Like many others, I watched this movie for Aaron Paul. I was interested in the premise and I was excited to see him in this role. There were some good elements, though I think it's safe to say he carried this movie; that is to say he does the best with what he's given. The cinematography had some excellent moments. The suspense was great, I found myself reacting to all the intense scenes with fear and excitement. There are a few well written scenes and well edited moments. I really liked the music, and there were so many unnerving moments.
But there were a lot of elements that were pretty average, or subpar. There were a lot of convenient, completely unrealistic events and character decisions present only to serve the plot. Some things are really over explained, which is unfortunate as it really muddles any cool symbolism it might've had because it's spelled out for the viewer (i.e. The rabbit allegory). There is a lot more bad writing that kind of outweighs the good.
And worst of all, no one prepared me for the amount of sexual assault in this movie! Luckily this wasn't deeply troubling to me, but someone else may have trouble with this. There are 2 scenes in which each main character is tricked/drugged and coerced into non-consensual sexual activity. That was kind of a lot.
Anyway, this movie had the potential to be really interesting and intense, but unfortunately it's just kind of average. Much love to Aaron Paul though.
But there were a lot of elements that were pretty average, or subpar. There were a lot of convenient, completely unrealistic events and character decisions present only to serve the plot. Some things are really over explained, which is unfortunate as it really muddles any cool symbolism it might've had because it's spelled out for the viewer (i.e. The rabbit allegory). There is a lot more bad writing that kind of outweighs the good.
And worst of all, no one prepared me for the amount of sexual assault in this movie! Luckily this wasn't deeply troubling to me, but someone else may have trouble with this. There are 2 scenes in which each main character is tricked/drugged and coerced into non-consensual sexual activity. That was kind of a lot.
Anyway, this movie had the potential to be really interesting and intense, but unfortunately it's just kind of average. Much love to Aaron Paul though.