After reading so many negative reviews I felt I had to write a review. I can't believe how many people are giving this a bad rating simply because it doesn't have a happy ending. It just goes to show that the average person WANTS to be repeatedly fed predictable and formulaic entertainment. And those of us who appreciate this film
it doesn't imply that we like watching people get tortured without consequences. It means we're able to give this film the credit it deserves for taking us through so many raw emotions to the point that at the end I was literally mean mugging the character on the screen. I wanted to personally kill that boy
I was FURIOUS... and I can assure you that the writers, directors, etc. were very deliberate in drawing that reaction out of me
and THAT means they did their job. As reality hit me that this was just a movie
so did the reality that the good guy doesn't always win.
None of this is to say this movie is perfect and some of the negative reviews pointed out various imperfections but there are reviews literally titled "This is a mean movie" and their ONLY gripe is that the bad guys got away. Almost EVERY negative review still manages to complain about the ending, the violence, or claim that it glorifies the actions of very disturbed kids. Listen this movie doesn't glorify what those kids did JUST because they didn't get what they deserved Somebody wrote "justice should be present in every movie." Are you people serious?!?! Furthermore nobody is saying "violence is cool" it's just a different outcome from the horror movie recipe that people are used to which just PROVES the average person DESIRES predictability and staying on the safe side. Which is dumb because MOST of the time the bad guy kills 99% of the cast before he's killed and only one MAYBE two people get away. But since THESE guys get away with it all of a sudden the movie is promoting sadism and deserves a ONE? REALLY?! This is why there are REAL critics!
Yeah there were clichés, some bad decision making, some painful plot conveniences etc. but there were things that made up for it too. I'd recommend this. I give it an 7/10.
None of this is to say this movie is perfect and some of the negative reviews pointed out various imperfections but there are reviews literally titled "This is a mean movie" and their ONLY gripe is that the bad guys got away. Almost EVERY negative review still manages to complain about the ending, the violence, or claim that it glorifies the actions of very disturbed kids. Listen this movie doesn't glorify what those kids did JUST because they didn't get what they deserved Somebody wrote "justice should be present in every movie." Are you people serious?!?! Furthermore nobody is saying "violence is cool" it's just a different outcome from the horror movie recipe that people are used to which just PROVES the average person DESIRES predictability and staying on the safe side. Which is dumb because MOST of the time the bad guy kills 99% of the cast before he's killed and only one MAYBE two people get away. But since THESE guys get away with it all of a sudden the movie is promoting sadism and deserves a ONE? REALLY?! This is why there are REAL critics!
Yeah there were clichés, some bad decision making, some painful plot conveniences etc. but there were things that made up for it too. I'd recommend this. I give it an 7/10.