Drive Back

So what was the time loop for? For the couple to realize that the woman is (or rather) cheated on the man 'a long time ago' with cheap jump scares with the man in the mask and the 'stop talking' guy who wasn't scary at all and remember the hitchhiker how did he become good and helped them all of a sudden? These are issues that I had with this movie because it felt like a bland horror type thriller that just didn't land (even with the cheap jump scares) a time loop run of the mill movie that looked lost even in the year 2024 when it was made. And an arguing couple who were quite annoying trying to solve their issues even in the 'loop'. Overall if you get to watch this movie I tell you to watch once because it refused to pick up. Time doesn't really matter in here!! And this felt like a real drag. Whether it's hallucinations or just cheap jump scares this movie showed that and more but didn't save it from been bang on average.

Those that haven't seen YellowBrick Road, Dead End, In Fear or the recent lame ' Black Cab' may find more to enjoy than I did, this takes from them films ad nauseum that I was mentally ticking off the tropes this film brought up.

Any film that has a ' road to nowhere' set up with a family/couple bringing their own emotional baggage to these supernatural unknown powers goes through cliches-a creepy garage at the start, dark albeit lush forests, a ghostly person with a secret on the road, time bending, events of the past coming up to the future, secrets, deja vu, on and on.

The acting is okay.

This movie was good, don't get me wrong. The plot of being stuck in a time vortex and needing to go through the same experiences but with your past self walking around. The story has twists and turns that are interesting..however, the stupidity of the characters during the beginning had me super angry. They get better as time moves on, but their stupidity almost made me stop watching due to anger. Again, not a bad movie. But it wasn't necessarily good either. Overall, the acting is pretty alright, and there wasn't too much gore to where it was just straight up GORE and just gore. The ending was a little confusing but not the worst I've ever seen. Overall, a solid 5/10. Not good, but not bad either.

The first half of the movie was going in circles and nothing happened. The movie lost me almost at the first quarter when I didn't care about the characters anymore.

Some of the scenes were too long, with basic dialogues and poor acting. At some point I just wanted the movie to be over.

The first half of the movie was going in circles and nothing happened. The movie lost me almost at the first quarter when I didn't care about the characters anymore.

Some of the scenes were too long, with basic dialogues and poor acting. At some point I just wanted the movie to be over.

Overall I give it 3 stars.

A couple are heading through the woods and need to get some directions from the stereotypical creepy hill billies. Good idea to follow their advice ... ?

No surprises much in the first act. Dialog keeps the movie entertaining but as the second act kicks in, the movie feels like it is probably going somewhere interesting.

It's main idea has been done before many times (I won't quote other movies as it'll give that away easily) but it's handled well and, for the most part, hangs together and is a good watch.

The third act is where the movie starts to come apart a bit and becomes a bit of a jumble of nonsense. Yes it went downhill but no, the movie wasn't wrecked as it wasn't already on some incredible high ground.

I think with a bit of spit and polish and some better ideas in the last act, this could have been very good. As it stands, it's a worthwhile watch if you're stuck for a movie one evening.