User Reviews

I tried to reduce any spoiling to soft, no story plots revealed.

"Blur" emerges as a commendable effort within the indie or low-budget film scene, particularly when it comes to its visual effects. The movie kicks off with a creative premise, laying down an initial story that piques interest and sets the stage for what could be a compelling narrative journey.

However, the film soon encounters its primary setback: the main script's lack of depth and character development. While the initial setup introduces us to a misterious plot brimming with potential, later falters in advancing these elements. The narrative struggles to introduce meaningful challenges or obstacles for the characters to overcome, leading to a plot that feels stagnant and underdeveloped.

Without spoilers I cannot delve much into how some characters find their fate, but some situations just happen without any subtlety that would give coherence to how/why it happens. Keeping it short, some occurrences felt fabricated instead of natural to the plot.

The performances delivered by the lead actors -the main actress and the actor portraying the police officer- deserve recognition. Their efforts add a layer of engagement to the film, considering the slow roles they were assigned.

Unfortunately, "Blur" concludes on a note that many might find underwhelming. The ending lacks the narrative payoff that viewers might hope for after investing time in the story. A little abrupt too. Even if you can consider the ending acceptable, the reasons why it happened were not.

The 'Evil' lacks a tangible method for the protagonists to confront or overcome it. They experience a series of continous perpetrations from the entity without any chance of finding ground or development. This absence of a well defined evil, or motivations of it, transforms what could have been a captivating adversary into a mere plot device, reducing the characters to passive entities caught in the wake of powers that can just happen and cannot be confronted.

Blur is a new Aussie horror film out on Amazon, and all up it's pretty cool. It does the woman trapped in an apartment by a demon idea slowly but there's always something weird or interesting to keep you watching. It starts in the desert with a character taking the picture of a Demon statue, that's right out of "exorcist' she gets home and oh oh, she's suddenly the target of this demon's wrath or something. A terrific murder happens that's very Argento - like. It also echoes 'Psycho' . Then the leading lady and a suspicious cop lead is through the rest of the film. There's some creepy scenes. One with a body-horror vibe and another with a floating poltergeist knife that's quite original. It's not a fast film. And has it's slow parts but the leading actress is very watchable and visually the film is amazing for the low budget effort it clearly is.

Weak AF with a Aussie fake arse Columbo knock-off. I'm an electrician and outlets unless they are for appliances are not shoulder height, so please explain two by the front door joining up to decapitate the first victim???

And the Aussie fake AF Columbo knock-off questioning the friend and than going with some BS monolog about luck and life. And what's up with having these actors always turtle walking with the lights out while looking for clues or as in this case the found cell phone in the HVAC ducting of the floor register?

She walking into her friends house after checking a voice mail from a day or so ago.

Now I don't know how unlawful search and seizure works in Australia, but in America a POS thug in blue would require a warrant to enter one's abode to look for evidence. So why was this outlaw cop breaking into her place and especially since she is not a suspect in the death of her best friend?

Not to mention that this Iphone would not have fell into the HVAC floor register, and mainly because it is bigger than the opening of the slates. Oh and I would gather that the Iphone would also have a lock code or thumb print to open it.

It gets even dumber, the thug in blue who broke into Jade's apartment loses a finger when a metal ball comes off the perpetual motion fixture near the laptop. But unfortunately he escapes.

Jade enters as he's getting into his car, two things here that I will address. First how did Jade not see him when he is parked across the street? And when the dunce finally noticed the severed finger and blood on the floor, why didn't she leave and call the police?

Nooooo, the nitwit gets some tongs to pick up the finger and places it in the fridge, and than because of some blood on her jacket she decides to undress and clean up the mess.

Add dumb cop number two suspects her of a crime that she did not commit and how would she decapitate her friend and was at home on the phone at the same time??? Stupid cops and extra stupid script.

Personally I don't see how anyone gave this a rating over two, and that's for the desert footage of Iran when she first came across the ruins and photographed the damaged statue.

I guess I wasn't supposed to notice the obvious glaring plot holes and worn-out cliche's.