At the End of Eight

Plot

Three young participants sneak into the home of a complete stranger as part of a popular but highly illegal game. The game requires the three players to stay inside for eight hours without being discovered.

Cast

Unfamiliar with anyone in front of or behind the camera.

Verdict

Now straight out of the gate let me praise the writers by saying this is a very unique film, the concept is certainly a new one or at least not something my movie obsessed butt has ever seen before.

Now let me segway into pointing out that the concept is flawed badly and simply didn't work as a feature film. Maybe it would have worked as a short film of less than 30 minutes, here it's unlikable, repetitive and it's impossible to have any empathy with the characters as ultimately they're criminals.

Watch it for the novelty value perhaps, but be aware it's instantly forgettable.

Rants

In a world that celebrates celebrity culture, influencers, commentators, pranks and generally mean spirited ill advised stupid stuff the concept of this movie is 100% believable. I could absolutely see this happening which in turn makes the movie feel realistic. Sadly it still doesn't change the facts, I can't cheer on people who are breaking into someones home for a cash prize and an alarming low one as well.

Breakdown

Very unique concept Concept just doesn't work Forgettable Terrible characters.

I was out of it when the two killers were fist fighting with each other for like 5 minutes upstairs in the bedroom, and the teens decide to go down into the basement rather than run out the front door lol. Why did they do that?!

And besides, they broke into someone's home for a stupid game to win money so I had zero sympathy for any of them. Especially that special idiot who made himself a peanut butter sandwich and drank the homeowner's liquor. I was happy when he was killed.

Then the girl has the gall to say to the homeowner "We didn't do anything!"....Um, yes you did and if you still can't see that after being tied up by the angry homeowner, whose home you broke into you deserve what you get.

There's a lame reveal at the end I won't spoil, but after that part the film tries to make the viewer sympathize and root for the home breakers, but I didn't fall for it and kept on hoping they would meet their deserved demise from the home owners.

I'm giving it 4 stars for the plot and the acting wasn't half bad. And there's the tired trope of giving a long speech with a gun when in reality he would've just fired. I hate when movies pull that because it's not realistic and only served to make the contrived ending which I completely despised. I REALLY hated those final 30 seconds. It was just dumb and sadly entirely expected in today's politically correct films. At least it's short and was free.

All people cry about anymore is how no one writes anything new and when they do, they don't like it. I loved the premise and honestly, it's a really good movie! For a $2,500 budget, the acting was decent and yes it's very low budget but good story that kept you guessing. It's a lot like don't breathe, another movie I love but has subtle differences. Not understanding the hate at all. A low budget wonder in my humble opinion.

This movie's budget was essentially non-existent. I was curious and looked it up.. it said $4500. I don't know if that's true, but if so... wow! They did incredible. There are a couple of scenes that the acting could be a little better (like any movie) but generally it's very good. It's a nice movie all things considered and I think people are being way too hard on it. I wish people wouldn't compare every movie to a $400 million dollar production. It doesn't make a movie bad if they don't have a huge budget. I hope the creators of this film keep going and make more because I thought it was a good film and all involved did a good job! Enjoyed!!

I paid $1.99 to rent this and I overpaid by $1.99 At first it seemed ok because there wasn't much dialogue but once the "actors" started "acting" it went downhill fast. No budget. No talent. Ignorant story. I could see this as a high school film class production at best. I only finished it because I paid for it -had it been free I would have stopped once the "acting" started ugh. Drivel