While this might give you Insomnia, this World's "Greatest" Dad is far past the One Hour Photo era.
I hated this movie and it's definitely a contender for worst 2024 release. In fact, this *has* to be worse than M. Night's Trap by a landslide. I really loathed this movie.
Let's get the synopsis out of the way so I can rag on this movie more. An insufferable and absolutely unlikeable couple get into a cab after a tense dinner party and unfortunately, this cabbie has ulterior motives for them. He kidnaps them and in a jumbled mess of a plot, he explains why. Well, sort of. I'm still not sure how this movie ended and I just finished it.
I selected this Friday-Night-Fright film because the streaming service, Shudder, has an incredible track record for producing/featuring excellent cinema. PLUS, this starred the ever-great Nick Frost. Roughly twenty minutes in, I figured this was Frost's way of mimicking Robin Williams' transition from comedy to Suspense/Horror films. The Late-Great Robin Williams REALLY chose wisely with his incredible suspense/horror films. Nick Frost surely did not here.
This was horribly shot and it looked like some scenes were experimental or copying other better films - so shame for the plagiarism on full-display here. I really did despise practically every frame and the three main characters were so incredibly uninteresting and boring, seeing them for the bulk of the film didn't help.
What we're left with is a mismatch of supernatural and straight-forward suspense/kidnapping films. Neither worked and they seemed to react with each other like water and oil. I'm not sure THEY knew what they wanted this movie to end up as.
Just skip this taxi and wait for another one. I hear the Yellow Cabs are a little more reliable.
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Final Thoughts: I think Nick Frost was trying to save this movie. Sounds like he was trying to aid the Director with the script and dialogue. While I didn't find any redeeming qualities in the film, I will give him credit for trying.
