Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
GL84 Attempting to find a special cache for a scavenger-hunt game, a group of friends stumble upon the sinister truth about the targeted cache being owned by a sinister madman who tortures and films his victims, forcing them to fight back to survive.This was a marginally better effort than the original, but with that one being so bad it's not a great sign for this one. The main factor in this one is the incredibly lame and pretty stupid exploits of the controller's game, which makes no sense at all as to how it got so far along without being stumbled onto since it's a fairly complex system for such an innocent-looking game, the characters' utter stupidity in the situation leading them further and deeper into trouble for no reason other than to continue the movie, and a twist in the last half that comes from nowhere and makes so little sense that there's no reason for it's inclusion. As well, the fact that nothing is ever given about what's going on with the different participants within, why they're there or what the overall purpose of the game is supposed to be as there's hardly anything given about the purpose of it all. While those issues, along with it's obvious low-budget look and feel that shows itself at the worst times, provide the film's flaws there's some fun to be had in here regardless. The stalking in the building are pretty tense at times, the killers have a great look about them in their masks and though cheap, it's plenty bloody. Still, this one has a lot of problems for it.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Nudity.
Scarecrow-88 "Welcome, contestants, to the world's most dangerous game." Criminally dull Saw variation, Are You Scared 2?, a sequel of sorts to a film that didn't deserve one to begin with, has Tony Todd stuck inside a little room watching screens, monitoring four backpacking college students participating in a game in the hopes of attaining money they can spend in Miami. The four young adults are in for a surprise as Todd has sadistic killers carving up those unfortunate victims who happen to follow a map to his large building in the middle of nowhere (a former Wildlife Reserve Headquarters, now abandoned, the perfect kill factory for sick puppies like Todd and his partners-in-slay).What this film has going for it (the only thing, really) is Tony Todd who can convey menace in his sleep, with effortless ease and the director shoots him up close often (if you ever wanted to see lots of cigarette smoke steam from out of Todd's mouth, this film is for you). The photography is ugly and claustrophobic, at times the camera is shaky and most often in the faces or just below their chins looking up at them, the characters follow a type of GPS tracker (provided by Todd along with flashlights), leading them to their destination, but they need to hurry because the killers are on their tail. They are the "blue dots" on the tracker, their pursuers are the "red dots". The tracker will signify how close the killers are in proximity of them. The building is booby-trapped, murky, with lots of doors and rooms, easy to get lost in as Todd fools with the lights often to disorient the contestants. Add the killers to the mix and the contestants are up against it. While it might seem according to the synopsis to be a rather taut, exciting "hunting humans" thriller, it isn't really. Todd spends almost all of his screen time (well, not almost, all) in a little room with his screens, wine, cigarettes, and camera controls, sometimes amused, sometimes rather troubled, most times studiously watching his rats in a maze trying to get out. There's a ton of traveling throughout a building, going from one room to another, looking for the much coveted exit. The GPS tracker, though, seemingly a helpful device is actually a hindrance. When you see giraffes turn up as the hunted kids run around on the outside hoping to find their vehicles, a religious nutso who feels compelled to kill, a giant in a skull mask with a penchant for cutting into the flesh of lovelies, and Todd chatting with his pet turtle, you kind of know what you are in for. Not as entertaining as all that, however, as my description is deceiving. This has bad quick editing, a camera that wants to make us disoriented but just causes aggravation and nausea, and plenty of a couple's syrupy romance tested and enduring all of the nightmarish events transpiring. Worse yet, it takes quite a while before the four get to the damn building and even then, there's precious lacking of thrills. While the directors love to shoot bloody wounds, the camera rarely stays still long enough to have any sort of impact on the viewer. Skip it and do yourself a favor.
larawoolley OK, so I really didn't want to believe the negative reviews on this film ... But ... This film is all kinds of terrible. The story line could have been solid if it was more thought out; it's a clever idea, and I like these types of films but this one was so wrong. It reminded me of a mixture between Saw, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Battle Royale (all favourite films of mine) so on that basis I thought that I'd enjoy this. Now, I didn't know that this was a sequel to another film - On the Horror channel it was titled "Tracked" so after reading the synopsis of the first film I did grasp a better understanding of what was going on. Script and filming wise, to be honest, it isn't very good. It's not the worst, but it's not good either. There isn't much explanation of what's going on, of who is who, why things are happening. The scenes also happen too quickly for me - not enough explanation between scenes if you know what I mean. This wouldn't be a negative point for me if the torture/killing scenes were good, but they weren't; they were cringe worthy and very few and far between. In fact there isn't much of it at all, which is really disappointing. This leads me on to the acting; Irritating, badly and obviously acted, awkward and unlikable. I became annoyed with the characters very quickly and found myself fast-forwarding to parts of the film where things were happening - OK, if I'm honest, I was fast-forwarding to parts where the characters were being killed off - which there wasn't enough of!! - but there was something satisfying about watching that. Overall I wouldn't recommend this film, it's wasted my time (albeit not much of my time seeing as I fast-forwarded a lot of it). I didn't enjoy it, it was painful to watch and it's such a shame that it came out this way. It could have been so much better. Also the 'special' effects were terrible. Oh this film is so bad. Please don't watch it.
bullitfinger131 This movie got to be the worst movie i seen. The acting sucks. At first I thought it would bed good. ANd I didn't even get the ending. This movie just sucks. If you want to see this movie do yourself a favor a don't see it. There is a reason I gave it a 1 out of 10. I don't like it because they made stuff look oblivious that it isn't real. I love scary movies but this 1 sucks so much I can't even believe it. It was a waste of a hour and a half of my life. Kung Fu Panda is better than this movie. Its funny how bad this movie is. I only saw this movie because it was Friday the 13th and I wanted to watch a scary movie. But I wish I din't see this movie. And good thing I only rented it. Whatever you do don't see this movie.
