Decent mystery thriller

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2019)

A woman survives a near fatal car accident, and recovers to find herself in unfamiliar territory. It almost looks and feels like shes in a prison cell, she's even served trays of food in the same manner. Not knowing what's going on, she quickly turns on her kidnappers, but the attack is intercepted, and she is strongly cautioned NOT to do that again. Her kidnappers seem to understand that she's scared, and that she's still coming to her senses, but they soon set her straight: She's no longer on the Earths surface. They tell her that she's so many feet under the ground, and that she is safe, that the world is no longer safe for human existence. The story seems believable, but can her kidnappers be trusted? What's their true motives, their REAL intentions here? Eventually, they allow her out of the prison like cell, and bring her into more comforting enviroment. She's allowed to watch anything on the DVD player, etc...and from here, the film sends us mixed signals on what I would call....forced trust. She has no choice but to trust these people? The alternative is escape, but what if they are telling the truth about what's going on on the Earths surface? if they're lying, is this is a chance you can really take? The film sets a terrifying setting of absolute entrapment....and the viewer is left watching with an uneasy feeling that something just isn't right, but what the hell is wrong? John Goodman, as usual, plays an outstanding performance as one of the kidnappers, and his actions plays off to the viewer that his portrayal can go either way, you can easily see him as a friend just as much as you can see him being an enemy, but which is it? This mystery thriller is stylish, slick, and almost perfect in a lot of ways, but for reasons that I have to leave out so that I don't spoil the ending, I am giving this 6 stars. This film was on the right track to being AWESOME, and had the writers or filmmakers had given it just a little bit more thought, this could have been a perfect film for what it stands, however, I was a bit letdown with the ending. I'm okay with the way it ended, don't get me wrong, but had there been a little more thought, there was a more creative way that this could have all been played out for the final ending. For the most part, this is an 8 star film, but I'm demolishing it down to 6 for reasons that I cannot say, I cannot speak, I cannot spoil anything for you. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the tense mystery. See if you can figure it out.