The Survival Game

The Survival Games is an entertaining movie with an interesting plot. The cast was well chosen. The campers are looking for a weekend of fun. One couple is starting a new relationship and the other is years into their marriage that has lost its sparkle. When they find themselves being hunted, they create a bond that defines their feelings for each other. There were plenty of action scenes with fist fights and gun fights. The filming was quite good and the scenery was beautiful. The brutal opening scene set the tone and it never lets up. The campers are up for the challenge with their quick wit and formidable fighting skills. I have seen the movie several times and enjoy it just as much each time.

Movie moves slow. Action is slow ,acting is bad . Don't even know what the plot line is . All we know is people looking for a package . Little guy with the suit is the worse actor I have ever seen

While geo-caching/camping in the woods, a quartet of friends are menaced by a quartet of baddies looking for some lost valuables. Well menaced might be the wrong word as a bad guy who's constantly sucking on a lollipop isn't exactly the stuff nightmares are made of. But I digress.

This low-budget film is capable and filmed well enough, the problem I had was that I couldn't relate to anyone in the film and thus wasn't invested in any of the plights of the characters. That and the bad guys were badly realized on-dimensional clichés. Oh and th fight scenes were ridiculous. But otherwise the film's not too atrocious. Just not anything good either.

I absolutely hated this movie, the standoffs were awkward even though I'm sitting at home (I rented this on DVD). Plus I got so bored while watching this that I got onto my computer, played games, and it was only thirty minutes into the movie.

To be honest, I am writing this as I the movie is still playing. My sister is playing games on her computer, my mom is playing games on her's and my dad is just sitting there. He's the only one watching it for Pete's sake.

The acting is okay, better than most films that are made by new(ish) directors. I like the setting though, it makes it hard to screw up continuity for locations. The editing isn't that bad either. Now I'm just giving pity on this poor movie.

If you happen to find yourself all alone in a post-apocalyptic world and you find a TV, a DVD player, and this is the only movie left because every other film in the world has been destroyed...then find something better to do (like counting the grains of sand on the beach) because you will still regret watching this disaster.

I won't give any details away, but the characters just don't act like any normal person would act in the given situations. The central plot idea isn't that bad. I mean a group of people being hunted in the woods could certainly lead to an entertaining movie. But the execution is just plain bad. Ordinary, somewhat dorky people turn into action stars even though they do so many dumb things in the process. And the dialogue is excruciating at times. I cannot fathom how anyone could rate this movie higher than a 1.