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Aug 28, 2013 The relatively high production values lull you into a false sense of security, which is brutally ripped away as soon as the 'acting' begins. Such an awful collection of wooden deliveries and histrionic hamming that it makes you want to stick your eyeballs in a cocktail and get so drunk you think they're olives. The terrible script, which sees a bickering couple throwing half-baked insults at each other, while their detestable teenage kids whine and nag, is so obvious and po-faced it becomes unintentionally hilarious. Jamie Foreman is a decent actor - the only one in this film - but he has to deliver a series of cringe-worthy lines like threatening the husband with the suggestion he'll make the wife 'choke his chicken' - because violent rapists really speak like that. Despite being deepest England, the inbreds constantly call everyone Boy, as if desperately hoping they might be transported to the set of Wrong Turn 12. A dismal failure with a cop out ending (it was all a dream - really?), this is bargain-bucket horror at its (almost) very worst. See more Apr 21, 2013 not a bad film,starts off ok good story but as the film reaches the end it's nothing great,Jamie foreman plays his part Well but other then that give it a miss See more Mar 22, 2013 Dunno what the other reviewers were expecting but clearly they missed the entire point of the movie - that redemption takes more than just being apologetic for your misdeeds. It's recognising and understanding everything that is wrong with a person. What is on the surface isn't the story - it's the shroud for everything that lies subtextually in this narrative about one man struggling to deal with guilt - seeing no further than a sequence of events played out in an environment you think is real but clearly isn't is just half the story. It's not a case of what - it's also a case of how. What does it mean and how do all the events and characters represent the main character? If the reviewer can't see that then they really have no idea how to critique this film nor should they. Audiences need to educate themselves beyond the superficial if their opinions are to carry any weight in review. This movie easily rates a 3.5 if not a 4 for being thought provoking and wholly different to other UK fare. See more Mar 20, 2013 AKA Dead End Didn't love it. A group of crazies tie up a family and torturer them. There is an ok twist at the end, but the movie wasn't strong enough to support it. See more Mar 3, 2013 Literally a car crash of a film, pitifull See more Read all reviews

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