The Blair Monster Project

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2008)

After reading several good reviews of this film, I figured I'd go and check it out. I'm still not quite sure what to make of this one.
The film centers around a group of teenagers caught up in a dangerous situation in New York. The mysterious ongoing destruction about the teens forces them to try and make a run for it - head for the hills.
The photography and plot line of this movie is not unlike the Blair Witch Project - in fact it is nearly exactly the same: frightened teens caught up in something spooky try to escape and someone finds the shaky film documenting the events at some later point. Except this film takes place in a city and the mysterious events are a bit more Hollywood than BWP.
I was really quite unnerved during the first 30 minutes of the film in which next to nothing happens. We get introduced to characters that are really nothing more than their clothes and a name tag. We do learn that they can all run and scream real well, though.
If you liked the BWP you'll probably like this, too. It's not a bad film action film, per se. If you're over 15, you'd do better to find something else.