Death Doesn't Take No For An Answer

Rating: 8/10 (12 September 2007)

I don't understand all the negative reviews this movie is receiving. I mean it's made for teenagers which should be apparent by the cast, yet people insist on bashing it by saying that it is stupid because it is a teen slasher. Yes in essence it is very well a teen slasher, but it is much more original and thought provoking than most. Sure it has the stereotypical slasher movie type characters, Carter and his girlfriend being the prime examples of this, but thats to be expected.
Overall the plot was solid, the characters believable (for the most part) and the scrip appeared well written enough. There was very few cheesy lines and the romance between Alex and Clear was done well, neither rushed nor prolonged too much. The two had a lot of chemistry and worked well together on the screen.
There are a few inconsistencies with it that I myself can't overlook. For instance, why in the world would people stay on a plane if someone said it was going to explode. I know that he was just a kid and very few people will take the word of a kid seriously, but his outburst she have shaken at least a few people into walking off the plane. I know I would but then again that's just me.
I also don't know how he got away with supposedly killing the teacher when the police were sure he did it. At the end they just showed him in France with his friends rather than in jail for her death. They never did explain how his name got cleared.
Despite this though the movie is good. It's a teen movie at heart and perhaps it does lean more towards the slasher genre than anything else but it does so in style. It has the creativity that most slasher and indeed even horror films of it's time seemed to lack and that to an extent still seem to lack.
Overall not Oscar winning material but a very good film nevertheless. 8 out of ten.