Brain Lobotomized Heroes Drag

Rating: 6/10 (15 October 2016)

***contains BIG spoiler*** I like the movie but it got some flaws which dragged Don't Breathe down for me - how difficult can it be to maneuver and knock out a blind guy!? For one million dollar I would dare my life at stake and show it on a live show how it's done - fast and easy (ninjas ofc excluded). At least down in the basement it would be an easy task (lots of tools for weapons and hiding spots etc.) - to the movie makers: if the blind guy shoots a gun down in the basement he would loose inevitable at least temporarily his only sense to spot the intruders - his ears would be deafened, gunfire makes some certain noises I think and especially in a small surrounding with walls around, well, I leave the conclusion to you guys... Back to the movie: one of the major traps many horror movies fall in is the dumbness of the protagonists which take out a lot of the fun (at least for me) - if it's not intended like in a horror-comedy. I remember watching a movie called Shuttle where a group of young boys and girls get kidnapped (the girls should be sold as sex-slaves or sth like that). One of the girls had at least 3 times the chance to kill the kidnapper/slave-trader - as the girl was in the end sold and departed to her cruel destiny I just thought: well, you kinda deserved it honey. So if you don't mind to watch some VERY incapable dudes getting hunted by a blind guy you get a good cast, production value etc. and a lot of suspense (not much nonsense in this movie, it hits right to the point of the movie). With less dumb acting characters I would have rated the movie 7 or even 8 (if you are able to put out your why-they-just-don't-do-this-or-try-that-button off in your head), cuz I couldn't put off the button to ignore the mostly stupid actions of our heroes the brain-lobotomized-dumbness-factor dragged the movie down to a 6 for me. Btw - one way to get the blind man confused would have been to put every single radio and machine in the house on, or get some tools in your hand and just throw it into another corner or another room if he comes near you etc. pp. - why playing the old mans game in trying to be silent and outwit his sharpened hearing-sense ;) Also the end - the kitty-room in the basement, all the DNA and stuff (a girl disappears and no cop dropped by to the blind man's house to check just in case, you know, cuz the very girl was involved in some accident killing this very man's daughter!?) and the blind guy gets away with it!? No way (but it's a horror movie, so you need a twist at the end lalala). Imo a very dumb end on top and so the final verdict: this movie plays not in the ivory league of horror shows. And to the movie makers - don't you dare to make a sequel where the blind guy is hunting our surviving girl in some dark woods or in New York!