Mr Crabbyface

Quick Review as an adult who was forced to go cuz 2 of my kids REALLY wanted to see this movie: (if you just want to know if it's good enough to go see, yes, it's good enough, it was better than I expected - just remember it's a preteen/early teen video game adaptation so somethings are a bit off, aside from that, it's a chill/solid movie) The Pro's: 1) The main character Mike (Josh Hutcherson) ABSOLUTELY CARRIES THIS MOVIE. From the beginning to end, his performance is INSANELY GOOD. His back must hurt from carrying this movie on his back. SEVERAL times his performance made me tear up; his back story is soul crushing. Other topics surrounding him are also very hard to witness. 2) Matthew Lillard (Steve/William) is in this movie in a few scenes, but DAMN when he's on it, HIS PERFORMANCE IS INTENSE!!! I can't say much more because of spoilers if I were to describe his performance. We need more of Mr. Lillard in horror/suspense films, man this dude can be intense. 3) the majority of the rest of the characters in this movie do their job well and keep it going. 4) The overall underlying story is horrifying as a parent, and gut-wrenching to watch play out. I'd be lying if I didn't say that 80% of this movie was filmed/directed in an incredible fashion. I'm not big on the horror genre, but damn this movie really had me incredibly worried most of the time. The cons: 1) Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail): The writers could have done a better job with 2 major things: a)Her background as a cop was terrible. if she would have been a weekly maintenance person or something along those lines, it would have made it more believable as every time her character stepped on screen, all I thought of was "you're a cop, you shouldn't be doing any of this". b) Her dialogue was lazy. Look as an actress she did the best with what she was given but man, they did her a huge disservice with her dialogue. 2) The first scene of the movie with security guard made some comically bad decisions that initially made me feel that the movie was guna be bad. However his fate was intense to watch so I suppose that made up for it Overall: 4/5, it's a solid watchable movie. Aside from Vanessa's character, the actors and actresses did an incredible job and the directing/camera angles and shots were very well put together.