After quite a solid start with two charismatic characters in an awkward situation, the film takes a strange nosedive and completely loses its focus, its direction, and with those, all suspense and immersion are gone.
It doesn't really matter that the performances are pretty good - it's a bit of a chore to get to the end of this mess of a film.
And curiously, when I read that Jordan Peele was involved, it all made sense to me. This film had less budget than Peele's stinkers, and it has even less coherence, but it shows the same unfocussed naiveté. You can even tell which one of those brillant ideas are Peele's.
Either way - there are some half-intense scenes and a bit of gore, but ultimately, you'll find no thrill in this one. And when you think of the director's statement that up in the house it's a Fincher movie while in the cellar it's a Raimi movie, you can only shake your head in disbelief, since the he doesn't seem to have seen any of those vastly superior directors' films.
I'm afraid not even a few beers will make this worth your time.
It doesn't really matter that the performances are pretty good - it's a bit of a chore to get to the end of this mess of a film.
And curiously, when I read that Jordan Peele was involved, it all made sense to me. This film had less budget than Peele's stinkers, and it has even less coherence, but it shows the same unfocussed naiveté. You can even tell which one of those brillant ideas are Peele's.
Either way - there are some half-intense scenes and a bit of gore, but ultimately, you'll find no thrill in this one. And when you think of the director's statement that up in the house it's a Fincher movie while in the cellar it's a Raimi movie, you can only shake your head in disbelief, since the he doesn't seem to have seen any of those vastly superior directors' films.
I'm afraid not even a few beers will make this worth your time.