I have a love for slasher movies, even the really cheesy ones from the 80's & 90's, but 'Most Likely to Die' is a very subpar effort despite an interesting set-up with the killer offing victims based on their yearbook's "most likely to" which was a pretty neat concept and a cool blue graduation costume. But there's just way too many flaws that holds this back from being up there with the greats of this genre.
The plot focuses on a group of former classmates gathering together to attend a high school reunion at a secluded home, then one by one, they are brutally murdered in a manner befitting their yearbook's most likely to. Are the murders linked to a past event or is something more afoot?
I did like the attempt at giving each of the characters an interesting back-story, but not all that much is done with them, it just feels like an attempt at trying to get the viewer to sympathize with them, which doesn't really work as you just want them to die quicker. The acting was fine for the most part and there are a few familiar faces with Heather Morris (Glee) and Perez Hilton (Blogger), although the latter was just as odious as his real-life counterpart.
Visually it's not all that interesting either with a daytime soap opera feel to the above average production. There was also way too much padding of the run-time with the kills taking way too long to happen, despite a somewhat promising opening. Although there are some creative kill moments towards the latter half, but everything's let down by an underwhelming obvious reveal and a very limp ending.
So overall 'Most Likely to Die' is a rather weak effort that fails to do the most obvious thing (which I won't spoil).
