20141104: Horror Review--See No Evil

See No Evil

1. Fundamentals, reception.
1. American live action feature length film, 2006, rated R. 84 minutes, horror.
2. IMDB: 5.1/10.0 from 19,211 audience ratings.  Estimated budget, 8 million USD.
3. Rotten Tomatoes: 8% on the meter; 50% liked it from 116,343 audience ratings.
4. I saw this on Showtime.
5. Directed by: Gregory Dark.
6. Starring: Glenn Jacobs (Kane) as Jacob Goodnight, Christina Vidal as Christine, Samantha Noble as Kira, Michael J. Pagan as Tye, Steven Vidler as Williams, Rachel Taylor as Zoe, Craig Horner as Richie, Penny McNamee as Melissa, Luke Pegler as Michael, Tiffany Lamb as Hannah, Cecily Polson as Margaret.


2. Setup and Plot
1. Eight delinquents (imprisoned convicts, actually) volunteer to help cleanup a remote hotel in order to get reduced sentences.  Unknown to them, there was a robbery there four years back.  Williams is a security guard who was a cop at the original robbery.  Margaret sponsored the event.


2. The groups breaks up into pairs.  Kira and Christine try to keep each other out of trouble.  Michael did some bad things to Kira in years past; Christine helps Kira avoid it happening again.  Tye and Richie look for the cash missing from the robbery.  Michael and Zoe get high.  Russell and Hannah try to get it on, then try to escape.


3. Jacob starts killing the lot.  After a kill, he takes the eyes as souvenirs.  We learn from Williams that Jacob has some fondness for religious tattoos.  Kira gets to live a bit longer because she has such tattoos.  The others tend to get pulled in by Jacob's over-sized hook and chain.


4. Does anyone get Jacob under control?  Does anyone survive the onslaught?


3. Conclusions
1. This was a WWE Films production.  Seems to be just as bad as their wrestling on television.
2. One line summary: Uninspired teen elimination derby by WWE Films.
3. Four of ten


4. Scores
1. Cinematography: 7/10 The camera work seems good on the whole, but the sets are rather poor.


2. Sound: 8/10 Mostly OK.


3. Acting: 2/10 Nothing good here.


4. Screenplay: 2/10 All the screenplay seems like recycled horror cliches. There is plenty of death, eye gouging, and blood letting.  The number of characters seems high for an 84 minute movie.  We barely get a sketch of a given character before they get killed.