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The Voyeurs (2021)
One Too Many Twists, but Kinda Entertaining
Ok, so I LOVE a film that gets dark. Ok, so I LOVE a film with revenge and a sense of justice. Um, this particular film gets a little ridiculous at the end. It starts out ok with Sydney Sweeney and her partner moving into a beautiful apartment. Then they start spying on their neighbors in another equally beautiful apartment. The spying gets out of hand which causes problems in the relationship. So, if you know Sydney Sweeney, then you know she's pretty uninhibited (If you've ever seen Euphoria then you know what I mean) and it seems like that may have been the point of the film (or at least meant to sell it). Anyway, I thought it started out ok but then took a right turn into ridiculous at the end. The last scene literally made me laugh out loud! As I always say with some of the films I review, check your brain at the door and just be entertained.
The Intruder (2019)
Pretty Generic and Lame
Um.... Ok.... Really? This plot again. To say that the movie was not terribly original would be the understatement of the year. The reason I gave it a 2 is because Dennis Quaid has always been a good actor and believable in his roles, including this one. He plays a good delusional psycho. The funny thing is in 2003 he was in a movie called Cold Creek Manor in which he was the father of a family that moved into a new house and had to deal with the psycho previous owner. Anyway, you'll be able to predict how the movie goes scene by scene. So, grab a beer and some popcorn, check you brain at the door and just try to be entertained.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Not a good addition to the Saw Franchise
I've enjoyed the Saw movies over the years. They were gratuitously violent and yet had a clever plot. They've always had interesting characters that you enjoyed watching. This particular version was just awful. I just couldn't buy Chris Rock in this role. Also, there was no one character you could latch onto like Jigsaw or even Amanda. I wondered if Samuel L Jackson lost a bet or owed some studio another picture on his contract. I'm not going to suggest that you watch it but If you must watch then just check your brain at the door and enjoy the gore. Then go back and watch the first one to restore your faith in the franchise :-)
I Am Lisa (2020)
Really Need to Check Your Brain at the Door
Um.... Ok.... I hate just slamming movies. I tried to watch this with the idea that it is a low budget movie and would be campy/corny at best. I figured the acting would be lacking a little. The acting in some scenes just made me laugh out loud. I can appreciate that they didn't want to have the obligatory full blown transition to werewolf type scene and I wonder what a larger budget could have done there. Again, check your brain and see what happens. :-)
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
Ending Needs Help
First and foremost, it's a pretty good fun/dumb movie. Meaning, check your brain at the door, sit back and just enjoy the flick. I loved that fact that this was not a "shark movie". (The first one was ok and I thought the final scene was very dark but believable). I also liked that these actors were not well known (although I did recognize the guy from Band of Brothers). Lastly, I need to preface this with the fact that I love sad/tragic/surprising/unpredictable endings as well as ambiguous endings that let you decide for yourself what happened (as in Inception).
In the final scene the other boat "captain" was circling the Godspeed shouting "Ahoy" and you could still hear Amy's baby crying. Then you see Amy on the boat with Dan, but you don't hear her baby? Hmmm. Please tell me that she DID indeed save her baby as well as Dan?