Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
texas-98504 I really enjoyed this film, mainly to see the wonderful Michael Ironside. His depth of character is spot on in this film, as a slightly demented psych doctor, or so we are to believe.
Not even thinking of the title, I forgot all about "patient 7". I got so engrossed in each character, it slipped my mind. Alphie Allen's "killer" was a fun thing to watch. From the moment he curses at the children (and let's us understand what night it is, and why he chose to leave the blood on his face!).
All in all, very pleasing film. I will point out however, a bit of continuity mistakes in the time line of the film.
When Michael Ironside is reminiscing about his past and we see the scene of him as a young boy discovering the car, I was disappointed. If he had been imprisoned for 30-plus years, that car model wouldn't have existed! It would have been early to mid 1980s (since you see a smart phone being used by Alphie's killer, the film must be set in at least 2008 or higher). Also, the plastic water bottles they were drinking from didn't exist until well into the 90s.
cjs6547 This movie is a showcase for 6, or if you count the last boring one, seven short stories portrayed through film. Only the second short story was somewhat interesting. I have to agree with plastic-wrap guy, that nightmare would give me an unnatural fear of plastic-wrap too!The doctor has good acting and nice delivery, and even though he's being mean to everyone you don't completely hate him. Him and the plastic-wrap guy are the only note-worthy actors in this movie.The remaining 6 stories are quite poor - they really scraped the bottom of the barrel for material on those. The problem is the writing. Whoever wrote or produced this was really bent on getting the mental-patient angle (and that IS a fascinating angle) but not when you don't have an interesting story or any research that goes into it! They should have stuck with the plastic-wrap story, made that into a short film, or even a feature length one with some Halloween hilarity!4/10
Nikola The only good thing that this movie has going is acting and that's the only positive thing I can say about it. Everything else is disastrous.Most of the shorts were filmed during 2013 and someone had an idea to make a movie about mental patients who are telling their stories from the aforementioned shorts and just glued this one together. No, this is maybe not that bad and can't be called one of the worst movies ever, but the problem is that it's just flat, dull and it doesn't have an ounce of originality... Maybe I'm being too harsh, but to me this one is just a waste of time...So, as one genre lover to another - pass on this one.
jackmeat My quick rating - 5,5/10. One of a few problems with anthology movies is they tend to have good episodes, and bad episodes. Just like anything else. This can also be good since you will have different audiences viewing the material and one or two bad doesn't pull you completely out of the entire movie. So this story is seen through the analysis of a doctor/writer (wonderful as always, Michael Ironside) interviewing patients of a mental hospital to get the "real" feeling of the crimes that got them locked up. Without breaking each down, they each are stories of various insanity levels that don't ever go over the top but are able to get just enough of a response for you and Ironside to to get a feeling of them. This is not done through cheap scare tactics but conveyed through quality performances from the actors/actresses. I would also not being doing justice without pointing out the astounding part played by Alfie Allen. I was also partial to the little girl in her segment, what a little brat. Anyway, the stories were adequate, some better then others, and none outstanding. Another positive note, they were able to tie the whole thing together in the end.
