Circle of Eight

2009
3.7| 1h24m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 27 October 2009 Released
Producted By: Bronson Avenue
Country: United States of America
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Jessica moves into a loft on the eighth floor of a Los Angeles apartment building called The Dante. The other tenants all seem friendly at first, but when she starts witnessing horrible deaths, she must team up with her neighbor Evan (Doom) to solve the mystery -- and uncover her own connection to the place.

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esportsmecom SPOILER ALERTEveryone spoke about Jessica role and her mistake, no one mentioned why Evan was not rescued at the end, maybe the movie about him as well ?What about the two lesbian ? i didn't get what happens.The idea of repeated attempts reminds me of The Matrix when Neo enter the secret room and watch him self doing this thousands of times, however in The Matrix it was explained, here its not and i believe too much time spend on love scene between the Jessica and Evan with little about the manager who actually should be in more prime position in the movie.
Rob Broekhof This movie is intriguing although at some points it has a weird tempo. At those moments I thought to myself: "Please get on with the story". Just two examples: (1) right from the start with the woman under water and (2) a lot of time was spent on the scene where Evan and Jessica show their interest in each other for the first time.And now for the spoiler and my addition to all the other possible explanations.I guess the main idea is to figure it out yourself! There aren't many clues that help to get a 100% certainty about the explanation. So this one isn't a 100% certain either.My second explanation: The whole crowd (including the people that are outside of the building) is in a time loop. Jessica is the only one who will be able to break that loop (for everyone else to move on with their lives). In attempt #903259 she finally realizes that she has to stay with Evan to get redemption for leaving her little brother when he was drowning while she was saving herself. It shows a form of sacrifice that is no sacrifice at all because she actually should have drowned with her little brother and will also die when she tries to save her own life by leaving Evan (although she most probably doesn't know that in attempt #903259). Proof for the explanation of being able to break the loop: when she watches the video labeled "Big surprise: failed attempt" she sees herself talking to Evan about the "fact" that people change and their essence too! Although not totally relevant, possibly she somehow "remembered" from a previous attempt, just like everyone else in the apartment somehow remember something but not enough to be able to tell Jessica the whole story even though they all know about Jessica's role in their life.Possibly this proof shows the purpose of the movie. Note that even when we live our lives an ENDLESS number of times, we can change over time, but since time is ENDLESS we don't change. It's a time/change-paradox (i.e. the only thing in life that never changes is that everything will keep on changing). Still, when you finally realize your lesson in life, take that chance!So, in this movie, every time Jessica gets another chance to stay with Evan. In attempt #903259 she finally takes that chance. So much for your regular second chances in life ;-)I recommend you to give this movie a second chance. For example, review the pieces you believe you need to see again to figure out your own explanation. Good luck and most important ... have fun!
BakuryuuTyranno The film originally seemed interesting but by the finale I started thinking perhaps there was no point.I like when films don't feel they must spoon-feed the audience information about what's happening. People are generally reasonably smart and movies claiming to be smarter often end up insufferable.However this movie was different. It didn't shove information up the audience's nose, but as the credits rolled it seemed as though the movie existed simply to appear intelligent without actually being intelligent. I'm not sure even the people who wrote this knew/decided what the story was. I only know its nothing I'd watch again
ajs-10 From the description on the TV guide, this looked like it might be interesting. Unfortunately you cannot believe everything you read. The concept was quite good, however, the execution didn't match up by a long chalk. I'll explain what I mean later, but here's a brief summary first (summary haters and those that don't wish to know anything about the plot please help Jessica move in while I write the next paragraph).Jessica is moving into her first apartment in the big city (Los Angeles in this case). Driving through the streets she's full of optimism and looking forward to her new surroundings. Outside the building, the Dante, she meets Evan, an attractive young man who helps her with her stuff. The building manager, Ed, is a bit odd, but likable enough, although he's a bit particular about tenants going into his 'File Room'. Having moved in, Jessica is then visited by several of the other occupants, an odd bunch to say the least. They are all very insistent that she joins them for a roof-top party to celebrate the New Year. And then strange things begin to happen, Jessica begins to see the other residents murdered, one by one. Nobody seems concerned about this and so she goes to Evan to try and get some answers. I'll leave it there and I've probably made it sound a lot better than it really is.This film has the look and feel of a student short that got made into a feature. It all seems very amateurish, everything from the cinematography, to the sound, to the acting seems to have had little thought to it. Nobody on screen really deserves a mention, but I will name a few so you'll know who's responsible. If anything, John Bishop was the best performer as Ed, but he wasn't great, Ryan Doom (great name!) was adequate as Evan and Austin Highsmith was OK, I guess, as Jessica.I feel I've been a little generous with my score (below), but the concept behind this very poor film was actually quite good. The trouble is, little, or no, thought went into the execution. Maybe some of it could be blamed on budget restrictions, but I've seen much better than this made for a lot less. I think you can probably guess what comes next… definitely NOT recommended… You have been warned.My score: 4.1/10