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A strange creature attacks a group of friends visiting the woods. They run for their lives and find refuge in an abandoned dwelling where other people are waiting to be rescued. They think they are safe, but the creature seems to be intelligent enough to find a way in the house.

While writing the plot, I had the feeling to reveal too much because the movie itself does not offer much else. However, the acting and the cinematography are above average, and so are the special effects. There are few scenes that can make you literally jump out of your seat, and this is good, because the story is pretty boring and not different from something already seen. The actors are really good in their roles, and this is probably the only reason why I kept watching it. The score is nice, too. The only thing that really annoys from the start to end is the plot, too plain and simple. I think the audience needs to know more about these creatures and less about the sexual affairs of the characters. Unfortunately there are too many movies alike out there. The first that comes to my mind is Descent, which, of course, is far superior to this one.

In the attempt of pursuing a computer hacker, three friends find themselves locked in an underground facility. When they manage to escape, they find out that the world above is not like what they expected.

The premises of this movie are good enough to encourage someone to watch it, but then the plot becomes boring and unoriginal. There is some action here and there, twists and attempts of character development. After the first half hour, it just becomes slow paced and silly. Towards the end it gets a little better, but it's not enough to save a poorly crafted script. It's one of those movies that could give you something but you end up with nothing. In a word: forgettable.

Jep, an old journalist living in Rome, whose first and only novel was published decades before, is lost in a sort of limbo made of parties, friends and memories. He is suffering an everlasting writer's block and feels that any attempt to write a new book would be worthless. His friends are mostly old wealthy fellows, hiding their boredom and uneasiness behind falsehood, pretended happiness and talents they don't possess. La dolce vita is now a masquerade of old friends having fun, yet unable to find a meaning to their lives. A break-through happens when the young son of the writer's friend suddenly dies and an old missionary nun goes to visit the Vatican.

La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) is a slow paced movie, at times boring, yet full of colors, camera movements, wittiness and art, featuring an impressive photography and soundtrack and, generally speaking, good acting performances. Its major flaw, in my opinion, is the lack of a central story, but a collection of many tailored around the main character. This can be confusing at times for a movie that runs for two hours and fifteen minutes. However, it represents well a carousel, a merry-go-round of lives wasted in the beauty of the past, the pointless vacuity of the present, and the hope for the future.