Don't Blink (2014)
1/10
A dead end street
3 April 2015
Warning: Spoilers
The story is exceedingly simple. 10 friends go to a remote lodge, find the place deserted but signs that people had been there and simply vanished and one by one they all vanish. It is sort of like Blair Witch in that we never see them killed and never find out what happens to them.

Why don't they leave right away when they find everyone missing? Naturally the trip takes so long that no vehicle is capable of holding enough gas for a return trip. They have pumps at the lodge because of this but the pumps are empty of course. This already is strike 1 because what location is so remote that it is hundreds of miles from civilization? Strike 2 who would go to a resort that gets no cell phone or Internet reception?

They find a car abandoned and all the people missing know something is wrong but instead of pooling their gas resources so someone can leave to go try to get help they stay there. Their interaction and the dialogue is lame. Nothing they do makes any sense at all.

The only thing of any interest is that they vanish one by one. The only reason you keep watching is you want to find out what happened to the people who vanished before they got there and what is happening to them. But after you find out the temperature at the cabin is significantly warmer than the surrounding area and that all the animals and bugs are missing you realize it is supposedly some supernatural thing taking place around the cabin and you already lose interest.

Basically it is the kind of movie where you get bored of how slow and boring it is so you want to just fast forward to the end to find out what happened but if you do so you realize nothing is ever explained. Everyone vanishes without any explanation of how or why.

Good movies can be watched again and again. This movie you regret watching 1 time and certainly never want to watch again.
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