A unique kind of very bad movie. The spectacle of this misbegotten thriller is not amusing enough to recommend to fans of casual movie cheesiness, but it’s the filmmaking choices that made me laugh out loud.
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What are critics saying?
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Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard
The film's very design turns out to be a whimpered bark followed by a toothless bite.
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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
That the film looks good matters little when director Peter A. Dowling’s script, based on the novel by Sharon Bolton, is filled with so many thinly drawn characters, blunt warning signs and telegraphed plot points.
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The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
Dowling’s direction, while competent, also trots out every cliché that a 90-minute movie can contain.
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This watered-down throwback to The Wicker Man never really heats up.