Monday, February 25, 2008

Clever Movies and Bad Actors

The Killing Floor is one of the finest written screenplays I've encountered in rented DVD's in the past few months. The movie tries to be The Usual Suspects but isn't. It also tries to be Saw but succeeds only in using the Saw theme song.

This movie plays with your head and makes you feel stupid. It does this by playing with the main character's head and demonstrating how stupid he is. If you want to feel stupid, watch this movie.

If you want to be mildly entertained by a story that keeps your attention long enough for the script to run through, watch this movie.

If you want to see some bad actors making valiant attempts at screen-acting, watch this movie.

If I only had one word to talk about this movie it would be: Clever.

The story is about a guy who buys a new apartment that is larger than a house and he starts getting mail which leads him to believe that people have died in his apartment before and there is a cover up. The guy starts trying to solve the mystery. Anyway, the guy gets screwed around and we get screwed around and...and...

Its all very clever.

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