A brilliant example of potential forsaken for the familiarity of conventional horror tropes.

Rating: 2/10 (27 August 2016)

The greatest, and most unfortunate, aspect of this film is that it held an immense amount of POTENTIAL to be something both refreshing and memorable.
It did not, however, deliver upon that potential.
Whilst the outset of the film succeeds in positing to the viewer the idea that the retribution delivered unto the thieving teenage protagonists is justified, it soon transforms its own grey area into yet another example of a black-and-white, "flawed-but-decent guys vs. abjectly-bad guys" scenario. We have experienced this countless times before in horror films, and to be faced with it once more after having had fostered hope for something more thought-provoking is, at the very least, disappointing.
The plot itself, while perhaps more original than the majority of horror films to have been released within the past decade, is riddled with holes whose explication would require spoiling the film but whose presence is undeniable to those who have seen it. Each and every cinematic work features plot holes, as individual and collective oversight is a common human malady, and therefore most movies are to be forgiven for them; however, this particular film created plot holes of such depth and magnitude that the viewer is continually expulsed from suspension of disbelief and is made instead to laugh at the ridiculousness and sheer magnitude of the various instances of utter implausibility.
The film overall is so dependent upon traditional horror tropes that each and every aspect within it is predictable and familiar; there are no scenes which are surprising nor unexpected, and the ending is likewise tired.
There are not enough redeeming qualities within the film to warrant paying for a ticket; even to use a theatre-rewards-specific free pass would be a waste. You are better off watching other recent and acclaimed horror films, such as "It Follows," "The Witch," or "The Conjuring."
This particular film earns at most a 2/10, and is worthy of nothing greater than perhaps a Redbox rental for a Halloween horror film marathon.