Unfriended 2

Plot synopsis:
In Fresno, California, high school student Laura Barns is relentlessly bullied after a video of her passing out and defecating herself at a party is uploaded to YouTube without her consent, causing her to fatally shoot herself in public, with a video of her suicide appearing on LiveLeak. A year later, her former best friend Blaire Lily is in a Skype chat with her boyfriend Mitch Roussel and their classmates Jess Felton, Ken Smith, and Adam Sewell. The group notices a user named "billie227" in their chat, who was not invited by any of the participants. After unsuccessful attempts to disconnect the user, the group suspects their classmate Val Rommel is pranking them. After they invite Val to their chat, Jess's Facebook page is updated with racy photos of Val at a party. Jess states she did not upload the photos and deletes them, but the pictures reappear on Adam's account. "billie227" then posts a video Laura Barns recording a video similar to that of Amanda Todd's, which took place in real life. Val calls the police to report online abuse, and signs off Skype. Blaire is sent a link to a screenshot of a past message in which Val told Laura to kill herself. Val is suddenly brought back into the chat, but then is shown falling to the floor. The five classmates soon learn that Val is dead, and that the police have ruled it as a suicide. Ken manages to remove "billie227" from the chat, but "billie227" resurfaces with a camera view from across his room and disconnects his webcam. Shortly after, it reconnects to show Ken being attacked by an unseen force and he is shown shredding his hand in an active blender, then Ken's Skype goes black. It then turns back on, showing Ken smashing the blender and shoving his throat onto the blades, killing himself.
"billie227" forces the remaining four classmates to play a game of Never Have I Ever, stating that the loser of the game will die. All four classmates are forced to reveal largely personal secrets which put their relationships with each other on the rocks: Jess spread a rumor that Blaire had an eating disorder; Blaire crashed Jess' mother's car while drunk; Mitch reported Adam to the police for selling marijuana, which almost got Adam disowned by his father; Mitch also reveals that he kissed Laura behind Blaire's back shortly before her suicide; Jess stole $800 from Adam and Adam himself offered to trade Jess' life for his own. Adam finally loses his temper and uses the game to force Blaire to reveal that she is no longer a virgin, having had sex with him twice behind Mitch's back, with "billie227" uploading a YouTube video which proves the claim. Mitch retaliates by forcing Adam to admit that he gave a fellow classmate named Ashley Dane roofies at a party, date-raped her when she was unconscious and forced her to get an abortion when he discovered that she was pregnant.
Shortly after, Blaire and Adam receive messages sent remotely to their printers. Mitch demands that Blaire reveal her note and threatens to leave the call if she does not. "billie227" messages Blaire and tells her that Mitch will die if he leaves. In a moment of panic, Blaire shows her message on the paper: "If you reveal this note, Adam will die." Adam is forced to shoot himself in the face, and the camera reveals his note: "If you reveal this note, Blaire will die." "billie227" then cuts the power to all the lights in Jess's house and disconnects her video feed. Soon after, Blaire receives a video of Jess with a curling iron forced down her throat. "billie227", who is Laura's ghost, messages Blaire and Mitch, wanting them to confess who uploaded the video in the first place. Blaire tries to deny any involvement from Mitch but eventually reveals that he was to blame. Mitch immediately grabs a knife and stabs himself in the eye. As Laura begins to count down, Blaire desperately tries to remind Laura of their friendship while she was alive. Laura then uploads a different version of the video which caused her to commit suicide, revealing that Blaire is the one who recorded it. The video is then uploaded onto Facebook through Blaire's profile feed showing everyone what Blaire had done, resulting in people leaving angry and disgusted comments of Blaire's actions. Laura signs off and leaves her alone for a moment. Then Blaire's bedroom door creaks open and a pair of hands slam her laptop shut. Laura lunges at Blaire, killing her.

Tags: paranormal, murder

Review:
I'll tell you one of the best things about it is the fact it doesnt rely on ridiculous jump scares every 10 seconds like most horror movies these days.
Considering that the original movie was a huge commercial success and made back 65 times it's budget I wasn't shocked to hear a sequel was being made, I didn't expect it to be so much better though.Don't get me wrong I think the first film had some great ideas and I like the cpu screen method of filming but it was lacking in a lot of areas and my final score for it was a very disappointing 4/10.This sequel goes in a new direction altogether.
It maintains the same appearance but the supernatural element is out the window for a more modern stylish smart approach and it works wonders.Yet another group of 20 somethings are sat in front of their cpu's skyping away not realising their night is about to take a very dark turn.A sleek clever little film I walked away from this considerably happier than I expected to.
It's unpredictible, looks great and the cast do a solid job at stressing just how much the situation is spiralling out of their control.Absolutely well worth a watch even if you didn't like the first movie, this is a very different creature and makes me now want this franchise to really blossom.The Good:Looks greatReally quite cleverThe Bad:All the video and audio distortions get annoyingI think it could have used a bit of additional timeThings I Learnt From This Movie:Han shot first!Someone shrunk Gal Gadot.
If it leaves you with one thought, it's this, if ever you find somebody's laptop hand it back to them.A good set of characters, with some interesting traits, somehow what happens to them seems to matter.
Well acted, well produced, the concepts of this film with live with you for a few days.People who thought the first was a bit silly, may be put off, but if you're a horror fan, I'd say this is worth seeing.
Of course there will be people who won't watch it because of how bad the first one is, but take it from this horror movie veteran, it was passable.
Unfortunately it fell into a lot of issues that start and end with the characters/actors, and the teeny-bopper horror elements that leave you laughing and eye-rolling almost as if they intentionally wrote and directed it that way made it extremely mediocre, forgettable, and worst of all passable.
What seemed like it was serving its style as nothing more than a cheap gimmick, I easily would only rate it a 4/10, but I was on board as I watched it and it did not turn me away from seeing a sequel.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PRESENT DAY: I didn't know anything about this sequel going into it, never mind the fact that I didn't even know it was a film until yesterday evening.
Before I go on, I'm also going to strongly advise that you avoid the trailer at all costs for four reasons:1) It spoils a lot of events (though leaves out the main overall plot of the film, which was nice).
I would have passed up this pre-screening if I saw that horrible trailer, and I would've felt like I've seen the entire film if so as well (yes, it does reveal several plot points).I totally understand why this film has the 'Unfriended' tag: it's a found footage screencasting film where an anonymous user intrudes a Skype group chat, and torments them as a result of their mishaps bestowed onto said user.
Granted, I understand the name can take on multiple meanings in which case I can easily find one for it through this film, and if it just had the title The Dark Web, people would hark on it for being "too similar to Unfriended," so they were stuck.
Can't say I didn't like how things went down, but what's interesting to me is that halfway through watching it you could have predicted a million ways they should have done the back-end, and even if you ultimately feel they didn't go the route you may want it's still ahead of the other film on potential and wonder alone.Unfriended: Dark Web grabbed me pretty fast with the relationship between two of the central characters.
One was a little annoying but you grew into the personality, two were kind of bland (but one outshined the other both with acting and backstory), one was wasted entirely to the point that I wanted more from that one than any of the others, and one was compelling but served the plot exposition and advancement so well you could nearly call out "Deus ex machina!" at times, as that character also has no development.
Everything in the Skype chat kind of worked out though because the "main" character (the screen we're watching all the time) mutes them or goes to different windows for long times on end when the others didn't need to serve a larger purpose for said moment.
The first film had laughable characters that were unlikable to the point that I couldn't wait to watch them be killed.Those who read my reviews know that I like to be vague so you can enjoy the film for yourself without still really knowing anything about this film, so that is where I'll leave you regarding content.
That being said, I liked Searching more as a film but I can't say that I would have liked it as much as I do if I saw it AFTER seeing Dark Web. I think the novelty of the filming style meshed so well with the story and really grabbed me, and this was entertaining enough overall that I didn't care I was seeing this style again.
I found this pretty clever the more I thought about it, especially since there aren't a lot of movies that explore the complexities of a relationship like this.Despite liking the relationship, I feel like it's not necessarily deserved because I found the main character extremely stupid and unlikable.
Sometimes, they just don't listen, other times they are too manipulative, and in the worst case scenarios, they charge into situations blindly without giving a thought.While watching this movie, I was at least going to give the villain's motivation some credit for being plausible.
At times, it seems to come off as a genre similar to a horror like a thriller or slasher movie with some of the deaths.
Considering the fact that this is not supernatural unlike the first, it barely gives off the impression that it's a horror by offering nothing supernatural.If you're a hardcore fan of the first movie, then you may end up liking this.
There were some questionable decisions presented in the movie that happened "in real life" that would actually be very hard or impossible to pull off but if you put that aside the overall movie experience was not that bad at all.I don't consider this a horror film because it was not scary and it basically lacked any jump-scares but it was actually a decent thriller in my opinion..
The whole movie leaves an eerie feeling as the whole theme is based on a real thing known as the dark web (although it's greatly exaggerated in the film) it still leaves a mark after you leave the theater.
Compared to other horror movies I've seen like Lights Out, Ouija 2:Origin of Evil, or Get Out, it doesn't fare well with those movies, but in all, it isn't a horrible movie and I believe you would be pleased to watch it if you don't mind it being on a Mac the entire time..
The plot is based in reality this time- Matias took a laptop that belonged to an elite hacker who seemingly makes snuff films to sell on the dark web and now the hacker wants it back at any cost.
The movie is good after the twist and I like where they end up taking it, but I really would have liked to see how everything would have played out if the original story kept going without the twist.
Anyway, Dark Web surprised me with how good it was overall and I definitely recommend it for people into found footage (and similar) horror.
Unfriended: Dark Web is a new enough horror film and stand alone sequel to Unfriended.
The film is not supernatural like the first film which makes wonder if this film is actually a sequel at all and if it takes place in a completely different universe, anyway, the film follows a group of 30 something kids playing games on Skype when they then get invested as bids to a Dark Web cult, called "Charlot".
Only an extremely creative mind can put the idea of everything happening on a static monitor screen into practice and create a level of tension that most ordinary horror movies fail to achieve.
They would not have been able to do many of the things they did if the victims had made different choices, so their grand plan (which is explained at the end of the movie) would have failed, because it pretty much depended on who found the laptop and what he did with it and whether he had a nerd help him uncover its secrets.
There are unimaginably evil things on the Dark Web. Even becoming aware of the existence of such things makes one realize what a horrifying world we all live in and what kinds of psychos we are dealing with everyday that act like normal people off-line and turn into evil monsters on the internet just to inflict unimaginable pain on others.
Finally a good horror movie,the film is very creative and has a good plot with good actors..
I like it and it's a good movie , they show you litle bit about what going on in dark web and crazy sick people how they live between us and they walk close to us everyday and maybe your neighbour one of them , i don't know why there's some people give this movie 1/10 are you crazy !.
Nothing new about they story of this film eveyeveryt is predictable from the start to the end if you have seen movies like this one I wouldn't recommend it for u at all if it was ur first time with this kind of films u will probably like it ( but don't watch it with high expectations).
Watching the film after having seen the trailer was kind of like, "Tell me somethign I dont know already." I was left disappointed, wanting something more.
First movie was good interesting plot and story (unfriended) this one was really boring and predictable.
If your going to watch this do it on a laptop,as it lends a kind of authenticity to the movie that i think you would miss out on with a big screen.
All of this being said, Unfriended: Dark web was a surprisingly fun, well acted movie where if you like the genre, you should definitely check it out..
This movie started off a bit slower for me, but I understood the reasonings as there needed to be some character development and this film did well with it.
The creators and actors really gave that authentic feel with the point of view and it being just a typical game night with friends.The entire film was tense throughout, but didn't throw in too many jump scares like a lot of horror movies these days.
I was actually really impressed by the idea of this movie and the actors in it - was overall a great modern horror film..
For starters, if you are looking for a total different core concept, then I'm telling you right now you will be disappointed; uh-huh, of course it's not exactly similar to the first version since the original and the sequel have dissimilar writers as well as the directors however you should expect to see usage of the same online platforms, and that might give you a feeling that propels you to surmise that it's some kind of advertainment movie for big corporations, apple!
As prime example apparently their products are used alot but truth be told it gets scary and does the purpose of a horror film; my remark here is the way the writer execute the film by exploiting the idea of dark web as people seem to magnify it he took advantage of people's ignorance of the topic and mixed it with the theory of Illuminati (the obscure congressions) he basically made this film based on these two notions, so there's sense of absurdness in it; not to mention the uncalled for glitches eventually I classify this as a fanciful horror film because it's the best description you can grant this movie with..
This film is way better than the first and has realism presenting the dark web as what it is a horrible place where bad things happen.
If there is a sequel which there most likely will be as these movies make a good profit I hope they stay grounded to the real world and not the supernatural Skype killer of the first.
This should been called something else like different movie not based on franchise and it has nothing to do with first film.
The story follows nothing to first film witch it should haveMatias O'Brien (Colin Woodell) is working on a new laptop he has acquired, the thing is he found laptop from a lost and found bin at a cyber cafe, some internet café I am like what kinda killer throws the laptop in bin which has a lot of dark files a lot of brutal sick killing people videos there is in files what kinda stupid killer or how smart to throw away laptop in bin witch killer could have done a lot things with laptop then to throw it in bin, psycho killer could of burned it or destroy it or smash it or go to highest building go up there and throw all the way in air then breaks psycho killer could of done a lot things with laptop then to throw it in bin yeah how smart is that ?
Damon (Andrew Lees) guy from UK, Lexx another Asian girl (Savira Windyani) that's all characters you have in movie they were talking somehow some random message pops up that Matias stole laptop someone wants it back, he is saying he will give it back somehow he saw all dark files with all murdering people family human traffic women everything dark web staff, group of bad guys somehow stupid reason the pixelated moves around when they appears to computer it does that oh is it ghost does killers have supernatural powers to do that to pixelated computer ?
I thought this has nothing exciting as first movie because first movie is much scarier more of supernatural I thought unfriended franchise needs to be more of supernatural to all franchise's director and writers wanted to make something different if they wanted to not a unfriended sequel where it's unrelated not a dark thrilling movie witch I don't call it a horror movie this movie never shown in theaters I got movie from my friend of mine he got it from EBay copy I watched it, until end of movie ripped off Belko experiment 1.10 this is just worst of worst movie the worst sequel I have seen watched people just stick with first Unfriended that was real unfriended film, even when I watched first unfriended film in theaters 3 years ago I remember I said to my friend are they going to make sequel ?
Unfriended: Dark Web is the sequel to the 2014 horror movie Unfriended and the latest addition to the ongoing wave of cyber horror that not many people can stand but still being made because some guys think this is what the new generation of moviegoers want based on they nowadays daily habit that is Web Surfing.I can't deny the reason why they think that cause I'm also part of the problem but what I do know is the first Unfriended is actually not that bad and somewhat interesting in a way that I can't put into words.With the sequel Dark Web they decide to go for a more grounded and realistic story based on lot of rumors about how deep the internet goes and it win me over once again.On the technical side all the things the hackers done in the movie still unbelievable just like any Hollywood and Hacking movies before but it for some good chuckle so I ain't complaining.
This movie is just a masterpiece...But you really should know and read about the dark web before watching it..
Which is kind of the way I felt about the original film as well, and all really good horror movies in general.
Some performances can take you out of the movie altogether cause they are bad.Overall, however this movie did have me on the edge of my seat with suspense, with a concept that seem to be better done, and also the scary music had a lot to do with it.Worth watching..
Just wanted to say that I don't watch horror movies, because they are all unreal, but this one...
This movie is very dark and had a very creative way of filming.
I never saw the first Unfriended movie, and although it looked really good, I did not know what to expect out of this sequel.
But if your looking for a crazy and intense movie that is pretty good and has an interesting plot, then you will thoroughly enjoy this like my gf and I did.
This is just good i want to sit dark theater and enjoy a scary movie and not have everything spelled out for you.