One of the best remakes in recent years.

Rating: 7/10 (1 October 2015)

This film is definitely one of the best remakes in recent years. The female characters aren't just there for sex appeal, the characters aren't complete idiots, and we finally get a horror without teenagers being obnoxious and trying to get laid! However, that's not to say that this film has characters we can root for and relate to. The film doesn't really try to give us likable characters, they're just there to die, really. Therefore, upon retrospect of watching this movie, you realize that the characters don't really do anything before they die! So you might as well have obnoxious teens because no one in this movie has any character traits other than scared! The lead female (I can't remember her name) has the trait of being an ex heroin addict, but that's dropped instantly! At first it seems Eric may be our lead this time, but then he dies and that other guy takes over and I could barely tell he was there before he had to kill the demon in the end!
As a result of these poor characters, this movie doesn't really seem like a movie - just a series of events! The characters turn up, they die, the end. There's no progression or evolution of the plot, it's just there to set up a few cool moments and that's really all you can take away from the movie - it's pretty freaking cool!
The deaths and action will either make you cringe and look away from the screen, or make you whoop in excitement as you watch the badass chaos ensue! I'm personally the latter. This of course means the effects, both practical and CGI are spot on and there's not a single moment that'll make you think "they really could've cleaned that up a bit.
In the end, really, the only thing going for this movie is the cool action and effects, the story and character writing feels lazy but it is one hell of a fun time!