Director: Jason Axinn
Year: 2020
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Animated Horror
Plot:
Having survived a deadly encounter, a woman returns to the experience of meeting her siblings at their father’s demand to sort out his inheritance, only to realize they’re being tricked into payback for turning on him years earlier and must try to get them out of the deadly traps he set alongside a sadistic gamemaster.
Review:
This was an incredibly fun effort with a lot to like about it. This is mainly due to the high-energy action, which keeps going at a fantastic pace that moves this along quite well. Introducing several impressive side stories introducing the different family members with their own hangups and issues which gets us going into this one quite nicely, this all sets up the lunacy to come later on by seeing where the twist involving his penchant for traps has taken. These are gruesome, bloody and wholly enjoyable, featuring a dynamic pace that is quite enjoyable due to the varying timelines that are employed and changed around due to the interference in the game that pops up at various intervals. These here end up making for a fun, twisty and highly enjoyable effort that holds it up over the few flaws on display.
There are some slight issues here. One of the biggest flaws is the rather strange interjections from the time-traveling figures controlling the event of the story, who are quite confusing in how they operate. The concept of the girl trapping her in their game works fine but the idea of them changing it around on a whim manages to make the events more confusing than expected as trying to keep track of different plotlines and allegiances. The storyline itself is already tough enough to follow with the various storylines involving what’s going on and what’s not so to have the entire game continuously changing on us at that point is a tough way to go about this. There are a few issues some could have with the animated style as well which doesn’t always seem the most immersive but that doesn’t have too much really wrong with this one.
Overview: ****/5
Without much in the way of flaws here and plenty of likable elements on display, there’s really only a few small areas that hold it back which aren’t even that detrimental. Those who can appreciate the style or concept on display here or just looking for an over-the-top genre effort will enjoy this while only those who don’t appreciate either will have a hard time here.
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