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When I saw the trailer for this Thriller, I intrigued by its claustrophobic atmosphere even tho I’m a claustrophobic person myself but there was something very interesting about this move. So I was really excited when I saw that it was released earlier today.
This movie starrs Emile Hirsch (2021’s “Midnight In The Switchgrass”), Kate Bosworth ( “Superman Returns”), Ashley Greene (“Twilight”), Alex Sgambati (“The Walking Dead”) and Tiffany Smith (“Supernatural”). This movie was directed and written by Mukunda M. Dewil (“Colide”). This movie has a runtime of 1h and 32 minutes. It was rated R nudity and drug usage.
Onto the premise: Secrets and private demons emerge when a seemingly perfect young couple competes for a 5 million dollar prize by isolating themselves in an empty white room for 50 days. No phones, no family – only the room trying to break their resolve.
It’s hard to imagine a more obviously COVID-era movie, made in strict isolation with a small handful of actors, some of whom never even meet each other and talk only to a camera in another room.
On one level it’s admirable that they tried to keep on making movies in such an incredibly challenging time, but it already feels dated and claustrophobic and it’s just obvious that it exists only for the reason of producing content during a pandemic.
There were some very difficult scenes, well some very uncomfortable scenes.
On one level it’s admirable that they tried to keep on making movies in such an incredibly challenging time, but it already feels dated and claustrophobic and it’s just obvious that it exists only for the reason of producing content during a pandemic.
There is practically nothing that happens in it that comes as any kind of surprise, and there’s no original, meaningful or particularly convincing moments that occur at any point.
To be fair, there’s nothing glaringly BAD about it, either, just the perpetually nagging feeling that it wouldn’t exist at all if not for some head office instruction to continue pumping out streaming content at all costs when the barrel is otherwise scraped dry.
Overall I really liked it but wouldn’t recommend if you see suffering from claustrophobia among other illnesses. But I would say that it DOES keep you on the edges of your seat and you are on a roller coaster ride but a different kind.
Stay tuned for more reviews and find out more about this movie on this week’s podcast episode!
For more information visit here-> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13698942/
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