by Chris Marshall:
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: April Matson, Akeem Smith
Netflix Synopsis: Ten[1]
captives have 24[2]
hours to mount an escape from a locked room[3],
but they must endure excruciating pain to win their freedom.
Chris: I went
into last night’s film, Vile, with
the absolute lowest expectations. I’d never heard of it in my life, and the synopsis
made it sound like a complete Saw rip-off.
Which I suppose it kind of was, but it was so much better than I ever would
have anticipated.
It was not a great film, by any means, and I’d even say that
“good” is a stretch. But it was very entertaining, and I have no regrets at all
about my choice. When it comes to movies where people torture each other for an
hour and a half, you can do way worse.
The plot is simple enough. Nine people wake up and find
themselves trapped in a house. It’s dirty and dingy, but in every other way it’s
just like any other home. There aren’t any of the typical horror movie
trappings, except for a large video screen, where a pre-recorded message tells
them what they have to do to get out, and steel doors preventing them from
escaping.
