Title: Safety In Numbers
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: Nope.
Introduction: This DVD was obtained on eBay, for an undisclosed sum. I was going to review the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street, but stopped watching it when I realized Robert Englund wouldn’t be Freddy. Sorry, I’m sure it’s good for what it is, but yeah. I wouldn’t watch an Indiana Jones remake with Richard Gere, now would I?
Location: While this movie starts in a basement or apartment, it takes place primarily on an island. I’d say they needed a budget or someone who had access to an island, but this entire movie was shot in Australia. Australia is an island, right? So there you go. Walk over to your local beach and film this movie.
Plot: This movie centers around one character- Wesley- trying to get his revenge on a group of other characters, all of which appeared on the same Survivor type show as him, though it was called something else for legal reasons. They planted seeds in the beginning of the movie as to who was mad and why, thus making the actual killer a “surprise”, but hey, I’m all for the idea of seeing reality show contestants lured to an island under false pretenses and killed off one by one.
Acting: The actors were all from Australia, so they all had accents. If you have an accent, you’re automatically a good actor (Or better than the American bad actors at least).
Production: Some of this movie is shown via an actual hand held video camera, but for the most part it’s shot just a level below what you’re theater movie would come out looking like.
Sex/Nudity: None that I can recall, which is good. Though I must point out that the main character who was trying to allude the villain (she was a Radha Mitchell type actress) wore these pants that stopped just below her knees—too short to be pants, too long to be shorts. They probably have a special fashion name, but just for wearing those, I wanted her to die.
Special Effects: The majority of the special effects come off as slight of hand. In one scene, a girl is about to get bashed in the head with a giant log on a rope. Instead of seeing what should come out looking like a watermelon exploding though, we see nothing. The scene just fades to black. While effective, this is also anticlimactic. There is some blood here and there, but most of it is done after the fact and looks like it could be done by people who never even tried before.
Overall Verdict: Toward the end of this movie, when all of her friends are almost dead, the main girl you don’t want to die is being chased by the villain and then… he gets caught in one of his own traps. In the mindset of seeing annoying reality contestants die, yes, this movie does intrigue me and this guy isn’t really a villain, per se, but rather someone I want to see accomplish this task. But when the guy is tripping on his own traps, it’s hard to get behind him. Whatever happened to the Freddys, Jasons and Leatherfaces? This guy won’t be a movie monster (Mainly because his name is also Wesley), so just go remake another movie from the past Hollywood. I’d say if you were bored enough you should watch this movie, as I’ve seen better but I’ve also seen a lot worse.
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