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Abysmal. This film makes Nine Dead (2010) look like an absolute masterpiece. Easily the worst of the chained up in a room films. No story at all and incredibly cheap. The villain looks like he walked in from Land Of Doom (1986). Upon seeing his getup, I was convinced this might be a parody of sorts. Nope. If you are a fan of Michael Madsen...you may be disappointed. Madsen exhibits a stellar example of "phoning it in" that doesn't even qualify as acting. His paycheck was likely the biggest part of the budget and not money well spent. I mentioned that there is no story. They don't even try to tell any sort of story. Vague hints are dropped but nothing is explained, even in a skeletal manner. It's literally a string of tropes unconvincingly stitched together. Chained up people mutilate themselves at the behest of a mysterious villain. That is the story. Idiot detective characters pad the run time. I'm aware that it's a common and lazy insult to say a movie seems like it was written by juveniles. This one genuinely feels like it was written by and for sixth graders based on Saw tropes. The one positive? The practical gore effects were occasionally serviceable. Sure, some were of the "squirty kinfe" variety....but the effects department, in general, seemed to at least try. It's still not enough to recommend this film except as an example of how not to make a movie.

Watched the first 10 minutes and this doesn't even cut it for a B horror movie. Acting was lame, effects were cheap, etc etc.

Can't say enough bad things about the whole storyline.

Who wrote the script??? A fifth grader could do a better job.

Meanwhile, please steer clear and save yourself the agony and use the time to watch more interesting gore like The Babysitter.

Nuff said.

DK out.

All i can say is now we know why there's a teacher shortage. 🤷‍♀️

Really though they call this acting? Best line was "he'd say three times two times nothing" or something like that. The "cops" are actually probably somewhat like the real cops in how they are on the job, though.

This movie is the most modern cheesy movie Ive seen. Didn't know stuff this bad passed the level of student film anymore.

Seriously, its like none of the actors have ever been in pain before. They severely underact with regards to being injured. I have nothing else to say other than watch this if you want a good ol' 21st century chuckle.

All you really have to know to rate this movie is that it has Michael Madsen in it. He's one of those actors who fell into the abyss and will be in anything that he can get a paycheck for. That said, he's usually the best actor in the cast, and that's no exception here. Nonetheless, the main female character isn't bad, and I could see her doing something of a more serious nature. 'The warden' performs acceptably as well. Most of the others are comically bad, but that adds to the entertainment value of the film, as does the gore.

This is not high art, but it provides enough gore to keep it entertaining for fans of gore horror (of which I am one). I've seen other movies of this genre that try to concentrate on storytelling, and they are miserable failures.

So go into this with expectations of what a movie titled 'Death Count' would be, and you likely won't find it a complete waste of time. I've seen far worse.

Death Count tells the story of 8 people who are captured and forced to play a game to try to survive. There is a B plot following the police trying to stop the game.

This film features some of the worst acting I have ever seen in my life. Many actors look like they are reading off of que cards or put no emphasis or emotion into what they are saying. Acting vet Michael Madsen was equally as bad as any of anyone else. Completely phoning in the rule as a flat stereotypical cop.

Outside of our lead, the characters are mostly all extremely stupid, vulgar and/or a meat bag. It's hard to root for any of these people. Sarah French as #3 may be the only exception for this movie.

The film is also very cheap, the shots look cheap. Most of the special effects are so bad the camera cuts away immediately. It was very apparent they had no money to make this. Some of the violence is creative/gruesome but overall it's so cheap that often times I ended up rolling my eyes.

Overall the movie is so cheap, unoriginal with acting you would expect to see a middle school play. It is not worth your time frankly.