Urban Legend could've had slasher classic written all over it if it could have remained good throughout it's entire running time. It starts on the right note but by the first half of the film is over it becomes just an average slasher film and by the end it becomes a crappy afterthought.
The premise is actually quite engaging, very reminiscent of Scream. At Pendleton University someone is killing their victims based on urban legends. The mystery begins when our heroine begins to be stalked by the mysterious killer.
What I Liked:
I loved the use of the university. It creates an interesting back-drop for all the events that take place during the film. It was utilized better in this film than it was in Scream 2.
i loved, loved, loved the opening scene. The acting was a bit tepid but the final moments of this scene are really intense. "Someone's in the back seat". What an intense conclusion to the scene.
The urban legends used in the film are pretty cool. The urban legend deaths are pretty intense and stay true to their fictional counterparts.
some of the characters, while under-developed, were still pretty fun and i felt certain members of the cast had a lot of energy and they made their under-written characters fairly interesting.
I liked the part when Josh Jackson gets in the car and the theme od Dawson's Creek comes on. That was pretty funny.
What I didn't like:
Alicia Witt made for a pretty boring heroine. she wasn't engaging at all and it made me care less and less about the fate of her character.
The whole second half of this film is filled with such ludicrous happenings that it's just plain sad. The first half was was almost perfect yet the entire film is brought down by the lousy second half.
SPOILER
The ending just plain sucked. I had no problem with the killer being a girl but my god could they find a better actress? Rebecca Gayheart is just a joke in her last few scenes. This out the nail in the coffin of this film because it was just plain dumb.
END SPOILER
Like i did with I Know What You Did Last Summer i only recommend this film for extreme slasher/horror buffs. the first half of the film is quite engaging yet the second half is a cross between mindless fun and utter crap.
5.5/10
The premise is actually quite engaging, very reminiscent of Scream. At Pendleton University someone is killing their victims based on urban legends. The mystery begins when our heroine begins to be stalked by the mysterious killer.
What I Liked:
I loved the use of the university. It creates an interesting back-drop for all the events that take place during the film. It was utilized better in this film than it was in Scream 2.
i loved, loved, loved the opening scene. The acting was a bit tepid but the final moments of this scene are really intense. "Someone's in the back seat". What an intense conclusion to the scene.
The urban legends used in the film are pretty cool. The urban legend deaths are pretty intense and stay true to their fictional counterparts.
some of the characters, while under-developed, were still pretty fun and i felt certain members of the cast had a lot of energy and they made their under-written characters fairly interesting.
I liked the part when Josh Jackson gets in the car and the theme od Dawson's Creek comes on. That was pretty funny.
What I didn't like:
Alicia Witt made for a pretty boring heroine. she wasn't engaging at all and it made me care less and less about the fate of her character.
The whole second half of this film is filled with such ludicrous happenings that it's just plain sad. The first half was was almost perfect yet the entire film is brought down by the lousy second half.
SPOILER
The ending just plain sucked. I had no problem with the killer being a girl but my god could they find a better actress? Rebecca Gayheart is just a joke in her last few scenes. This out the nail in the coffin of this film because it was just plain dumb.
END SPOILER
Like i did with I Know What You Did Last Summer i only recommend this film for extreme slasher/horror buffs. the first half of the film is quite engaging yet the second half is a cross between mindless fun and utter crap.
5.5/10