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CONDEMNED (2015)

Started by Rev. Powell, April 07, 2016, 08:57:27 AM

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Rev. Powell

A rich girl runs away to live with her boyfriend in the condemned building he and his bandmate are squatting in; they are accidentally locked in as some sort of virus that turns the residents into pus-faced killers spreads. 2.5/5 for bad movie lovers.

*This has very low ratings---3.4 on IMDB. I don't think it's THAT bad; it makes little sense but it's watchable. I'm not sure where the hate is coming from. Yeah, the general idea is similar to [REC], but they really don't remind me much of each other in execution.

*The condemned building has electricity and running water. I might not have noticed this, but the script calls attention to it without actually explaining how it works.

*It's mostly about the characters. In fact the movie runs for half an hour just introducing the various junkies, a Jewish pimp, a pair of bodybuilders in an S&M relationship, a Russian/Chinese drug dealer, and so on before it even starts the virus plot.

*The director has some visual talent---the brief hallucination scenes are good---but little storytelling ability.

*It's got sleaze, a nonsensical story, gay S&M bodybuilders, a cute female lead, and plenty of hateful cast members to kill off---what more could a bad movie lover want? I don't know, but I wanted SOMETHING more to put it over the top.

*I mainly post on this one separately because it's on Netflix streaming, so many of you can catch it if you like.

http://youtu.be/Zb8ChWO3DWY
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

zombie no.one

Condemned by name, condemned by......critics? 

trailer doesn't look terrible but I find it so hard to get excited by new horrors




indianasmith

I was not overly impressed with this one, but the female lead sure was cute!
"I shall smite you in the nostrils with a rod of iron, and wax your spleen with Efferdent!!"

Rev. Powell

Quote from: indianasmith on April 07, 2016, 10:06:49 PM
I was not overly impressed with this one, but the female lead sure was cute!

She's Sean Penn and Robin Wright's daughter. Glad she doesn't look like dad!
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...