A decent film but overrated...

Rating: 6/10 (16 September 2012)

What Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard have done here have had nothing on their other productions eg. Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Alien etc.. The film doesn't live upto it's 7.4 rating. The storyline behind the bloody Horror has the typical teenage set-up behind it, with the usual favourites for the characters: the Jock, Blonde, Nerd, Virgin and of course the one that often doesn't care (in this film it's a druggy). When teenagers are often associated the following are often featured too: drugs, alcohol & sex. Of course there has to be a scary set-up (in this case an old cabin in the middle of the woods) as well or it wouldn't be horror. The usage of mirrors is a clever thing that also appears in most well-structured horror's and in this film's case this one too. Death, is symbolised around the Cabin in ways through the painting on the wall and when the eagle dies as the group head towards the Cabin.
The film for me goes straight into it a bit to quickly, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard kill the characters off way to early and with the usual suspects-Zombies. It was predictable from the starting scene what was going to happen. I mean why did that eagle hit the invisible field/shield? It made the later scene with the motor bike jump totally predictable. The acting was OK and despite it's 7.4 rating I wouldn't of personally gave it any higher than a 6/10.