Reviews

Usually action movies get a pass for poor writing, but this movie's so-so action doesn't make up for how bloody stupid the whole movie is. Some of the lines are incredibly bad and out of place, and yet they're presented like they're meant to be clever or funny. Gyllenhaal does his job well - he looks good and fights decently well, but the only other draw card is McGregor and he acts like he's been bashed in the head too many times. The fights are fine-ish but not good enough to carry the story (and lots of VFX obvious for riskier shots.) The story is so bad, but maybe the writers assume every person watching has head trauma of an MMA fighter anyway so they thought it'd be ok?

Give it a pass.

When the movie started, I was really enjoying it. My friend was talking and it bugged me because I found I wanted to be engaged - even if the concept was a bit silly or whatever, on the face. I thought the first reveal of the Frogman was fun, and was looking forward to the rest of it.

But found footage films are all about the thrill of immersion - feeling like this somehow could be real. If it's done right, it can make something average feel very impactful (see - Blair Witch Project). Unfortunately, Frogman suffers from some bad acting at times, but especially from 'film effects' that don't make sense. If we're watching 'found film' it doesn't make sense within the world of the movie to have glitches and flashbacks and psychological effects - so you get pulled out immediately. Unfortunately the end of the movie suffers a lot from this so I found the ending just a letdown because of it. It's too bad, cuz I wanted it to be good.

Godawful script and writing. The worst I've seen in a while. Even as an action movie the fighting is some of the worst I've seen in a while. It's like they tried to see how bad a movie they could make without anyone thinking it might have been tongue-in-cheek.

I love a good horror comedy. The idea of watching a movie about a pair of killer pants doesn't sound stupid to me at all.

This movie was pretty dumb. If you're going to make a movie about something clearly dumb, there's gotta be something else to hook the audience more than just "Wouldn't it be funny if pants killed people?" The pants had the most character of anyone in the movie, and that's saying something. Every character is an uninteresting, bland caricature of a trope., the plot is limp, and there's not a single line of comedy in the movie. Watch something else.