daletheminoltaman
What a horribly acted no plot piece of trash waste of time. I would be willing to bet those that rated this movie as good are involved in the film. Other than a few hot girls in the movie it is not worth watching. The sound quality is low budget, the acting is low budget, the video quality is low budget.Those generic low budget horror movies for pre-teen kids are better than this piece of garbage.Honestly, do not waste your time. You would think they would have accidentally hired at least one good actor for this movie but nope they are all terrible.
Cujo108
Maurice Devereaux's End of the Line possesses the kind of raw ambition that reminds me of why I love horror films in the first place. It's an original and highly imaginative effort, even more so when you realize the director had to finance the film out of his own pocket. It hasn't received too much attention, but I think it's a low budget treat that deserves to be seen. That, combined with certain story aspects that are ripe for discussion, has led me to recommend this to many people since my initial viewing.Taking place in a subway, the story involves several members of a large religious cult who simultaneously receive notice via pagers that it's Judgment Day. This gives them the go ahead to bring out their special daggers and "save" all the nonbelievers by way of murder. Karen (Ilona Elkin) is a psychiatric nurse who gets caught up in the mayhem when her ride home from work turns into a fight for survival. I bought the Canadian DVD blindly back in November 2008 and thoroughly enjoyed the film. The director's prior effort, Slashers, was a most cheesy affair. This, on the other hand, is quite serious. The film can be rather unnerving, especially if you find fanatical cult members to be disturbing sorts. I'm a big fan of religion themed horror in general. Throw in apocalyptic scenarios and you have my attention entirely.I didn't catch it the first time around, but note the emphasis on muffins throughout the film. It has been theorized that perhaps something in the muffins was causing hallucinations, thus setting everything into motion. This theory seems to receive further support if you watch the beginning of the film carefully. There's a telling scar on Karen's shoulder. Little things like this, which I didn't even catch onto until I'd read other opinions on the film, are elements that I greatly appreciate when it comes to filmmaking. Hints that keep you guessing, but don't beat you over the head... these really enrich the viewing experience.As far as the ending is concerned, I think it goes out on a particularly strong note. The earlier conversation about smiling in the face of proof comes to mind, but the final image still feels like a punch in the gut. The strength of the finale is carried over into the end credits thanks to the eerie song which plays over them. Say what you will, but this piece of music strikes a chord with me. It's flat-out haunting, yet beautiful at the same time. I'm glad the DVD included the full soundtrack as an extra, as it's nice being able to listen to it on it's own.End of the Line is not a perfect film. There is some poor acting which stands out a bit more on repeat viewings, the bald maintenance worker being the worst offender. Some of the gore and attack sequences aren't as well staged as I'd like either. Regardless, I feel that the film rises above a few spotty performances and low budget pitfalls. Far above. Devereaux has done the genre proud.
littleleah78
I just watched this movie and I immediately knew it was going to be awesome when it made me scream like a little school girl in the first 5 minutes of the film. OUT LOUD! I am a huge horror buff and not much even makes me yelp! It was a pleasant surprise, as most of the crap my brother brings over for me to watch usually doesn't make much sense or is just too out there to enjoy. But End of the Line is a great Canadian horror flick. Who needs zombies when you have religious fanatics trying to save non-believers with a razor sharp crucifix, sending them to the Almighty!? Sounds corny, but why not? How many hard core religious followers would kill in the name of their God if they were told the Apocylpse was coming? Not too far fetched to believe. And stuck in a subway during the whole thing!? The artwork on the DVD cover was right, "does what Jaws did for the ocean". I'll probably poop if I am ever caught down in a subway system after dark in a big city after seeing this. If you like horror movies, give End of the Line a shot. The acting at times is a small amount cheesy, but the story is great, so are the monsters and many of the unexpected awesome scares that a true horror fan will appreciate!
shark-43
The gore in this film (a relatively low budgeter) is pretty impressive - so gore fans will not be disappointed - in fact there are two scenes that are as well done and realistic looking as I have ever seen. The cliché in so many films is someone wields a sword and they cut a human head off like slicing a banana in two - but the reality is it is rather hard to sever a head. And in this film it is not clean or easy. And there are scenes with crowbars and hammers hitting people in the head that is gross, disturbing and real looking. And even the plot of a crazy religious cult being ordered to kill has a lot of potential - but the film is all over the place - it can't decide what it wants to be - so it takes a little from Night Of The Living Dead, a bit from The Rapture, a little Carrie, etc. The acting is only average - the writing is pretty lame and as I've stated, the gore is very well done. But after awhile even the gore becomes repetitive - there really is no shock and you are left with a "really???" feeling at the end.