After
watching this film, I don't know what I was more furious with;
the fact that it took away 92 minutes of my life, or the fact
that I actually spent money from my own pocket to view it!
This
film was just so feeble, that when one of the actors declamatorised
" you don't understand", I too found myself unable to understand
why anyone would agree to make this awful film after reading
the script.
Was
it the acting? Yes. Was it the dialogue? Yes. Was it the direction?
Certainly. From the beginning to the very end, this movie
did nothing to grab my interest or attention. It seemed a
cheap swizz of any teen-slasher movie I had ever seen, with
the attempted 'everyone's-a-suspect' rip off of 'Scream' and
the 'lets-give-it-a-story-no matter-how-week-it-is' shot of
'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'.
Not
only was the acting weaker than my mother's tea (especially
the opening sequence; the standard suspect boyfriend - who
is apparently big in Roswell, and, well, everyone), but the
direction was unforgivable. So that I can safely bury the
memories of this film (and so too should all those who took
part in it), I make a plea - make sure I haven't watched this
movie in vain by avoiding it at all costs.
copyright
Jon Rosen 2001
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