Oh…. kay. Sometimes you just don’t exactly know what to make of something. These are the kind of crappy thrillers that end up somewhat strangely curious and interesting despite their ineptitude – or possibly even directly because of their ineptitude.
This unusual teen shocker begins with an uncomfortable amount of dialogue which briefs the viewer on the apocalypse, announces it was all about a girl, and includes a hilariously overacted return to consciousness at a kitchen table. Following a misadventure which leads to a murder, the offending students are left in a state of shock, seeking ways and stories to cover up the killing.
Cheaply filmed, crudely edited, and clearly on a low budget for its thrill-seeking, its desire to discuss the armageddon exposes a respectable modicum of ambition. The scripting is workable and the actors are okay; though the fight scenes are a little pathetic, you generally get the message, as with the rest of the amateur ability level of acting.
Waiting for any brilliance to show however is mostly a miss. Starting with an initially and enjoyably demented presentation, the plot soon sinks into a masculine mess on teenage life and young adult relationships. It’s difficult to take a film seriously when it is so adolescent, obsessed with status, and sex-crazed; climaxing, so to speak, with a threesome – and the desperate lust of one friend trying to sleep with his counterparts’ mother.
That’s not to say there’s no creativity at work. Claire makes for a half decent discussion for the subject of corruption, managing to create the tragedy, and becoming extremely competent in ruining pretty much anything she touches. And the men around her fall like dominos the same way, prompting a door to into a larger topic.
Its handle never gets touched, and the humanity-destroying infection celebrated in the introduction turns out to be a false lure too. That lie is unforgivable. The fuck outta here! Go play football and make forgettable movies somewhere else.
3/10
Possession Media 