Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

A lot of fun.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

My husband watched the movie earlier today and said it was pretty good so I thought I'd give it a shot.Good movie, it had me on my toes the whole time and I was pretty curious throughout the whole movie. However I am completely lost and really couldn't tell you what the movie was about.In the beginning I remember the wife talking about going to the cabin, however I got lost right after that. One year later, I see the father driving in the mountains with his kids, they go to this cabin, the kid starts to cough, the father believe they are all sick and bam the movie goes in another direction. I feel that some unleft answers could've been answered in the movie, What happened to wife, what was all the scare from and what the heck was the ending about. I was left with questions which I don't like in any movie,but overall it was a good movie, it could've been a little better. I believe it needed a bit more of a twist with all the creepy things that kept happening. I would like to say thumbs up to the three main characters in this movie, excellent acting. In my opinion, it's your thought about the movie, I liked it and would probably watch again.

***SPOILERS*** After the tragic death of his wife Leah's ,Jody Thompson, Terry Shade, Eric McCormack, decides to take his two children Cynthia & Jake, Lonner Dwelly & Ryan Grantham, to the great outdoors for a Christmas vacation. Terry a workaholic was very distant to his children when Leah was alive and wants to make that up after her death. It in fact turned out to be a vacation in hell with Terry flipping out and losing his grasps of reality. The setting takes place in this out of the way cabin cut off from civilization as well as phone service. It's there during a major blizzard that Terry and the children experience a series of encounters that are out of this world that in the end drives them out of their minds.Much like the Stanley Kubrick 1980 classic "The Shinning" the film "Barricade" has to do with for the most part a man, Terry, slowly going out of his mind due to severe isolation as he barricades and puts himself and his family into a bunker like existence. The film goes back and forth to when Leah was alive and after she died that gives us an understanding of Terry deteriorating mental state. It's much later that we get a glimpse of what's really happening to Terry who by then is more then ready to spend the rest of his life in the funny farm. Which after what he went through in the movie he's more then qualified to be in.Even though the movie ends abruptly we still can see what trials and tribulations Terry went through. He wasn't really a bad guy but his brain had been so fried and messed up that only shock treatment and a padded cell were the only way he could be cured. That's before he'll end up killing somebody which could very well be himself.

~When you want to carefully review something, it's helpful to start with the end and work your way backward.~ So, imagine this: a nice old man shows up at a remote cabin in the woods to bring supplies to a family stuck in a winter storm. For his trouble, some lunatic beats shiz-nit out of him for no real reason, binds him with duck tape, and sticks him in the freezing attic for three days without food, water, or heat. The police finally come busting down the front door looking for this poor feller. Now: What do you think they are going to do with the offender? Allow him to just saunter out of the house, arms wrapped around his family? The movie is written just well enough not to let that happen. So, if we agree the ending is not what it seems, let's use the clues given to us throughout the film to figure out what really happens to this man and his kids. Hint: This is The Shining without the happy ending.

First off, let it be known that I was never a fan of this actor. The only exposure I've had was the one or two times I stumbled upon a Will & Grace episode.With that being said, I think he did a good job and it was nice to see him step into this genre. He did well, although, the children were not a good match. As one person said, "children just don't act that way". I thought there was some provocation of thought. I am the type of movie watcher that likes to figure things out (Usual Suspects.... Awesome!) I don't think it was a bad movie and felt that it showed he has talent that is versatile and should be utilized in a wider range of films.Overall, I can see how some watchers might be confused, but I enjoyed the movie, there were some good "jolts" in the movie. A parent, inexperienced, on medication, taking care of sick kids after losing his wife & mother of his children, in a cabin, in a snowstorm. Not the best setting for a Rockwell moment, huh?!Think it was a good movie. Had the potential to be better but they did good with the budget they had to work with.