Strictly average movie

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Don't Believe the Hype

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

As other reviewers have mentioned, THE PYRAMID is a found footage horror movie with an interesting premise but poor quality execution. It starts off fairly well, with hints at political background and some good plotting, before descending into the usual gamut of inane screaming and running around in the second half. Literally the whole second half of the movie consists of characters wandering through dark rooms and getting killed one by one; it's predictable and annoying. The lack of good cast members hurts the film too, with the guy from THE INBETWEENERS hardly qualifying as a quality addition to the mix. One of the few good things I can say is that the CGI work isn't too shabby.

This really could of been a good movie, the storyline of a group of Egyptologists and a newly discovered mysterious pyramid had quite a bit of potential. The sets and atmosphere within was spot on, the dialogue and the acting however was terrible and the killer sphynx cats truly laughable. The dialog was so weak, the acting so wooden leaving the characters with no depth at all so that when they met their individual grisly ends, you felt no loss at all.It looks like this movie had a similar if not larger budget than "The Descent", which I loved, and it just goes to show how much decent actors, script and director are key to a movies success.This was one of those B movies that was so bad I kind of enjoyed it.

When I first learned about this movie (seeing it available for rent at my neighbourhood video store), I was puzzled, because it was from a major Hollywood studio and yet I hadn't heard of it. Subsequent research on my part uncovered that the studio didn't give the movie much publicity or distribution to theaters, and after watching the movie I think I can see why. It gets off to a decent start - there is a little thrill by the setup of finding an ancient Egyptian pyramid and wondering what may be inside. However, after the first twenty or so minutes, things start to go downhill. The protagonists certainly don't act like professional archaeologists as they make their way into the pyramid, and they make a lot of decisions that would be considered stupid for any kind of person. The worst thing about the movie, however, is that it's not at all scary or even mildly creepy - it seems to be going right by the book instead of adding originality or surprises. It certainly doesn't help that the CGI special effects are really bad, giving the movie both a cheap feeling and a phony feel. So in the end I'm glad that I waited for a copy of this movie to show up in my local library so I could then see it for free.

I won't give any spoilers so I will make this simple and spot on. The movie has very good promise and tons of jump scares. That's why I gave it a 6. Plain and simple negative though. the ending is dumb with horrible graphics. Not sure if they ran out of brains and money but wow. Shocking how a movie that was on it's way to an 8 went and dropped 3 stars in the final 15 minutes of the movie. Totally worth watching though. It will cause claustrophobia and anxiety and make you jump several times before you get to the dumb ending. Shame on the directors for ruining a great movie that people would be talking about for years. What were the two writers thinking. Kudos to you for keeping me and my 20 year old daughter entertained. Thanks for reading my review!