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Frayed (2007)
If they only avoided this...
The film was above average. I chose to mark this comment as "spoiled," though my beef with this occurs in the first 10 minutes of the film, so I don't really consider anything herein spoiled considering it reveals almost nothing at all.
The plot was pretty solid, though slow paced. Decent acting and script. Believable characters always make for a good time. But...
The DID diagnosis in the first 10 minutes killed the rest of the movie. And the subsequent 80 minutes was a long time to wait for a reveal. As soon as that was brought up the bells and whistles were screeching at a deafening level. The film would have been much more effective with a looser/lamer diagnosis. If he was disturbed or confused or withdrawn I would have been slightly more thrown off as to whether my guesses were correct or not. But, as it stands, the film became more of a waiting game than a truly engrossing horror flick.
That being said, the first and last 10 minutes of the film are real asskickers. Both are sudden, shocking, and what I found to be rather unexpected. The middle 80 are slow, but entertaining and deliver some really good moments.
Just don't telegraph the ending at the beginning. It's a real letdown and very distracting to what would otherwise be an exceptionally enjoyable and immersing movie-watching experience.
But it was a pretty sweet ride nonetheless.
Seven Days to Live (2000)
This is something. Else or otherwise.
seriously. swallows a hornet? that, mind you, landed in his cereal. only to be followed up with a shower scene? what am i watching? i had to write this after having viewed no more than 15.5 minutes of this. i hope it gets better. it won't. oh wait. there's a 7 on the steamy mirror. watch this in a dark room alone. as long as you're not in the room. and as long as there's something else on. probably with commercials. and you're doing something better. like having an enema or perhaps experimenting on the strength of the enamel of your teeth with a toenail clipper or testing the limits of your hearing on flea farts or listening to a gulp of water make its way from your mouth to your bladder, or to your anus, depending on what you ate earlier that day. and one must not neglect the amount of alcohol one drank that day, as well as the acidity level of any foods eaten in the period before the water was taken. it might not even be the water at all, seeing as how such conditions can be a result of a lack of water. these conditions may not be a function of water at all, but maybe poor nutritional choices at large. one cannot comment on the elections of others without knowing the motivation behind such decisions, but it can be safely assumed that the viewing of this film could not possibly be attributed to the aforementioned ailments/symptoms, but rather a morbid curiosity begat by boredom and the senseless desire to subject oneself to the efforts of a hungry director and the economic needs of actors that said, "Hmmm. Seven days until The Ring 'gets' me. Sorry, i got confused. I see. So, there's a child and a--doesn't matter. You're going to pay me for this? Right then. And the danish is free? Very well. Hmm. Well, there it is then. I'm on board. And we'll be done by Thursday? Super. I can get back to whatever i was up to before you bothered me. I believe i was thinking about purple or where i left my hat. Did you see it? Not my hat, but purple. It really is quite lovely. You know, my mother loves...." So...this is what this film is. Nonsense. Except this assessment was far more involved. Sorry for those who enjoyed this. Really. I am sorry for those who enjoyed this. And your families. And pets. Herumph.