The plot and the idea behind this movie seems interesting enough to consider watching it, an original concept that might not come up often (specially for a Mexican movie).
It all starts with big expectations, however, it takes no more than the first 10 minutes to realize that this film will not live up to expectations.
The acting is utterly horrible, there is not a single character in this movie with whom you can relate to or even feel some empathy for. The dialogs are forced and their over use of swearing lets you know immediately that this is a normal Mexican movie in which there is no need for good dialogs as long as you have enough nonsense swearing. Be aware that the main actresses is known only for her soap opera appearances, which are by definition, not great places to find good actresses.
The film feels very claustrophobic (which I imagine was on purpose) but rather than being gripped by the plot it just provokes the spectator the need to find a way out of the cinema room.
As if the acting was not enough to give you headaches then there are the sound effects and music. The sound effects feel "raw" (and by raw I mean there seems that no post production or sound mixing was made at all). The dialogs feel intrusive and the whinings and screams are just unbearable. The music is like a copy cat from Lost and other suspense series.
This movie has received positive reviews in the independent media in Mexico which was one of the reasons for me to watch it. However, after watching it seems to me that the reviews were made by the filmmaker's friends.
Have a look at IMDb review dates for this movie and if you're intelligent enough you'll realize that most of the "overwhelmingly positive" reviews were made months ago, previous to the commercial release of the movie, and by users that coincidentally or not, registered 10 or so months ago. It looks to me that they tried (and sadly, achieved) to generate great expectations for this movie.
Watch it at your own risk but bear in mind that it is not material for a cult movie and much less the director (Isaac Izban) is the next Stephen King. This movie is a great idea awfully executed and with even poorer acting quality.
It is 90 minutes of torture with 10 minutes in which they quite literally explain the whole movie. Next time the director should be kind enough to save 90 minutes of their audience's time and shoot a short movie instead.
It all starts with big expectations, however, it takes no more than the first 10 minutes to realize that this film will not live up to expectations.
The acting is utterly horrible, there is not a single character in this movie with whom you can relate to or even feel some empathy for. The dialogs are forced and their over use of swearing lets you know immediately that this is a normal Mexican movie in which there is no need for good dialogs as long as you have enough nonsense swearing. Be aware that the main actresses is known only for her soap opera appearances, which are by definition, not great places to find good actresses.
The film feels very claustrophobic (which I imagine was on purpose) but rather than being gripped by the plot it just provokes the spectator the need to find a way out of the cinema room.
As if the acting was not enough to give you headaches then there are the sound effects and music. The sound effects feel "raw" (and by raw I mean there seems that no post production or sound mixing was made at all). The dialogs feel intrusive and the whinings and screams are just unbearable. The music is like a copy cat from Lost and other suspense series.
This movie has received positive reviews in the independent media in Mexico which was one of the reasons for me to watch it. However, after watching it seems to me that the reviews were made by the filmmaker's friends.
Have a look at IMDb review dates for this movie and if you're intelligent enough you'll realize that most of the "overwhelmingly positive" reviews were made months ago, previous to the commercial release of the movie, and by users that coincidentally or not, registered 10 or so months ago. It looks to me that they tried (and sadly, achieved) to generate great expectations for this movie.
Watch it at your own risk but bear in mind that it is not material for a cult movie and much less the director (Isaac Izban) is the next Stephen King. This movie is a great idea awfully executed and with even poorer acting quality.
It is 90 minutes of torture with 10 minutes in which they quite literally explain the whole movie. Next time the director should be kind enough to save 90 minutes of their audience's time and shoot a short movie instead.