Review by TheDarkSide2024
What a collosal waste of time. If this is what passes as horror today I am so glad I grew out of that phase way back in the 80's.
It was literally like there were two sets of writers and directors, the first writer/director who wrote the beginning with the character Keith in it seemed to have something going and it certainly made it creepy and had me wondering what was going to happen but then once Keith was gone it was like they brought in a new writer and director who had no clue where to go with the plot or how to finish the movie.I was starting to wonder if half way through the movie I had somehow switched to another movie that seemed to have completely lost the plot.
The "Barbarian", I assume was the grotesque woman and not the man kidnapping women?, was creepy looking but hardly scary at all and wasn't used enough. I mean, really, they want us to be on the edge of our seats because she wants to keep them as her baby and feed them?? LOL
The guy kidnapping the women and who created the whole set up is some decrepit bedridden old man who can barely hold his pistol to kill himself and he was the only scary one :D
When the homeless guy says there is something even worse than the creepy lady I kept waiting for it to appear, maybe THAT is what the "barbarian" was going to be and would make it all worth the while to watch this movie.... nothing... crickets. Did they forget they mentioned it? or was it so uninspiring and forgettable I compeltely missed it?! :D :D :DThe sad thing is I usually read reviews first before watching a movie/show so I get at least some idea if it is worth it or whether it will interest me or not and when I saw consistant positive reviews (and 7 or higher ratings) I figured it was worth a shot. Really?? C'mon, someone could have warned me this was crap!!!
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@veganaf I’m guessing the “something much worse” down there, that he’s talking about, is the old guy who raped and murdered a bunch of people for decades and the offspring and inbreeding he eluded to.
Great movie, who says otherwise, is a bit silly
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@spuppolsenpai the only silly thing here is your comment.
What's with the bad votes it didn't even come out yet-
Edit: Fair enough.
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@kuuzo the question is why does trakt allow this to happen. Rating before the movie is out should not be a possibility
It's really important to spread the awareness of how grooming works and that, if it happens, it is most likely someone the parents and children know/respect/trust/even love and that not only the children are targeted, but also the parents, who need to be manipulated as well in order for it to work. But this documentary was poorly and tastelessly executed (Who thought these reenactments in the style of home videos from the 1970s were a good idea?) and failed to inform on a deeper level about said pathological behaviour.
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@horizonous I don't think this doc exists to teach people about grooming. It exists to tell Jan's story. Go to Google if you wanna learn about grooming.
I'm going to give this a 2.5x2.5. That's a five then, as quite frankly, this is all a bit meh, despite the plot twists.
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@littlegreycells haha thanks, maths never was my strong point
Shout by Lee Brown Barrow Movie Buff
VIP3Begins well, with a strong sense of mystery and some decent camerawork. Sadly, it falls apart around the midway point, and leads the viewer down too many blind alleys.
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@littlegreycells yup, thanks for noticing :)
This movie sucked so bad. In real life this mom would lose custody of her children due to neclagence.
Police officer:"How did you not recognize that these crazy people werent your parents when you first dropped your kids off ma'am???"
Mom:"Aint nobody got time fo dat!!! I dropped them at the train station and made them do the trip ALONE. I didnt even call my parents to find out if they arrived safetly... I only took the word of my children talking to them through SKYPE.. I had a boat cruise with my name on it and man wait for no lonely woman! Im not gonna let my kids steal the little youth I have left to get laid and possibly getting a new hubby. I wanted to get pounded!"
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@witwolfy while I agree the movie was dumb you're even dumber and asshole for spoiling the movie
This movie sucked so bad. In real life this mom would lose custody of her children due to neclagence.
Police officer:"How did you not recognize that these crazy people werent your parents when you first dropped your kids off ma'am???"
Mom:"Aint nobody got time fo dat!!! I dropped them at the train station and made them do the trip ALONE. I didnt even call my parents to find out if they arrived safetly... I only took the word of my children talking to them through SKYPE.. I had a boat cruise with my name on it and man wait for no lonely woman! Im not gonna let my kids steal the little youth I have left to get laid and possibly getting a new hubby. I wanted to get pounded!"
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@witwolfy
You dummy... thanks for spoiling the movie.
