natwils The movie started out with an interesting story and likable characters. Then all originality came to a grinding halt. It was just contrived and dull. I would not recommend this movie.

bradenbk I honestly didn't know what to think going in, considering the amount of bad reviews this film received back when it came out. Well...at least the actors seem to be trying to save this movie from absolute failure. I actually did enjoy the performances, and the characters (except for Zoe) are actually believable. My only problem is that everyone was either bland (The Mains) Annoying (Eva) or just completely unlikable (Clay and Niko) The Story is not amazing by any standard of the word, and while the premise is....interesting, it doesn't do anything to hook you in, and the actual way it's executed is rather lazy. Once the characters return to the lab, everything just...kind of happens. Suddenly the EMBODIMENT OF MARY SUE that is Zoe is evil and wants to kill everybody, and she does! Oh and there's a really stupid plot twist i'm not even going to mention because if i do you'll literally turn into a piece of toast and be eaten by the nearest person. My Recommendation is to watch if you're interested, but otherwise never even consider it.

James Another film which perhaps shoots itself in the foot a little by determinedly remaining enigmatic. Were we to learn a little bit more precisely what effect the (previously-only-animal-tested) scientific procedure carried out on lead-role Zoe (Olivia Wilde) REALLY had, it would not do any harm to the enjoyment of this creepy film, and might in fact make it still better. But enigmatic it remains, though scary enough. And all the more so given that pretty much everything happens in a single lab, populated by plausible-enough characters underplayed by their rather little-known actors to the point where we may at times feel this is a not a movie at all. For me that's a success, and by the way a nice metaphor for the claustrophobia and lack of real-world contact that can characterise the obsessive pursuit of scientific enquiry - this after all being a major theme of the film, before it leaves science fiction behind in favour of horror, in the last third of what is actually a very short whole. So short in fact that it remains taut and holds the attention throughout. There are a couple of why questions here - maybe why make the film in the first place? Though perhaps the answer to that is alluded to in what I wrote above. Also why certain characters act as they do at different points of the film. On the other hand, it could - reasonably - be argued that this adds to an authentic sense of nervous chaos that must presumably always accompany experiments that go wrong, or go too far, or both. As a scientifically-trained person myself, I have observed at first hand the tunnel vision that can rather easily come over research workers, so it certainly strikes me that this is a worthwhile issue raised. There is definitely many a horror film out there vastly less real-looking than this one, just as there are many films about science-gone-wrong that are less scary. But here we seem to have hit an interesting and rather novel balance. It works for me, if at a 7 and certainly not a 10...

marilyndean-47962 I love scary movies..but it takes a lot to creep me out...this one did just that. The story line was not very original (reminded me of Flatliners from the 90's)...but with a twist and more scares...it is a movie I suggest watching at night with the lights out. And then maybe sleep with a night light. Good movie with great acting. I would probably not buy it...but it is worth renting. I don't know why some people gave it such low votes, I really enjoyed it. I like movies that make me jump and look behind myself when I hear a noise. This movie did just that. I watched it alone..but you might want to watch it with a friend...cuz it really is creepy. ENJOY