Best movie of this year hands down!

Simply Perfect

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Blistering performances.

GREAT DRAMA. The story is about male/female FBI Agents who are investigating a rash of serial killings in some rural communities. They go to a local police station where survivors of a recent killing are there waiting to be interviewed by the Agents. The Chief of the Police Department and two other police officers as well as a dispatcher are there to greet them. As the interviews go on we see through a series flash backs what actually happened at this one scene of an attack where most of the members of a family are brutally murdered along with a police officer and another male. One police officer, a young girl (the surviving member of the family) and a woman are the only witnesses left alive. By the end of the movie all of them, with the exception of the little girl, are killed along with the three other police officers and the dispatcher aforementioned. It is a WHODUNIT that fooled my wife and myself in the end. The plot twist at the end threw both of us for a loop. I highly recommend this movie.Spoiler ALERT!!!!! I have to disagree with the naysayers who have rated this movie poorly based on why the killers bothered to interview and eventually kill the witnesses to the killings...IT'S BECAUSE THEY COULD!!! They knew that no one else was coming because they had killed the real FBI agents and they wanted to have, in their minds, a little fun, and they did just that. That was the whole premise and the naysayers failed to get it. You have to look at it through the serial killers eyes, they had all the power and they knew it and they were going to enjoy their time with that power.

The plot is Rob Zombie-esque, and there isn't a single redeeming quality to make up for how gratuitously nasty nearly all of the scenes are. After a horrific opening few minutes, the level of sickness rises as the movie goes on, until it reached a level where a sick feeling rose up that I haven't experienced since I came across Cannibal Holocaust when I was 18.No part of the story actually makes sense, and I really feel like everyone in this was just desperate for money except Bill and Julia, who frankly I will never look at the same again.When I watched 'Truth or Consequences, New Mexico', there was a moment when it dawned on me that it actually WAS the case that it was the kind of movie that Kiefer Sutherland always wanted to make.Clearly, Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond secretly wanted to be in a video nasty.Unless you actually like really depressing and graphic violence, skip this film.

............................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA and ORLANDO, FL Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David Lynch (Mullholand Dr....Yes, I can see that!) You can rest assured, with each passing year, Ms. Lynch's name will grow ever more prominent! Several friends have rated this 6*. Hmmm, up front, for the record, 9*; loud and clear, front and center. My prognostication: SURVEILLANCE will soon attain "Cult Classic" status, with legions of aficionados. You heard it here first, from the Id of Dr. Morbius! Now I'll tell you why. Almost from the very onset, the underlying tension, the nail-biting, sparks-flying friction between characters is hypnotic and entrancingly numbing. Surveillance is beyond dark, to the point of being "Non-commercial"! Now, is that good? Well, you'll have to decide that for yourself! ***** Very MINOR SPOILERS Coming Up! ******Lots of reviewers have mentioned the "surprise ending". IMHO there are quite obviously 2 back-to-back, from-out-of-left-field plot twists at the end of the movie. Well 3, if you count the…OOPS! I can't really say, now can I? Ms. Lynch is really up to snuff on her movie-making technique. Editing, camera-angles, photography, close-ups, and pacing; SUPERB, ALL of them! WOW! SURVEILLANCE wasn't a .22 Caliber bullet to my brain…it was a .45! Blew my mind in one fell swoop! But this film has "POLARIZING" written all over it! From sincere, soul-searching reviewers, we should see lots of either 8 to 10* ratings, or 2* and 3* ones. The violence, although mostly not extremely graphic, nor taking up much on-screen time, considering the genre, was so pathologically twisted, I'm sure it'll prove too just intense for the likings of many. For this reason, I've had a change of heart, or let's say GUTS, to 8*......ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en Español, are most welcome! KissEnglishPasto@Yahoo.com

"Surveillance" is the work of Director Jennifer Lynch, who also brought us the troubling 2012 film, "Chained." Surveillance stars a few notable actors such as Julia Ormond (I Know Who Killed Me), Bill Pullman (Independence Day), Michael Ironside (The Killing Machine) and Pell James (Fanboys). The movie focuses on three surviving witnesses, a young child, a coked up woman, and a law abusing cop, who recount the horrible event that took place along a desolate road; while two FBI agents monitor and record their tales."Surveillance" is an okay film. It's not necessarily bad by any means but overall its not that good either, in terms of story. To be honest, I'm not really sure there was a story to begin with, maybe they should have stuck with their original idea and made this film about witches. You see, for most of the film there is no real plot, just people recounting twisted versions of the massacre they witnessed. For the first half of the film everything revolves around two cops, who abuse the people they pull over, that's it, I mean it made for some interesting scenes but your getting nothing about the main story, other then small snippets of dialogue pertaining to it. The second half is where everything, technically, begins because you learn about the incident and what happened to everyone but even then the scenes are rushed through in an almost, who cares kind of way. The final moments of the film are dealing with the "twist" of the movie that is supposed to shock everyone, but to be honest, most people can guess it within the first half of the film. The script writers and director try to slip in discreet things that were supposed to make you go back and say "oooohhh" but it fails because instead of being mysterious it just gives away the major twist instantly. So instead of saying, "oh wow, I can't believe that just happened" you go " I can't believe I had to wait this long for them to reveal something I knew an hour ago." By the time the credits roll you can't help but feel you didn't actually watch anything.Now, what makes up for this lack of story and instead makes it seem longer, clever and like an actual film, is the characters the actors play; especially the cops, played by Kent Harper and French Stewart, and the two agents, played by Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman. I'll admit everyone in this film where spectacular to watch, making their characters as real as possible and entertaining to watch; but Ormon, Stewart, Harper and Pullman took it to a different level. The cops make up the first part of the film and are so lively and invigorating, cruel as well, that you forget that there is "supposed" to be something bigger going on. For the first half hour of the film everything revolves around these two and you love every second of it, as they terrorize their victims, without actually doing physical harm but plenty of mental. It was almost like watching a sadistic comedy. As for Ormond and Pullman's characters, they seem bland at first glance but as the film progresses their characters evolve and these two completely step into their roles so energetically and full of passion, making every scene they star in delightful to watch. So if there's anything that saved this movie from being a train wreck, it was the performances of these four particular actors. Normally, I would also mention the child actor, Ryan Simpkins, but I felt her character was too typical and didn't have many scenes to "wow" in, don't misunderstand me Simpkins played her part perfectly. The character itself, was just nothing special.Another great feature about this film, which actually could be due to the lack of a story, is how the ending isn't exactly traditional. Everything is not nice and neat and tied up so perfectly that all your questions were answered. In fact most of my questions remain unanswered and honestly I don't think there is an answer to them that would make sense. I would go more in depth with this thought but to do so would reveal spoilers and I just don't want to do that, in case you want to watch the film. Though I feel, anyone who watches the movie through will have the same questions I have.My last short credit to this film, is actually a particular scene towards the very end. In my history of watching films, I have come across few, what I deemed, "lesbian death scenes." Now the characters involved are not necessarily lesbian, just a woman who enjoys power and death. And a victim who is powerless to stop her. This scene is not only shot well but the performance by both females but especially by the aggressor is stunning. The scene is both sexual, without much actually being done, sadistic and disturbing, as a person loses their life in a way that seems to make the woman "orgasm." I believe the characters from Criminal Minds, would have something to say about that. I thought the scene was a nice way of summing up everything that had happened within the movie and represented its closing. So kudos to Mrs. Lynch for including it.So to wrap up this review you have.Pros: Intriguing characters performed by notable actors and comedians. Lack of a storybook ending. Well shot and acted "lesbian death scene." Cons: No storyline, per say, leaving you with a rambling film. Rushed main events. Easily discoverable "twist."Unfortunately, the film just can't save itself from getting a 5/10 from me.