other twists). Not only it becomes that, the film also features a Spanish-language track (with subtitles) so it's little bit foreign since it was shot in the Latin countries & the film taking place there. However, I did enjoyed seeing Roth playing as one of the main heroes because he can do some good acting besides his filmmaking and he does look really handsome. If anyone thought he or this film didn't do well at the box office, then I might think I am the only one around who gave it a good review anyway. Aftershock is a good "edge-of- your-seat" suspense ride for those who like Roth or his works.My Rating: 4/5