Contains spoilers - Close to something great

Rating: 7/10 (10 March 2014)

This movie could have reached a 9 with slight improvements...
The opening is not too slow like a lot of films, the plot is simple but entertaining. The first oh s#%t moment is when you first hear the monster. At this point you start to realise that this jerk carrying the camera is going to be operating it the whole film, this meaning essentially the film is going to be narrated by a character void of any personality, basically a bit of a prat who is the main stars best friend, he struggles to show any redeeming qualities that a best friend would have and as my very young child quite rightly pointed out why we he carry the camera the whole time, some sort of helmet/head camera wouldn't have been to difficult to have written into the story therefore making the 'Blair witch hand-held' style more realistic.
The army scene when they are moving through the streets is one of the better scenes I have ever seen just for its realism, the monster is slowly introduced to us which is not too teasing, just right I would say. The fact that we don't get the typical happy ending is another plus point for this film.
If the character holding the camera was better, the film a touch longer and maybe one or two more improvements here or there this could have been a movie that would stand the test of time. I would definitely recommend watching this. I had a good day.