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The idea for this movie was quite interesting. (however not very original). The first 20 minutes were promising at least entertaining movie. But everything is going downhill after that. One of the worst scripts ever made into a movie, unnatural dialogue, bad acting and a laughable ending. Nick Stahl seems to be the only person with a bit of talent. Probably one of the worst post-scream teen thrillers. Yuck!

The first 30 minutes are great. It contains a great plain crash scene, a very mysterious tension and interesting camera. After 30 minutes it is going downhill. The movie comes to close to the average teen horror area. The ending is one big cliche.

Pups is a movie with both good sides and bad sides. To start with the good news: Great acting by all three major roles. Burt Reynolds does his best. Cameron van Hoy is even better. But Mischa Barton is the best of all and shows that she is very talented. Also very good: The dramatic development during the hostage. Ash seems also a very talented director. But the film is also a failure. The Burt Reynolds part is very unrealistic and badly written. But the worst part of Pups is the extremely simple moral views. The writer/director is telling us "look what happens if parents are away all the time and the media is showing violent movies". This simplistic view is a missed chance. Pups could have been much better.