Unbelievable. An awful example of poor acting, inconsistent plot and out-of-place dialogues. Only the effects of good old Stivaletti can be saved (apart for a blueberrish blood...) The three main actors, if we have to call them so, have an incredibly forced, annoying, amateur style, seems like they are reading a book, or a fairy tale to a kid.... Dialogues of the first part of the movie are less boring than annoying (and they are REALLY boring), trying to set the scene for the horror to come but actually making you hope that the three will be slaughtered slowly and painfully - at least, I thought this had to be the less they deserve for the poor job ;o) The plot is also really childish: you are robbed of all of your belongings and what is the first thing coming up in your mind after unsuccessfully trying to call the police? Going in a mall and spend the night there! Oh, come on! You are supposed to be in Italy and you don't find a gas station, a hotel or a restaurant to call the cops from? And you don't cross another car for the whole movie?????? Then it comes the second part and you say "yeah, now the fun begins", but no! You find a butcher who instead of carefully slicing them to death, starts ranting about nonsense, (and OK, he's supposed to be a mental) but for how long? He never quits talking! Splatter only consists of a couple good cuts and when you're ready for the best part, HE SHOOTS THEM WITH A CAPTIVE BOLT?!?!?!?!??!?! And it ends! Regarding the direction, well, it has some good moments, but hey, will you stop quoting Tarantino (Deathproof, sort-of trunk shot...) or Rodriguez (dusk till dawn becomes dawn till dusk, opening hours of the market) every second shot? OK, you like them, I like them, we're pals, but you don't have to do it if it doesn't fit the movie! Finally, I really enjoyed the movie only once, when the butcher is hunting down the three; he walks across the fridge aisle trying (I think) to "quote" Freddy Krueger and the effect is really funny, I laughed for minutes after! Vote: 2
Review of In the Market
