I don't know how I keep getting tricked into sitting through this deplorable cheap horror films. 99% of them are bad, bad, bad. I enjoy both of the female leads in this movie from their perspective TV Shows but this was just an attempt on their part to crack their squeaky clean image and turn in an absolutely dumb thriller. I would call it TV quality but I'm not even sure it is that. The pacing for the film is excruciating. It should have been a half hour TV episode or short film and instead they drag it, and I mean drag it, into feature length. The film banks on the sex sells angle by ignoring any real character development and hoping that watching two hot women make out for no reason is enough to keep you watching. Hot? Sure for 30 seconds and then you want there to be an actual movie...but it never happens for this. I watched a similar low budget film called "Girls Against Boys" earlier this month and it was so superior...I can't even explain how much better it was. This film tries to pretend it has twists and turns but you simply don't care where its going for most of the film. They slapped it together on the lowest possible budget and managed to get it produced.
The only reason I am giving this a 4/10 is due to our two leading women. Katie Cassidy actually does an okay job with what she is given in this terrible script. I mean shame on her for doing something so awful because anyone would have to know this was bad but she does okay and she's watchable in the role. Tracy Spiridakos whom I have only ever seen on TV's Revolution plays Hayley, the incredibly troubled roommate to Cassidy. She is also very good considering she is known for being a squeaky clean good girl on TV. Cassidy and have good chemistry although awkward because they force them together for some twisted romance that makes no sense to the story. Donal Logue could have been a good villain type character if he had been in the hands of a better writer. Instead he is incredibly predictable, cookie cutter copy of every other white trash abuser in movies. He is wasted in the story which is unfortunate because his character is vital. Even after the big twist reveal his character does not get any better. Supporting cast are mostly unknown Canadian actors and no one stands out particularly whatsoever in their roles.
As it turns out I have seen both director Michael Greenspan's feature length movie. This one and Wrecked. So he's two for two in my books creating a sub-par thriller. In some ways this reminds me of the old 80's "Blue" movies like Bedroom Eyes or something similar and that is the furthest thing from a compliment, I assure you. Towards the end there is some really big twists and turns that in a better film might have been really significant. It does perhaps make the whole movie just slightly better than complete crap but it doesn't matter because the entire film has bad pacing, poor character development, and a mess of a script. Even the most hardcore horror/thriller fans won't find much to redeem this stinker. 4/10
The only reason I am giving this a 4/10 is due to our two leading women. Katie Cassidy actually does an okay job with what she is given in this terrible script. I mean shame on her for doing something so awful because anyone would have to know this was bad but she does okay and she's watchable in the role. Tracy Spiridakos whom I have only ever seen on TV's Revolution plays Hayley, the incredibly troubled roommate to Cassidy. She is also very good considering she is known for being a squeaky clean good girl on TV. Cassidy and have good chemistry although awkward because they force them together for some twisted romance that makes no sense to the story. Donal Logue could have been a good villain type character if he had been in the hands of a better writer. Instead he is incredibly predictable, cookie cutter copy of every other white trash abuser in movies. He is wasted in the story which is unfortunate because his character is vital. Even after the big twist reveal his character does not get any better. Supporting cast are mostly unknown Canadian actors and no one stands out particularly whatsoever in their roles.
As it turns out I have seen both director Michael Greenspan's feature length movie. This one and Wrecked. So he's two for two in my books creating a sub-par thriller. In some ways this reminds me of the old 80's "Blue" movies like Bedroom Eyes or something similar and that is the furthest thing from a compliment, I assure you. Towards the end there is some really big twists and turns that in a better film might have been really significant. It does perhaps make the whole movie just slightly better than complete crap but it doesn't matter because the entire film has bad pacing, poor character development, and a mess of a script. Even the most hardcore horror/thriller fans won't find much to redeem this stinker. 4/10