Chain Reaction

2006 "For the undead... there's no place like home."
3.6| 1h41m| R| en
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A prison bus with over a dozen criminals on board has an accident and rams another car, in which Dr. Douglas Madsen was on his way home. Most of the prisoners die. Four of them survive, one of them severely injured. After having killed all the guards, they head for the woods. They take Dr. Douglas Madsen hostage. Suddenly a huge house appears in the middle of the woods. The leader of the group, Arthur, emphasizes that he will kill Douglas and every single member of the "family" if his wounded brother would die. Meanwhile some members of the family show strange behavior, and very soon mayhem breaks loose.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Console best movie i've ever seen.
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
tzaeru I feel that there is a general atmosphere of misunderstandance(sic) surrounding this beautiful film. And indeed - is it so tempting to merely write it off as a yet another substandard, mindless gore-fest, but we'd be turning a blind eye to the inner core of what forms and holds this movie at line and above the rest. What this piece of art truly is, is a complex and nuanced critique of whole modern Hollywood storytelling.Allow me to elaborate: While on one hand we've this fairly standard -- although well made -- merry-splatter-go-a-round, brilliance can be found from every crack and seam of the non-consistent takes; Brilliance oozes from every plot inconsistency and unexplained twist and poorly chosen phrasing for dialogue, for it allows the viewer to really focus on what is important. That importance is in characters and character interaction.Instead of being treated the fairly standard "actor did an emotion, lets now explain why that emotion is important and what led to it!" and "this character is like this, now lets explain why he did something that does not 100% fit the off-movie stereotype!", we're given a rather witty collection of complex, inter-character dynamics. We see a character give a promise; It gets us to wonder, given the personality of this character, if his off-beat honor will disallow him from breaking it, or if his more.. evil.. side gets the best of him. Whichever way the answer is, I can guarantee that it showcases not only the brutality of the real world, but the ultimate emptiness and meaninglessness of human action. At the same time, the movie shows how human personalities and human ideals indeed have more sides to them than what is made apparent by modern easy-to-swallow -- and very shallow -- storytelling.We see stereotypes that go all the way into caricatures, but at the same time there are surprises and depth molded into their stories. The stereotype is there merely to create the contrast. There are touches of true human life that we can all relate to. This movie is not self-explanatory. It does not make comprehension easy on you. But at the same time, it and its characters feel natural and true. Not artificial and plastic. For that -- and its experimentation and braveness -- I give it 9/10.Still not recommended if you diss gore/splatter/horror and/or love Hollywood/lack a sense of humor.
GL84 After surviving a prison bus crash out in the wilderness, a doctor is taken hostage to tend to a wounded inmate, only for the house they choose to seek shelter in belongs to a race of bloodthirsty demons and dispatch the group one-by-one.This was an overall enjoyable and entertaining effort, though there were some pretty big flaws present. The biggest one here is the needless circular story-telling that happens, as the film goes through two different versions of what happens are repeated again in the course of the running time. This is a part of the film's rather troubling storyline in general as getting the second half of the story to repeat the first half in order to tell everything again really makes no sense as it employs the exact same set-up with the exact same outcome both times over, and it exemplifies the problem with the rest of the film's storyline and structuring issues. Not only does this one repeat that facet wholesale, but it skips around repeating scenes from earlier to show the accident that stranded them there and then later on going back showing the group getting free by shooting their way to freedom which are simply inserted into random sections of the film and altogether simply makes for a jumbled storyline. As well, the fact that hardly any of the characters are that likable makes for a tough watch when it's really hard to understand why they're together traipsing through the woods simply bullying each other or going to such extremes simply displaying such utter stupidity in their decision-making that really adds to their unlikable nature and really troubles the film, but it's not a rather huge issue. The greatest plus for the film, though, is that none of that matters when it gets going and starts to deliver the goods, and this one does a great job at producing copious and over-the-top quantities of gore and bloodshed. This here is quite varied about where it comes from, ranging from crude surgeries of amputated limbs to hearts being ripped out, decapitations, gunshot wounds and much, much more here that make this a real gorehound's dream. That also means a lot of action scenes here with plenty of confrontations between the two sides, starting with the first group appearing there and the family turning into the creatures fighting off the group in extended brawls throughout the cabin which is quite fun, while the second visit there brings out the more adventurous brawling that shows the group being completely overwhelmed from the start, and it's quite a bit of fun especially with the peculiar group of demons present they must battle. Throw in an atmospheric house for the location as well as the great monster make-up and it's got enough to make it interesting over those few flaws.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Language and Extreme Graphic Violence.
noonien-soong Well... I don't think I need to say much more about this movie, given that it is an Ittenbach creation... however, seeing that I need to post 10 lines in comments, I have to say that this is probably one of the worst horror movies I have ever seen (and I have seen a few). The acting... well, where has it gone? It's just not there. People are running around like they don't even know the camera is rolling, and the plot does not make it better. The more you see of this movie, the more you actually want to kill the persons acting in it. Especially the guy playing Arthur Palmer. He is most likely the worst actor I have ever seen, and probably the most annoying too. Yes, Jürgen Prochnow has a small role in this movie... but compared to other films he has made, his acting is poor and lifeless. I can only assume this has something to do with the movie in total, and that he may have lost a bet to the instructor... don't know, and frankly, don't care. Movies like these should not be allowed on TV... period. This will be the last movie from Ittenbach for me I'll ever see. Enough is enough...Yes, I hated this movie.....
indywebmaster I love most horror movies but this movie was just terrible. I have seen some bad ones before but nothing like this. It made absolutely no sense at all, in so many ways. It almost seemed like there were 5 different writers and they simply just threw together the stories all into 1. The evil killer guys were they monsters, zombies, reanimators, ninjas, werewolves, the living dead, or a bunch of extreme religious guys? Well the answer is yes to all. It was ridiculous in every way. Save an hour and a half of your life that you will never get back and don't watch this thing. It really is that bad. I have seen some bad movies over the years but this wins the nomination for the worst that I have ever seen. I should have stopped watching, but I just thought it has to get better, but it never did.I disliked this movie so much that I even took the time to register, confirm and then write this review to save somebody else from watching it.

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