It reads "contains spoiler" above. You know the drill...
Well, there's not much of a story. Group goes to a faraway lodge in the mountains. Beautiful scenery. They are old enough to be very civilised, but reckless enough to get into a road trip in the winter, in the mountains, to a remote location without taking enough gas to come back.
Not that they would have had a chance to use it, of course.
They get there. No mobile service, of course.
They can't find anyone at the lodge, but they do find many belongings and still warm food. Then they start to disappear. Just like that, one a pop, starting with the guy from the couple that arrived "a bit earlier" to the lodge. Then they notice there are no insects, no birds, crazy temperature fluctuations over a huge open area.
They gather in the lodge after a brief altercation outside. Pop.
They start looking at each other to keep in the movie (perhaps there was a bonus...). But, as one dives behind a bar to remove his pants....Pop.
Then a guy has the brilliant idea to bring a gun from the car. To shoot the stars, perhaps. People get anxious. Disappearing might be bad, but being shot is deemed to be worse. Another guy gets his hand cut by a glass shard. How? Does it really matter at this point?
And so it comes to pass that, as a fridge door is swung open and closed twice...Pop. There goes another girl. The guy with the cut hand loses it, grabs the gun from its owner and, just for good measure, shoots him in the shoulder. Because, you know, he had it coming. Then he grabs his girl and goes to the only car with gas, to run away and leave his friends behind. As the car recedes into the darkness, Pop. There goes the weasel.
Supposedly, his girl was keeping her eyes on him but, sadly, she is left speechless from his disappearance....
Back to the lodge, gun back to its already deranged owner, we are surprised by a knock on the locked door! It is none other than the first guy to disappear! Perhaps he can tell us what the heck is going on!
But he is not talking. He doesn't know. That doesn't keep the gunner from shooting both his legs and dragging him outside where, shortly after the door is slammed, he disappears all over again....Pop.
By now we know this torture must be at an end, because we are running out of people....
Well, the gunner offs himself. Good riddance.
The thing is, when the others stop looking at his head-blown corpse, it disappears along with all the blood and gore. Pop. Oh, the bloody tracks on the floor (from the shortly returned guy) also disappears...Pop. And the lights go out, so they have to use candles...
Now we are down to 3 people. 2 girls and a guy. Instead of holding hands until help arrives (they finally found the phone - how stupid can you get? - and called the police), they try not to blink. For 3 hours straight. Brilliant.
In the meantime, the 2 talking character get to reminisce together. The guy even takes an engagement ring (BOX included) from his pocket...."Hey, Jack, what's that bulging from your pants? Are you happy to see me, have you got leg cancer or is it an engagement ring box?"
Then one of the girls has to go to the bathroom. They ALL go. As they are preparing to leave, the catatonic girl (she supposedly saw something in the car and she keeps showing in her face that she sees more each time someone pops...) says she's leaving. Pop.
The other two remain locked in the bathroom, standing up and staring at the mirror. The guy falls asleep standing up, falls into darkness and disappears. Pop.
Just then, at the nick of time, the cavalry arrives! Lots of policemen, firemen and a couple of guys looking very MIB-like.
The remaining girl is put at the back of one of the cruisers to wait until they are ready to leave (????????). Yes. Instead of sending her off to a hospital, they intend to make her wait until they "sweep the area", so they can all go away together. Yes. They are not leaving anyone behind to keep trying to find the ones that disappeared.
And so, as she rests her head on her hands for a second, all sound goes off. After all, when ALL THOSE GUYS disappeared, whoever took them was kind enough to turn off all sirens. Mindful beings, they don't want to disturb the trees.
She then stares at the cruiser's rear-view mirror until she naturally blinks and.....Pop.
Game over.
No explanation. No bogeyman. No aliens. No ghosts. NOTHING.
Go read a book. Anything is better than this. Even "After Earth". ARGH.
Well, there's not much of a story. Group goes to a faraway lodge in the mountains. Beautiful scenery. They are old enough to be very civilised, but reckless enough to get into a road trip in the winter, in the mountains, to a remote location without taking enough gas to come back.
Not that they would have had a chance to use it, of course.
They get there. No mobile service, of course.
They can't find anyone at the lodge, but they do find many belongings and still warm food. Then they start to disappear. Just like that, one a pop, starting with the guy from the couple that arrived "a bit earlier" to the lodge. Then they notice there are no insects, no birds, crazy temperature fluctuations over a huge open area.
They gather in the lodge after a brief altercation outside. Pop.
They start looking at each other to keep in the movie (perhaps there was a bonus...). But, as one dives behind a bar to remove his pants....Pop.
Then a guy has the brilliant idea to bring a gun from the car. To shoot the stars, perhaps. People get anxious. Disappearing might be bad, but being shot is deemed to be worse. Another guy gets his hand cut by a glass shard. How? Does it really matter at this point?
And so it comes to pass that, as a fridge door is swung open and closed twice...Pop. There goes another girl. The guy with the cut hand loses it, grabs the gun from its owner and, just for good measure, shoots him in the shoulder. Because, you know, he had it coming. Then he grabs his girl and goes to the only car with gas, to run away and leave his friends behind. As the car recedes into the darkness, Pop. There goes the weasel.
Supposedly, his girl was keeping her eyes on him but, sadly, she is left speechless from his disappearance....
Back to the lodge, gun back to its already deranged owner, we are surprised by a knock on the locked door! It is none other than the first guy to disappear! Perhaps he can tell us what the heck is going on!
But he is not talking. He doesn't know. That doesn't keep the gunner from shooting both his legs and dragging him outside where, shortly after the door is slammed, he disappears all over again....Pop.
By now we know this torture must be at an end, because we are running out of people....
Well, the gunner offs himself. Good riddance.
The thing is, when the others stop looking at his head-blown corpse, it disappears along with all the blood and gore. Pop. Oh, the bloody tracks on the floor (from the shortly returned guy) also disappears...Pop. And the lights go out, so they have to use candles...
Now we are down to 3 people. 2 girls and a guy. Instead of holding hands until help arrives (they finally found the phone - how stupid can you get? - and called the police), they try not to blink. For 3 hours straight. Brilliant.
In the meantime, the 2 talking character get to reminisce together. The guy even takes an engagement ring (BOX included) from his pocket...."Hey, Jack, what's that bulging from your pants? Are you happy to see me, have you got leg cancer or is it an engagement ring box?"
Then one of the girls has to go to the bathroom. They ALL go. As they are preparing to leave, the catatonic girl (she supposedly saw something in the car and she keeps showing in her face that she sees more each time someone pops...) says she's leaving. Pop.
The other two remain locked in the bathroom, standing up and staring at the mirror. The guy falls asleep standing up, falls into darkness and disappears. Pop.
Just then, at the nick of time, the cavalry arrives! Lots of policemen, firemen and a couple of guys looking very MIB-like.
The remaining girl is put at the back of one of the cruisers to wait until they are ready to leave (????????). Yes. Instead of sending her off to a hospital, they intend to make her wait until they "sweep the area", so they can all go away together. Yes. They are not leaving anyone behind to keep trying to find the ones that disappeared.
And so, as she rests her head on her hands for a second, all sound goes off. After all, when ALL THOSE GUYS disappeared, whoever took them was kind enough to turn off all sirens. Mindful beings, they don't want to disturb the trees.
She then stares at the cruiser's rear-view mirror until she naturally blinks and.....Pop.
Game over.
No explanation. No bogeyman. No aliens. No ghosts. NOTHING.
Go read a book. Anything is better than this. Even "After Earth". ARGH.