Director: Jem Garrard
Year: 2024
Country: Canada
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Plot:
Staying late after a party, a woman looking to squat in a billionaire’s elite mansion home inadvertently discovers the shocking secret to his fortune when the revelation that his life-saving medicinal cures are tested on other random strays like her and must try to get out of the situation alive.
Review:
This was a generally disappointing thriller without much going for it. The main aspect that this one has for it is the idea that there’s a shocking secret unearthed within the lab and the survival instincts to get out alive before everything falls south. This is handled incredibly well with the initial reasoning for her being there and staying at the property only to find everything upended when the owner returns ahead of schedule and sets out carrying on the day-to-0day life he normally leads unaware of her presence until trying to get away alerts them that something’s going on. This starts a thrilling and generally intriguing series of chases around the house where the gruesome nature of the experiments being performed and how it all takes place inside the cramped confines of the one-location makes everything feel all the more tense with some surprising revelations at play helping to enhance the experience. It’s what pretty much makes this one enjoyable overall.
There are some issues here holding this one down. The main detriment with the film revolves around the lack of macabre shenanigans for much of the running time. With so much of the first half revolving around the two sitting around the house enjoying their time alone in a lavish technologically-impactful mansion that allows for a lighthearted feeling until it gets to a point where they have a more distracted idea the more they stay there. Very little of this tends to be dark or thrilling which makes for a sluggish time to get going as there’s barely anything going on that makes for a generally tense time until halfway through so it all comes together rather lackluster. That also highlights the series of twists present highlighting the overlong finale where it keeps introducing plenty of additional elements to keep everything going for little payoff which is what all holds this one back.
Overview: **/5
A watchable enough if generally disappointing thriller, this one is decent enough for what it is although far too much of this one is disappointing more than anything which keeps it down. Those who are fine with this style or approach might have the most to like about it while most others out there will want to have caution.
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