I get what you are saying. My apologies for letting you down. And yet, I don’t hope to make everyone happy all the time. That is what Hollywood does by cookie-cuttering the movies so that they are all the same.

You are 100% write about the lack of character development, and that Super Dark was running at an entirely different level. For sure. And yet it was the improbability of Joey’s actions – and the flawedness of their choices – that really redeemed the movie for me. Would Joey find himself a victim of Stockholm Syndrome even though he wasn’t a hostage?!? Yeah. That makes sense to me. Would he step between his new father figure and the cops? Yeah, he would. I buy it. Was it a trashy ending, yeah. It was. But I enjoyed it all the same.

But you have to think that Cliche’ is subjective. I don’t find this movie cliche at all! In fact, it could use some cliche! hahaha. But I think I understand what you are getting at. The problem with the movie was that the focus was on Joey, Matt, and Hamby… AND THE HOLE. And literally nothing else. So whenever they walk away from the hole everything gets super vague, and cursory, and paper thin. The stupidity at the party? Uh, no one called the cops? Yeah. You are right, it was under developed, and not much in the way of pathos. Hamby was the good guy… that accidentally killed his whole family? They didn’t make the shift well enough from good guy Hamby to bad guy Hamby. It was the same Hamby from beginning to end. Even after we learn he’s a horrible murderer.

So I get it. I see it – see what you are saying. And I am perfectly aware it won’t be enjoyed by some. Hopefully I’ll redeem myself here soon! I’m about to do a Synchronic review, so if you want to get caught up, you could watch that!

Until next time.
Taylor

In any event, when I heard about this movie I was actually concerned it was going to be a complete cliché write off. I will give you this, plot twists and the unforeseen was its bread and butter. however, in my opinion, the characters and the story was soo flimsy and the family dynamic SOOO cliché, I couldn’t care enough if I wanted to about this family and its idiosyncrasies to allow for anything else to hold weight. the stakes didn’t match up, and joey threatened to tell on people with his mom so many times it began to make me cringe. without going too deeply into this I think the best way that I saw its flaws is the following. having been recommended on the same page I thought was interesting , but I think that don’t tell a soul failed just about everywhere that super dark times succeeded. I think to compare the two is a masterclass in the difference in character building, storytelling and overall building of suspense. so perfectly comparable and for me, it could have been worthwhile and if there was any question where it could have been improved, allow me to direct your attention to super dark times, like I said. a

anyways I don’t hold it against you, in 2 plus years I still check your site on the reg more than any other chomping at the bits for the next title i most likely would have missed otherwise, so this one not fitting for me is totally acceptable lol
Hayden