I don't really know what to say. I heard that this movie was supposed to be about middle class America's blood lust, but I feel like that message was lost in translation. In fact, I wouldn't have gathered that if I hadn't heard Naomi Watts talking about it on Jay Leno. Without that information, this film is an incoherent, painfully dry, underdeveloped "indie" film. The characters seem to have little or no motivation. The motivation for the kids who are doing the killing is never explained, the parents seem suspiciously undisturbed when their son gets killed, and a number of pivotal explanations are missing (such as where the boys came from, why they did what they did, etc.) Also, there is that weird scene with the remote where Paul rewinds time. He rewinds time! Umm...what? Suddenly the films "Ransom" and "Click" collide in a painfully inexplicable turn of events. Also, Paul periodically speaks to the camera for no apparent reason.
I say "no apparent reason" because there is a reason, it just isn't made apparent. The reason is to remind the audience that they are participating in the gore by merely viewing it. But that is never made clear, and it comes of as just seeming weird and out of place.
Is this movie disturbing? Yep. Will it cause you to feel uncomfortable and squirm in your seat? Yeah, probably. But it's not good. In fact, it's so not good that I am currently at home watching "The Rock" with Nicholas Cage in an effort to forget what I just saw. Let me restate that: I am watching "The Rock"! When you have to watch a film like "The Rock" in order to purify yourself from what you've just seen, well...it probably wasn't very good.
I say "no apparent reason" because there is a reason, it just isn't made apparent. The reason is to remind the audience that they are participating in the gore by merely viewing it. But that is never made clear, and it comes of as just seeming weird and out of place.
Is this movie disturbing? Yep. Will it cause you to feel uncomfortable and squirm in your seat? Yeah, probably. But it's not good. In fact, it's so not good that I am currently at home watching "The Rock" with Nicholas Cage in an effort to forget what I just saw. Let me restate that: I am watching "The Rock"! When you have to watch a film like "The Rock" in order to purify yourself from what you've just seen, well...it probably wasn't very good.