A detective (Radha Mitchell) tries to hunt down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station. She's aided by her team (Stephen Moyer, Aml Ameen and others). On the other side of the wall, we follow the lives of a budding amateur director, Rachel (Caitlin Stasey), her best friend and performer, Leann (Torrey DeVitto) and her boyfriend, Tyler (Nolan Funk) as they take a trip to Las Vegas and meet other people on the bus along the way. In the desert, the bus meets with an accident and they have no choice but to go to the nearest town for help.
A found footage style mixed with regular cinematography isn't new, but it isn't beaten to death either. Add to that the fact that Radha Mitchell and Stephen Moyer are very capable actors, I thought this could be a decent movie. Though it has a few recognizable actors like Radha and Stephen on the poster, Evidence is mainly about the people in the found footage which consists of video from four cameras. Rachel is shy in front of the camera which is quite laughable because she looks like a model from every angle possible. There can be no bad shots of that gorgeous girl. As a matter of fact, all the young cast look like they are models. I have seen Torrey on Vampire Diaries though.
'Evidence' tries to be interesting by making it a mystery and a thriller rather than a gore fest, but fails on all accounts. By the halfway point, I just wanted all of them to die more quickly because of the incessant screaming and regurgitation of the same lines over and over again. There are huge logical fallacies, groan inducing stupidity (especially by the police tech guy and the victims), bad acting (Torrey at least had a bit of charisma), all of which which makes it hard to feel anything for any of them. Also, the killer is annoying rather than being creepy/scary with the blow torch and welding mask. For a movie that prides itself on editing, the actual editing is ridiculously frustrating and not fun to watch. The gloriously convoluted climax which I clearly did not see coming, or rather wasn't logically plausible, somewhat saves the movie.
3/10
A found footage style mixed with regular cinematography isn't new, but it isn't beaten to death either. Add to that the fact that Radha Mitchell and Stephen Moyer are very capable actors, I thought this could be a decent movie. Though it has a few recognizable actors like Radha and Stephen on the poster, Evidence is mainly about the people in the found footage which consists of video from four cameras. Rachel is shy in front of the camera which is quite laughable because she looks like a model from every angle possible. There can be no bad shots of that gorgeous girl. As a matter of fact, all the young cast look like they are models. I have seen Torrey on Vampire Diaries though.
'Evidence' tries to be interesting by making it a mystery and a thriller rather than a gore fest, but fails on all accounts. By the halfway point, I just wanted all of them to die more quickly because of the incessant screaming and regurgitation of the same lines over and over again. There are huge logical fallacies, groan inducing stupidity (especially by the police tech guy and the victims), bad acting (Torrey at least had a bit of charisma), all of which which makes it hard to feel anything for any of them. Also, the killer is annoying rather than being creepy/scary with the blow torch and welding mask. For a movie that prides itself on editing, the actual editing is ridiculously frustrating and not fun to watch. The gloriously convoluted climax which I clearly did not see coming, or rather wasn't logically plausible, somewhat saves the movie.
3/10