The Hills Have Eyes

Rating: 3/10 (27 May 2007)

There are plenty of movies I would much rather see than this. I thought I was in for a good ride, considering how much everyone seemed to like it. However, it was far from a good ride. I could care less about the violence or gore, that's not what turned me off of the movie. It was the fact that very little makes sense in this movie, which makes it hard to interact with or even feel anything for. Another fact that makes this movie hard to interact with is that the movie treats the audience as if we're all idiots. For example: The movie starts out with a montage of nuclear explosions, as if we really need to see each and every shot to get how screwed-up the mutants are. It also shows the predictable shot of mutants killing scientists in radioactive suits right after the fact, as if we need to know that the mutants are violent against people. And, of course, the movie goes on predictably, with everyone doing all the wrong things for all the wrong reasons. Characters split up and go on their own ways, leave each other behind, chase after idiot dogs, et cetera. One of the only surprising things is who lives and who dies. Aside from that, I had almost literally no interest in this movie. Personally, I cannot think of anything where I cared less as to what happens. (Note: The spoilers I listed occur in the first few minutes of the movie.)