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henny -> RE: the strangers (6/5/2008 7:52:17 PM)
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I saw it and thought it mostly mediocre.
It really doesn't do anything that previous films haven't already done, and done better (plot wise, it's basically "Funny Games" without the over intellectualized pretentious guilt tripping. It also takes a major plot point straight from "the Descent" -although it isn't a "monster" film or anything, like the descent is. Plus it's kind of a rip off of the French film "Them" in certain ways).
To it's credit it really is a lot better than the usual "Hostel" and "Saw" type gore porn films, as it spends a lot more time on character development and building horror through atmosphere as oppossed to over the top killings. So it might be good if you aren't familiar with any of its source material, but for me it was very "been there done that," and it relies way too much on cheap "boo" moments as the film progresses, so I got bored after a while.
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