Potential Waste

Rating: 4/10 (13 May 2014)

A very mediocre movie all around. It has a mediocre plot, mediocre characters, mediocre creepiness, and mediocre acting. It's just all around very, very bland. The surprises are so predictable, you can literally call when someone will jump out and shoot or stab someone.
The idea around the movie had such potential, it's such a shame they didn't do more with it. They decided that a hide-and-seek movie was more preferable, one that turns into nothing but a mindless bloodbath. There was such hype over this movie, and there was a lot of real excitement surrounding it, thinking that it would be a great premise for a lot of really cool scenes, but they decided to stick with Hollywood crap.
That's not to say that it was totally awful. There were parts that were enjoyable. The guy who kept talking at the door to the family was pretty creepy, and he didn't over-do it. Even without the mask on, he was quite convincing as a psychopath. There were a few tiny gems like that in this movie, but none of them came close to saving this movie. Overall, it was a gigantic bore.