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Forest of Death (2023)
I was DEFINITELY NOT watching the same movie as the other reviewers.
WOW. Poorly told horror story with predictable twists and exceptionally dumb characters.
The character development was so poor that within the first half of the movie, I lost all interest and didn't care if any of them lived or died.
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Regardless of whether the characters believed the stories they were being told, they should have realized much earlier than they did, that there might be some truth to them.
Dylan had already heard Tom's voice in the forest and discovered later that it wasn't him. So he should have realized there was some merit to Roger's story.
After being told the story by Roger, Tom heard Ashley's voice in the forest then later saw her back and the fire pit.
The fact that neither of them put the pieces together demonstrated the magnitude of their stupidity.
I was actually glad that none of them survived.
Nightshooters (2018)
A few good moments doesn't make a good film
While there were a few "good moments", overall, the film suffered from the same problem many action films of this particular genre have.
The "heroes" aren't the smartest people out there. I realize that some obvious choices by the main characters must be made to move the story along. But most people would not make some of the really foolish choices that so many movie characters make.
If you are being pursued by villains who are trying to kill you, and you get the advantage over one of them, why wouldn't you make sure they are dead before you move on? I see it in so many movies. The hero incapacitates one of the bad guy, then runs off. Even if you are a good person who doesn't believe in killing another person, if that person has demonstrated that they are going to kill you, why wouldn't you kill them first? If I were being chased by killers and I knock one unconscious, I would grab the nearest blunt object and insure that they wouldn't be following me later. If not kill them, at least crush both legs so they will never be able to use them. Or destroy their kneecaps so they won't be able to stand.
If you kill a bad guy and they drop their gun, why doesn't anyone ever pick up the weapon??? That would be item 1 on my list. Item 2 would be to check how much ammo there was in the weapon and search the corpse for reloads.
If you don't do everything possible (and logical) to survive the scenario, you don't deserve to make it. By the end of the film there were only 2 people who I cared about enough to hope they survived. The rest.. Not so much.