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It was good ik it was bad lol
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/24/23
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This a bad monster movie, and while I've seen it couple of times (by mistake), I've never turned it off. There are other things to watch, can't recommend.
This movie has such a great premise: the isolation of a reform camp. The personalities clashing to make infighting, combined with the inability to escape makes for a great monster movie of any kind.
That said, the monster that the picked has a weird delivery method, and is some bio mechanical monstrosity that has a mouth full of teeth it doesn't use.
I'd love to see 10 movies just like this where the monster is different.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/18/23
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I've seen far worse. The acting wasn't terrible. The CGI alien could have been better.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/20/23
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This film wasn't terrible the actors weren't bad the cgi monster needed work though! Camera ?? play was actually good but the cgi is what kills the film!
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/18/23
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I have been a skeptic ever since I hit the age where I could reason most things. That age, like for most of us, was when I turned 13. I guess you could say I'm a skeptic when it comes to the existence of a god, but I think that would be being too kind. Being a skeptic means that, to me, there's a chance you could be persuaded. I don't believe in the existence of god and anything short of the actual 'being' coming out and proving itself, there's nothing that will change my mind. But when it comes to conspiracy theories or the existence of aliens, I'm far more of a skeptic as opposed to someone who actually denies them outright. Some conspiracy theories have, in fact, turned out to be true. And in a universe as vast as the one we live in, where 96% (you read that right) of the universe is still not observable, assuming that we're the only sentient beings to have ever existed is the peak of arrogance. But I digress, this brings us to this movie. Honestly, when I saw the trailers for this on Amazon, I was not impressed. Not in the least. It just looked silly and cheap. Now, after having watched the movie in its entirety, did I come away impressed? Both yes and no. Yes in that the alien/creature/monster/machine thing, all things considered, actually looked really good. They clearly don't have the money to CG an alien that's on the level of something you'd see out of District 9, but the alien looks surprisingly good. Though the actual design of the thing does bring up so many questions that the film refuses to answer. The assumption, given the ending of the film, is that it's something the government is involved (fucking duh), but it's still completely unsatisfying. The design of the alien is far more mechanical mixed with some organic shit in there and it actually looks pretty cool. Though I mean cool for its obvious budgetary limitations. Generally speaking, the movie is better than the trailers would certainly imply. I think the movie focused more on the 'action' elements as opposed to the horror. Honestly, the first half or so of the movie, maybe more, was perfectly decent horror. There's nothing great about it, but I've certainly seen worse attempts at horror in my life. They establish the alien as a threatening figure. Though this brings me to one of the stupider parts of the movie. This alien/machine is like 10-feet tall and probably weighs over half a ton and yet this thing sneaks up on the characters like it's nothing. There's this scene where the alien is hiding behind a tent. And it's not like the area around the camp is covered with tall trees that hides visibility, it's a fucking desert, there's absolutely nothing around them. And yet this thing can sneak up on them like it's nothing. It's a bit nitpick-y I know, but it's super fucking stupid when you actually really start to think about it. Other than that, the horror is decent. This brings us to the more action-heavy sections of the film, which are where the film is at its weakest. The problem isn't just that it shifts genres so haphazardly, though that is a problem, is that the action sections themselves were kind of laughably bad. Like a purposely bad action film from the 90s that was released directly to video. Maybe that's overstating the point, but it's no bueno. I mean, don't get me wrong, I certainly knew to keep myself entertained when watching this. That helped me, a lot, in not tearing this movie a new one. Or maybe it's because it's not as bad as one would expect, I don't know. But, honestly, I don't know why the film decided to switch to an action movie all of a sudden. Not that it felt out of place, the trailers gave the indication that there would be a more heavy focus on action in its third act, but it just wasn't good action is what I mean. The horror isn't great, but at least it's fairly watchable. Don't know if I can say that for the action, at least when taken out of context. And don't even get me started on some of the cringe-worthy lines here. There's one scene, where the asshole (there's always one in these movies) fights with Roth and asks him who died and made him god. Roth responds with this: 'everybody died and made me god'. Isn't that just an awful line? Not to mention the fact that it makes light of the fact that, I think, 6 people had died at this point. The deaths of these 6 people were there so Roth could deliver this line that was, supposedly, meant to make him look like a badass who takes shit from no one. It was really fucking bad. There's nothing special about this, it's watchable at best. You're gonna need to keep yourself entertained during some segments of the film, for sure. Wouldn't really recommend it, but you could have been watching Grown Ups 2 or Jack and Jill instead. Think of how lucky you actually are.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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Thirst: For a B-grade horror flick, it is an ambitious kitchen sink of horror film homages - it just lacks consistency and needs more scares. The predictable story has a UFO crashing in the Utah desert, but instead of The Blob, out pops a hideous hybrid Alien/Terminator monster that sucks all body fluids out of its human prey. When an Outward Bound type group of mouthy, troubled teen hikers stumbles across its path, the fun begins, a la 1990's Tremors. Go monster! The visuals and effects are surprisingly decent. It's just a shame the story isn't scarier and the title so unfortunate. C+
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/14/23
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