Weak plot, yet another horror strip

Rating: 2/10 (27 January 2005)

I saw the film in a sneak preview (without knowing the title), and I'm not the kind who's especially interested in horror films. This film is yet another which uses (wo)man's lowest instincts to generate attention and attraction, here the instinct of survival. This film, like the others of its genre, hasn't got another message than to scare you. I haven't taken anything to reflect on out of it. When I left the theater, the film was gone in a few minutes. Maybe that's because from the first pictures on I'm inevitably forced to deny my feelings for the main characters, since the scenes would be more or less unbearable if I really felt for them. It draws me into a voyeuristic position ("I don't care what happens to them, they're not me"). What if all people would develop that tendency in their daily lives? Our world would be a doomed, cold place. Some people might say this is the case already. I don't really blame horror films for this, but maybe they are a symptom or (more maybe) even a catalyst for this.
Sorry for the moralizing undertone, it's just my personal opinion. I've left it in here since it makes my judgment about the film more understandable. If you deny the horror like I do, the plot of the film is very, very patchy. The motivation of the killer is completely unclear and remains unexplained to the end. There are twists in the plot that try to be unexpected at the expense of the consistency and credibility of the characters. Even if I try to, I'm unable to relate to any of the characters in the film. The measure of clarity regarding plot and characters is exchanged for pictures of blood, desperation and death. The film intermittently tries to scare the audience by more or lees clumsy, predictable non-visual effects.
In short, what is this piece all about? I don't know. I feel sorry for the money.