Powerful

Must See Movie...

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Vicious killer Harmon Porter (a blah portrayal by Dominic Purcell, who brings zero intensity or fearsome presence to his part) escapes from an asylum on your proverbial dark'n'stormy night (my, isn't that original ... NOT!!!) so he can go after pretty young psychology student Abby Jones (a solid and appealing performance by Christine Evangelista). Writer/director Campion Murphy totally fumbles the ball with the straight-down-the-line generic and predictable premise: The story plods along at an excruciatingly sluggish pace, the suspense and spooky atmosphere are both conspicuous by their alarming complete absence, the spare music fails to generate any much-needed zing, there's an appalling lack of logic (for example, how exactly does Porter figure out where Abby lives?), and the whole thing limps along to a frustrating and dissatisfying nonconclusion. Worse yet, Abby's two coed friends are a couple of irritating and unlikable bickering bimbos, the useless cops just stand around and do nothing, and, to add further egregious insult to already abject injury, we don't even get any decent gore or gratuitous nudity to alleviate the mind-numbing tedium. The big problem with this blandly done dud is that it not only brings absolutely nothing new to the table, but also it suffers from a crippling paucity of any essential energy and urgency. A real clunker.

people.This is not some Shakespearean, high falootin' , artsy, fartsy film here. Its a great film to watch with your main squeeze : relax and go on a suspenseful horror trip.And what a trip it was. This film could have been based On real events.The title says it all..a prison inmate with a huge chip On his shoulder escapes and man this guy goes on a terryfying rampage. This cat, Purcell plays the part like a violin. He'll scare the pants off you or Give the weak of heart palpitations he is so good in the role. Unlike some of the crap horror movies around that go for cheap thrills With lots of gore this movie is more brainy than that.But its still loaded with suspense and real life situations!! If you like pretty girls, good looking lead actors and a good real story that gives you chills, then watch this flic, dudes!

I purchased the BluRay at Amazon and can tell you this movie is more of a strong thriller/suspense film with loads of horror elements.It is not your typical cheap, slasher gore-fest although there are many horrifying moments to even satisfy the most hardcore horror fan.What I liked about the movie is that there are several twists to the story so try and stay sober people if you want to wrap your head around what the screenwriter is trying to tell you,his audience!The script was as tight as the acting. Dominic Purcell is amazing as a human beast and the female leads are simply gorgeous, I give this movie 2 thumbs up, a hi-5 and bravo to its parents, Campion Murphy & Emmy Award Actress/Producer, Faith Ford who must be quite proud of this baby :)

OK, I found the poster promising, so I bought this DVD.Initially it seemed to keep upto my expectation with the creepy opening scene of the psycho leaving his victim as a trophy in the woods. Also, for a few more scenes, the suspense & the tension does not drop. I braced myself for the next strike from the madman. I braced, I braced and I braced. And that's all I was doing! Soon the movie moved tediously. Seems the killer decides to stalk his victims at his own sweet pace(much to our madness!) while our pretty girls jump at every Tom, Dick & Harry noise out there! And there are certain "exposing" conversations between our characters that's supposed to shock or keep us glued to what's happening but instead confuses us as they don't make any sense. If they could have done away with these unnecessary dialogs, the story could have been more engaging to me.I appreciate the performances(at least some) though like Dominic Purcell as the psycho. His glaring looks & cold body language did decent justice to his character. Even Evangelista as Abby did pretty well. Rest of the actors were average.It's just a movie but at the end of the day, I still wish the plot had made more sense.Verdict: Learn from my mistake and escapee far away from this movie!