Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

jackmeat Movie review:This movie has some of the most top and bottom of the board type ratings on IMDb. You will have to judge for yourself. 5 friends are on their way home from a wedding in Canada and are stopped at the border before returning to the USA. Seems simple enough, but who exactly are they stopped by? Well if you guessed a couple of lunatics that are played to absolute perfection in being the epitome of terrorist fearing wackos, you win a prize. So after an extremely long, drawn out process of taking them in (in other words, abducting), the group is taken into custody where they are tortured into admitting that they are enemies of the United States. Granted one of them was of foreign decent, so I guess he MUST be a terrorist. This is the premise of the whole movie. The entire movie is secluded to where they are held captive, which is basically outside in animal cages so can't say much for scenery unless you are a big fan of forests. A part of me was drawn into this plot, though after seeing just how some people will stereotype people in everyday life and frightens me to think just how realistic this actually could be. Since it never goes over the top, it really just keeps you at a numbing, "what if" type feeling as you watch the psychological torture they are put through. I can't really say the acting aside from Michael Mando who plays Jalii, the aforementioned "brown" guy, is all that good. Mando does deserve credit though for making a few scenes very believable. They do toss in a sub plot of one the kids parents hiring a PI to find them after they have gone missing, but it is completely underdeveloped and could've been removed completely with no impact to the film. In the end, I overall was disappointed, as it had the tools and actors to make it work, it just dropped the ball in tension creating situations or just a natural feeling of caring at all. If you do see it, you will probably understand why one review will say "total garbage" while the next will say "loved it" I somehow stayed in between. It may be classified as horror, but it is more thriller than anything. 4.7/10 IMDb 5.0

LexGrey When I read the synopsis of this movie I was so excited to see it. The concept just seemed so interesting and original.It starts off with a kick, within minutes I was feeling the uneasiness that this movie is meant to inflict. Most of the actors are phenomenal, it's when I see movies like this that I don't understand how Hollywood can't cast better actors 90% of the time.The movie keeps a good steady pace, I wasn't bored at any point. Which is a feat considering my minuscule attention span.It was such a great movie until there was about 20 minutes left in the film. It takes a strange turn. I can't say much without giving it away. But when you see it you'll understand what I mean.I completely suggest it because other than that it's great. And who knows? You may like the ending more than me.

Fred Vay Just watched this movie and first came here to simply give a rating to it. Then I saw the reviews and just had to disagree with most of them except the one from "dylan-chauvin- smith". Of course the main plot has been seen before, the whole teenagers taking a bad turn... but this one has to be one the most original take on it I have seen in a while.First there is the political dimension and statement about Guantanamo itself and how war can really mess people up in their brains. It speaks of the potential for horror of letting people with too much power and very little legal oversight. Being a lawyer can help when you have a problem with authorities, but once these are removed from legal oversight, and far away, anything really can happen. Just check wikipedia for Guantanamo, you'll get the idea.The detective coming in out of nowhere eases the tension created and just continuing with further torture would have made the movie just another one of the genre. A dark, voyeuristic thrill ride of sorts. Having him fail at rescue makes the movie much more chilling, at a psychological level.Leaving the movie without any definitive ending, if somewhat frustrating for the viewer with little imagination, is very successful at letting you feel the agony of indefinite imprisonment. Just think about it, really.

davidfurlotte It is quite evident that this thing was pieced together on a daily basis. I refuse to believe that someone actually sat down and wrote a complete script for this pile of trash, but I would love to know how they pitched this thing and managed to get someone to put up 3 million to put it together. SOMEONE is a very good salesperson to pull that off.The beginning was great and the actors did a fine job of showing confusion, anger and then surprise and fear when they are taken hostage by these two deranged "customs" agents. But once we're past that we lose any semblance of there being a plot or reason or motive behind these guys doing this. There's a few things that just don't make a lot of sense. Where did the guys get the uniforms, for one and obviously the local cops have been keeping an eye on these two.After the beginning it really seemed as though you had some small film crew take a bunch of actors out on a camping trip and each day started out with a creative meeting that began with, "What are we going to shoot today?" I should have listened to the other reviewers who said to give it a pass, but I didn't. If you get to this review PRIOR to watching this, please do NOT, you will thank me and the others here later if you watch something else...ANYTHING else.