Writers: Gabriel Cowan & John Suits
Released: 2008
Labels: Suspense|Thriller|2000's
Fourteen people locked in a warehouse with a collar secured around their necks, they have no knowledge as to why they are there. It is revealed to them that they are participants in a ''game'' and the rules of the game must not be broken otherwise the penalty is death. They are given some clues and hints to help them work out who the other contestants are and how they can escape. The "host" taunts them from a video screen inside the warehouse as the contestants fear and growing panic turns them against each other. As the game nears its conclusion the death toll rises, but who will survive and ''win'' the game?
Getting Started:
Congratulations! You have been selected!
Prepare for the experience of a lifetime!
Players must follow all the rules to avoid penalty.
The Rules:
Players keep hands clean at all times.
Players MAY NOT cross the line.
Players may NOT adjust their collar.
Hints:
1. Player Five does NOT tell the truth.
2. Patience.
3. Fourteen is the key.
4. Jumble.
5. Terror Him.
6. What is your favorite type of serial? In this game there are three. One rapist, one pedophile & one murderer. Find the killer, find the reason.
7. Players one and three are gone, yet the killer and the rapist still remain.
8. Bite the bullet.
9. Frankly, who cares?....(we added this one)
Not only have we seen this premise before, we have seen it done much, much better (''Saw" & ''Cube'') and sadly for this movie it does not hold up well under comparison. For a short period in the middle of this movie it becomes intriguing but the long haul to that point and the ridiculous, labored ''twist'' at the end completely destroy any chance of viewer engagement. None of the actions from the antagonists came with any clear motives and sometimes characters would do things that appeared so unnatural that it could only be to further the plot or to give the audience some easy information. There is no pleasure for the senses here either, with the horrible shaky-cam, the fluffy audio and the garish fluorescent lighting.
Some of the acting actually is not that bad (the final four contestants were the better ones), unfortunately some of it really IS that bad, at times the over acting, with no guidance from a clear script, was like an amateur dramatics improvisation warm-up with a drunk elderly spinster taking the lead.
Low-budget movies don't have to suck, but clearly no-one told this one.
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