This was a difficult film to watch, and also a difficult one to rate/review.
It was well-acted, tense, and uncomfortable to watch at times. In a way, I think the movie has a lot going for it. But that's predicated on your ability to entirely suspend disbelief.
Obvious spoilers (and review is marked as such)...but the other couple being unveiled as essentially mass serial killers is where this movie falls apart for me.
I can ignore reality a bit when watching movies, but in order for this to all take place, you'd need countless families that clearly make similar awful decisions. You'd also need multiple incompetent police departments, as no doubt they'd have people looking for each family within days of them going missing. Not sure if the modus operandi was the same way every time, but in this particular case, they received a postcard from them, told friends about the trip, and used their credit cards at their destination.
It also would be much more believable had they just killed them straight away. But having a weekend get-together honestly makes no sense. They would have been seen together, and even used their credit card at least once that we know of.
And what exactly was their motive?
I will spare you the details, but the "victim" couple made so many bad decisions, and ignored their best instincts again, and again.. and again. You will find yourself saying/thinking "what are you doing?!" over & over.
By the last 40 minutes, I was basically rooting against them. How people can ignore so many red flags is beyond me. Because some obviously shady couple continues to guilt you into staying with them? Hard for me to sympathize when you had multiple chances to remove yourself from the situation.
If you're into slow-burn horror/thrillers like this, I'd actually recommend it. But it's too far-fetched for me.
It was well-acted, tense, and uncomfortable to watch at times. In a way, I think the movie has a lot going for it. But that's predicated on your ability to entirely suspend disbelief.
Obvious spoilers (and review is marked as such)...but the other couple being unveiled as essentially mass serial killers is where this movie falls apart for me.
I can ignore reality a bit when watching movies, but in order for this to all take place, you'd need countless families that clearly make similar awful decisions. You'd also need multiple incompetent police departments, as no doubt they'd have people looking for each family within days of them going missing. Not sure if the modus operandi was the same way every time, but in this particular case, they received a postcard from them, told friends about the trip, and used their credit cards at their destination.
It also would be much more believable had they just killed them straight away. But having a weekend get-together honestly makes no sense. They would have been seen together, and even used their credit card at least once that we know of.
And what exactly was their motive?
I will spare you the details, but the "victim" couple made so many bad decisions, and ignored their best instincts again, and again.. and again. You will find yourself saying/thinking "what are you doing?!" over & over.
By the last 40 minutes, I was basically rooting against them. How people can ignore so many red flags is beyond me. Because some obviously shady couple continues to guilt you into staying with them? Hard for me to sympathize when you had multiple chances to remove yourself from the situation.
If you're into slow-burn horror/thrillers like this, I'd actually recommend it. But it's too far-fetched for me.
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