13 Sins

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Contrary to some mildly previous review; this is the best thriller I saw this year so far (and I saw lots of movies from USA and foreign ). I I strongly believe this movie deserves a real release (it was apparently shown during one week without any publicity in few theaters) with publicity. It is imperative these guys can make something like this or perhaps better because they fully understand the joy of movies. The premise is primary based on 13 Beloved (The Game, The Box and other movies has certain similarities too ) but far better directed, written and acted. A good man in a desperate situation, Elliot (the outstanding Mark Webber) get fired from his job for not selling an expensive insurance policy to an old lady. He is about to get married with his pregnant black fiancée (Rutina Wesley), his unbearable and racist father is about to being evicted and move to his house; his mentally ill brother is already living with him and without insurance he will surely be institutionalized. While driving on his car Elliot get a phone call from somebody who knows about his situation and offering $ 1000 to start a game. Just to kill a fly. He does it; but the second challenge, for 3K is to eat the fly. Checking his account and noticing that the money is real, he eats the fly and is then offered to participate in 13 challenges for increasing amounts of money. The rules; he has limited amount of time to perform the tasks; if he loses, he loses all the money, and nobody has to know about this. A few more rules will appear later. As you might expect every task becomes more difficult, dangerous and sadistic. After a while we realize, other people are playing the game and paths are crossing continuously. The joy of the movie is that the director (Daniel Stamm) makes us immediately care for the character and his game and forget about why this is happening and who is behind it. Elliot moves from a quiet and timid person to an adrenaline driven (and sometimes vengeful person). The question is; will he become a psycho as the game tries to transform him. Stamm gives the movie a satisfactory pace, an increasing tension that makes almost impossible to stop watching and a satisfactory ending. Even the production values (it seems very modest) had been properly used. What else can you ask from a movie than been fully entertaining a on top have a deeper meaning that leave you thinking.

Some people here have never seen a movie it seems. How is this a brilliant movie?! This is one of the ones you watch in its entirety because it's so provocatively bad. It does not only not make any sense in itself and is very inconsequential on top but literally everyone in it lacks any sort of common sense, too. It's very unsatisfying. I would not ever recommend it to anyone, although I do sometimes host a trash movie night where we watch infuriatingly bad films that make you scream at the screen what an actual, thinking person would do instead in complete disbelief. For that type of entertainment, it's a good contender, if that's your thing go ahead. 7/10 for ridiculing it, 3/10 as an actual movie and that's generous on both those numbers.

13 Sins pits a money hungry loser in a rat race to win millions of dollars by completing one heinous act after another. As you can probably tell by the plot line, the challenges get more and more extreme until it results in murder and mayhem. This is a film that starts out rather strong, an awesome opening that sparks intrigue, a likable loser protagonist, and then...it descends into one ridiculous plot twist after another until you start saying "really"? 13 Sins is directed by David Stamm, who gave us The Last Exorcism in 2010. While The Last Exorcism generated buzz around him, it quickly fizzled out, resulting in this half baked attempt at reinvigorating the Saw franchise with a bit more "jazz". This film plays out like your typical Netflix movie, it features usually supporting actors in lead roles and a screenplay that is so terrible that Ed Wood wouldn't even touch it. 13 Sins is ridiculous, preposterous and downright stupid when it is all said and done. My biggest problem with this film is the screenplay because, by traditional standards, the technical side of this film isn't all that bad. The script is an ill conceived and very poor attempt at giving the audience that "ah ha" moment without it every really making sense. Despite these major flaws, 13 Sins features a cast lead by Mark Webb and Ron Perlman, who both do their best given their parts. Quite frankly, the cast is the only reason to give this film a watch. Overall, 13 Sins is best to be watched on Netflix, if at all. It is a brisk 90 minute film that makes you feel every single minute of it without giving you anything to really hold on to.