![]() ![]() The 18 certificate (in the UK) seems harsh, given the recent, similarly-budgeted excesses of Tom Six and Srðan Spasojeviæ, from which this is a mercifully far cry. Inevitably, perhaps, the tension gives way to more visceral final act, but Crow's camera never lingers or leers. This is a slow-burning, character-based ensemble piece, tightly written and unfussily directed, which takes our web-based fears and makes them monstrously manifest not only our anxiety about identity theft, but also touching upon our perceived anonymity, leading as it does to a sense of invulnerability - and from behind that veil, the screenwriters suggest, we are free to act upon our cruellest base desires with virtual immunity. 6 or 7 out of 10.ĭespite some of the marketing, Chris Crow's zeitgeisty paranoia thriller owes as much if not more to Hitchcock's Lifeboat as it does to modern "torture porn", such as the Saw sequels. For something low budget this is fine: I think it'll gain traction when it hits the £3 DVD barrier. I think the truth lies somewhere in between. I think there's been a lot of over-positive reviews which is perhaps a tad suspicious from people who've only ever reviewed one film ie this one, and then a few really quite nasty ones. I was waiting for one of the characters to make a reference to the Hal 9000 likeness, and to snigger more and make a joke of 'Dave'.but then. Yes, the camera is clearly Hal 9000, but then I wonder if that doesn't say more about who put it there than anything else. It did set my mind racing.I don't think the production values were that bad. I enjoyed the final twist and found the characters right at the end immensely creepy. But I take my hat off to the film-makers for going for a high concept piece. It's Social Network meets Saw on a private jet and most of the action (maybe 85 out of 92 minutes) happens in what is a claustrophobic and slightly greenish (?) space. A mere five out of ten stars rating from me.Īs other reviewers have said this is low budget British horror with not a big name in sight. Not a movie with a lasting impact, "Panic Button" disappears as quietly and without notice as it did getting here. While those do make for some interesting aspects, the movie just never got beyond mediocrity. Director Chris Crow did manage to air some interesting enough aspects, such as no online privacy, the ever-present 'Big Brother', people's desperate desire to want 15 minutes of fame (which always end in shame, given the pathetic nature of reality broadcasting), and the backside of social medias. It is, however, not a memorable movie, nor is it a movie you will watch more than once. Now, I will say that "Panic Button" is entertaining for what it was, a movie to entertain the viewer. ![]() But as dark secrets start to surface and as the participants are given very real assignments the game changes for the worse. "Panic Button" is about a group of people participating in some type of event or competition set up by a social network. Because I didn't buy into this as something that had happened, not by a long shot. Yeah, must have been very loosely based in such a case. Right, well this movie starts out by blatantly stating to be based on real events. Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5 But at the end of the day, it is a suspense full thriller with some pieces of torture, I would say without offending somebody, if you can't stand the gore in Saw than watch this one. The story itself did have some twists but the end I personally didn't like. It made me even think about the internet, it's a fact everything you do is being watched or registered on some server. Everybody has his dark secrets and this is in fact were it's all about. ![]() ![]() The acting was really good and you start to know the 4 players in the beginning and you must admit that if you were in the same game you wouldn't like to reveal yourself. Due being less on horror I still kept watching what was really going on and I even laughed a bit with the inside joke about Big Brother. It is Chris Crow his second attempt to make a full feature and for being filmed just on a plane he did a fine job. And it's easy to say that it is in the line of Saw, watch it, somebody giving orders to 4 players on a plane. This is a weird one to review, I mean, there's almost no blood in it and still I wouldn't advice it to kids to watch this flick. ![]()
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