28th film of The December Project

I think I hate this film. It starts out so promising, with interesting characters and motivations, then becomes a by-the-numbers "locked in a room"-psychological thriller with flashbacks.

The first half of it is really interesting, with both you and the police trying to piece together the stories into something that makes sense, trying to make out what really happened, but then it eventually slides into clichéd nonsense as the third act comes with its answers.

It's hard to discuss it without spoiling anything, but it's not really worth discussing either. Just imagine every "locked in a room, no way out"-plot you've seen, combine that with a usual paint-by-the-numbers high school-motivations and press play in your mind.

It's a four way tie in deciding who's the most annoying teenager, and should let the hole take first.

My vote is to save the boob-flashing Keira Knightley, and ultimately destroy the Canadian, NBA Steve Nash doppelganger.

Sadly the hole let's one survive ... oh, hole why couldn't you do your job?

Extra half star for Keira Knightley's little boobs.

I saw this once before, but another one I had to revisit before I reviewed it.

It was okay. A nice cast, especially Birch and Knightley who really shine here. And with the later even going topless, Birch still finds a way to become so watchable in this.

The plot if that four young people get locked in an underground bunker thing, and everything quickly goes to crap. So nothing really original.

But Birch is so good, she makes this film watchable.

Another "locked in a room and can't get out" film. This one is more psychological than most. Thora Birch in particular does a good job as the main character. That being said it didn't grip me very much and there were two sections of about 15 minutes each where I was tempted to hit the fastforward button. Thanks to Steve Grzesiak, for suggesting it in my "Let Me Out" thread. Another one crossed off the list. ;-)

It is beyond me why four teenagers would want to spend their so-called "vacation time" in a dilapidated underground bomb shelter with little ventilation. However, I feel that this movie was quite suspenseful. Not scary...just filled with drama, sex, shock, and a semi good-looking cast (by that I am referring to Desmond Harrington who can be found in today's Dexter :) ). Check it out if you are looking for a movie to play while you do some sketches for class...because that's what I did.

I was totally shocked by how much I enjoyed this. A good little thriller that doesn't have a cheesy cop-out ending.

I saw this once before, but another one I had to revisit before I reviewed it.

It was okay. A nice cast, especially Birch and Knightley who really shine here. And with the later even going topless, Birch still finds a way to become so watchable in this.

The plot if that four young people get locked in an underground bunker thing, and everything quickly goes to crap. So nothing really original.

But Birch is so good, she makes this film watchable.

It's hard to tell if I would have found this movie as idiotic as I did if it hadn't been structured so poorly. There might be an interesting, intelligent story in there somewhere, but the screenwriters inexplicably hacked it up to give it some sort of Rashomon art cred, instead of simply telling the damn story. The result is a dumb thriller that does us the additional disservice of being boring, chiefly by cramming all of the thriller elements into the last 20 minutes. Important plot developments are conveyed via montage, potential plot twists are neutralized by premature revelation, characters behave in ways that make sense only to Arkham Asylum inmates, there is zero sense of time or its passage... this is truly one of the most inept screenplays I've ever encountered, to say nothing of Nick Hamm's flat direction.

A tense start & decent setup are cast aside for illogical, cheap shocks in the second half, but the cast do their best to redeem this psychological thriller.

I think I've seen this film about ten times and every time I watch it I can never remember what happens.

Also I remember is Thora Birch screams really loud down the phone, they are stuck down a hole where Keira Knightley is super skinny and dies of bulimia and that's about it....

Not a lot happens but I guess it's enjoyable even though it's a bit fucked up. Well, really fucked up. Plus everyone is rich and extremely English, minus the American guy and Thora Birch who does an okay English accent...ish.

Quinn from Dexter is in this film and is such a young kid. Sadly I was hoping for a great performance from Keira and something kind of scary and in the end it turned out to be a disappointment because it was not that good of a film and I have put it at the back of my que to watch because I have heard nothing good about the film itself. The performances are okay but the ending is suppose to be chilling and it turns out to be what you expect it to be which dappens the twist.

Thora Birch is super hot in this movie.

I mean, I could probably delve more into actually reviewing the movie, but it's a fairly standard turn of the century thriller, and if you like those sort of films (I certainly do) then you'll have a good time. Especially if you find Thora Birch to be super pretty.

Sigh.