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Okay, aside from everyone else giving this film a bad wrap, it wasn't a bad flick to me. Yeah, some parts of the film were predictable, but I found the "challenges" a wee bit extreme. It went from killing a fly, to cutting someone's arm off- which kind of became a bit drastic.
I knew Ron Perlman's character was in on the game, the whole entire time. It wasn't so hard to read (Him asking the other cop to not make the phone call, taking the number from the waitress, and not wanting to shoot Elliot) I knew the mentally disabled brother was in on the game too (Flashing the girl in the park). And by time the father killed himself I knew he killed the mother in the "accidental crash" in order to win the game.
The challenge with the laundry line made my heart skip a beat...it was really over the top. But, towards the ending when the brother said he had to kill a family member actually broke my heart then made me cry. Most horror films don't do this too me, and left me saying too myself "OMG" The reason why I'm not giving the film a 10 is because of the ending. Here's why: Why kill the cop, and walk away from all that money?? He would have gone home a rich happy man. Was this a moral issue? Did he not feel comfortable about how he made all that money? Would've it been too hard to explain to his wife, and kid later on?
Okay, aside from everyone else giving this film a bad wrap, it wasn't a bad flick to me. Yeah, some parts of the film were predictable, but I found the "challenges" a wee bit extreme. It went from killing a fly, to cutting someone's arm off- which kind of became a bit drastic.
I knew Ron Perlman's character was in on the game, the whole entire time. It wasn't so hard to read (Him asking the other cop to not make the phone call, taking the number from the waitress, and not wanting to shoot Elliot) I knew the mentally disabled brother was in on the game too (Flashing the girl in the park). And by time the father killed himself I knew he killed the mother in the "accidental crash" in order to win the game.
The challenge with the laundry line made my heart skip a beat...it was really over the top. But, towards the ending when the brother said he had to kill a family member actually broke my heart then made me cry. Most horror films don't do this too me, and left me saying too myself "OMG" The reason why I'm not giving the film a 10 is because of the ending. Here's why: Why kill the cop, and walk away from all that money?? He would have gone home a rich happy man. Was this a moral issue? Did he not feel comfortable about how he made all that money? Would've it been too hard to explain to his wife, and kid later on?