WhoThrewThatMonkey EvidenceWhat's this Movie About?"Detectives try to solve the murder of a group of people using video footage from multiple recording devices."I really do feel like I wasted an hour and a half of my time.Planning on doing this a little different and not spoiling as much at first. Basic premise is two friends and a boyfriend go on a vacation to Vegas. Along the way, they meet up with a variety of different people and have one more stop before heading out. Too bad their bus gets tangled in barbed wire and they get stranded out in the middle of nowhere.The acting is hit or miss. Sometimes it good but other times it bad, really bad. I'll say that Rachel is very likable at first but when chaos ensues, she becomes a screaming typical horror movie girl. Most of the detective characters act idiotic and rash without thinking. An example is Detective Burquez who rushes to find the suspect without knowing all the facts and then later makes a claim that isn't true and she would know it wasn't if they did a couple more minutes of research. The video evidence guy is completely incompetent and has to allow Detective Reese to do his job for him by clearing up some issues on the footage. Also, the forensics tech who is supposed to examine the bodies but is too busy being fat and lazy...sorry I have little tolerance for incompetence.I have to tell you, this is a found footage movie so right off the bat, most people won't like it. I have been split on found footage movies. I thought Blair Witch was OK, Quarantine is OK, Paranormal Activities were OK, VHS was ... You get the picture. I have never really been against found footage while there have been lots of complaints about the format. This movie is the movie that pushed it overboard. There's just too much jumbled nonsense, extreme close ups and garbled voice acting that I don't think I can defend or appreciate this type of filming again. All of the above is evident in this movie but has an extra kick to it. We are watching a group of detectives watch video footage trying to decipher it because 'the footage was in a fire and was badly damaged'. What they mean is this basic amateurish camera work is shoddy at best and is hard for even detectives to search through. Found footage is not the way I will be enjoying movies going forward. The style just doesn't make sense. Oh, and we get a horrible version of night visions!Now, on to what I did like. The killer in this movie is super unique up until the end. Someone in a welders mask and who uses a blow torch to kill people is pretty cool. Does have a set back though seeing as how the range is very limited due to the hose.The women in this movie are super cute so at least there's something to look at when you can actually see what's going on.There's a scene later in the movie which I don't want to give too much away right now but it involves mutilation and you don't see much but the sound and seeing wriggling feet as chunks of flesh are being tossed to the side is very effective. Wasn't overblown and walked that line of good storytelling and showing just enough.Should you watch this?I wouldn't waste your time. There is only a couple moments of entertainment and enjoyment. I'd say just watch the mutilation scene which in my opinion was the best part but other than that pass.Spoilers and Plot QuestionsOK, so it was all a movie... Kind of. So Rachel calls herself a director and Leann is the actress. Should've seen this coming. They say they can't have the trip without Leanns boyfriend which was kind of weird and should have been a sign. They introduce us to the cast on the bus. Leann and Rachel set this all up and killed everyone so they could make a movie and become famous.So, how did they know who all would be there? How did they know that there would be only that many people and not a bus full of people, some of who could get out of the predicament by simply overpowering them?The detectives act like they didn't know there was a fourth woman on the bus but wouldn't they already know that since the bodies were there? There can only be so many sets of arms and legs even if the bodies were blown apart.Why would they put out the video of them doing that? I'm guessing the answer is to become famous but now the cops know who did it and if caught will go to jail.Detective Reese says that those weren't glitches and the footage wasn't messed up but instead they were edits. I'm not the smartest or know anything about video editing or surveillance recovery but if this wasn't messed up camera footage, would you be able to clear up and decipher frames of footage to see unclear images? Also, even though the video tech guy is an idiot, I would think he would be able to tell the difference between an edit and damaged footage.

jlthornb51 An incredibly suspenseful film that is both intelligent and superbly done. Radha Mitchell, in particular, gives a moving performance in this stunning ensemble cast. But then talent is in no short supply regarding every aspect of this fine film. The visionary director does some tremendous work as does his cinematographer. The script is challenging and explosive and as the film unfolds, it becomes clear to any viewer that this is no simple horror movie. This is a motion picture of overwhelming power and terror. Exposing raw nerves at every single turn, no time is wasted in ripping our emotions bare. There are few among us who will see this film and not feel changed. The stunning climax will leave you staggering, shocked from your senses, and fighting for breath.

siderite Still shot. 3D rotation. Smoke. A crime scene. Then a video camera being placed in a plastic bag marked "evidence". And you know: it's going to be one of those god damned hand-held camera movies. But you are a nice person and you hope, still, that there have to be good shaky cam films. You are, sadly, terribly so, wrong.I really like Radha Mitchell, I mean, who doesn't, but she is past her prime - time to play in those motherly roles in bad haunted house movies. Stephen Moyer, having won an undeserved fame with True Blood, plays an unnecessarily troubled police/video specialist. None of these two roles is going to give you any satisfaction in what is supposed to be a twist laden thriller.The story, which I make my best effort not to spoil - I don't know why, is basically a chaotic investigation based on a single videotape. Then there is the twist, one that you have expected the entire movie, because it can't be that easy. And it's not, and it's a stupid twist, and you will swear the day you decided to watch this film, even on fast forward.So, if there would have been true empathy with the characters - after all they did make the effort of filling the first third of the film with motivational video on how needy were the girls and how much they wanted to enter showbiz, if there would have been any interest in the police procedure - which unfortunately only concerned media statements and video processing, if the entire story didn't reek of "wait for it! the grand finale!", well... it still would have been a crappy film. As such, it is worst than boring and less than funny.Bottom line: I do this so you shouldn't have to. Respect my sacrifice and avoid this film.

OJT What a start this film has. A frozen picture of a crime scene, taken by a low flying drone camera, like nothing I've seen. A bit was resembling the 2001-film Swordfish, but still this was amazing. It immediately lit my interests immensely. Some obviously CGI, but still a haunting start!This is another take on the found footage genre. But different. Some kind of meta theme in the footage as well. This is evidence found on a couple of phones and video cameras at a crime scene. At the start of the film we get a glimpse of what have happened, but what lead up to it. No one at the crime scene is alive to give any explanation. The tape shows a group of youngsters arriving at a desolated place with a lot if abandoned trucks and houses.Like most found footage, this is both annoying and exciting at the same time. A genre difficult to immediately like, but still interesting in many ways. The fourth outing from American director Olatunde Osunsanmi, and the first I've seen. Though there's a lot of cameras around, there's a lot of not so likely here towards the end, before whole film takes a twist, making it more likely after all. Smart film, with an interesting plot. A good, twisting found footage flick, most of all recommended to the fans of the genre.