Would You Rather pays homage to the original premise that
Saw introduced us to: Torture Porn. Eight strangers down on their luck are
offered the chance to have all their problems solved by a 'charity' organisation
if they win a game of 'Would you rather?' The game starts out innocently
enough, but quickly begins to spiral into a game of life and death.
I found this movie to be far more tasteful than Saw, paying
more attention to the psychological aspects of people under pressure. It's also
far less gory, which I was appreciative of. Aside from that, it was very
uninspired with uninteresting characters and a 'kick-in-the-guts' ending which
left the whole movie feeling cheap. Good to watch if you don't want a serious
movie.
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The Crazies is a remake of the 1973 Romero film of the same
name. The townspeople of Ogen Marsh begin to become infected, with insanity.
When the military steps in to contain it by all means necessary, the sheriff
and his wife fight to get out of the town before the military or the townspeople
stop them first.
I haven't watched the original film, but I found the remake
to be both interesting and well cast. The characters were interesting and the
premise was well executed. The outbreak was well escalated, but the movie plateaued
for a while after the first 30 minutes and became a bit drawn out for my
liking. The Crazies is an above average horror movie with some very good
direction. It doesn't overdo the gore, which makes it a much better thriller
than a horror.
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