Gimme a Break

Rating: 4/10 (19 November 2013)

The premise of the film is cool. One night a year the masses can create whatever mayhem they wish. In better writers and directors hands, this could have been a genre classic like Saw. It had all the potential to be scary and on the edge watching. Instead it has silly canned characters, poorly constructed scares and plot twists you see a mile a way. I especially disliked the 1950s styling of the family unit in a future society. Gimme a beak! Father Knows Best Leave it to Beaver kinda crap with the word penis thrown in for naughtiness. Ethan Hawke was so obviously "acting" it was ridiculous. The other actor's were good especially the son. The actor who played the ring leader of the maniacs was also menacing. Throughout the course of the film, characters just disappear for no apparent reason. Half the time, I didn't know where I was in the house where all the story takes place. I didn't jump once. Skip this movie. You're better off watching something like the original Saw or Strangers.