Review of Jeruzalem (2016) by A.l. H — 26 Jan 2016

I don't usually give found-footage movies such high ratings, but I thought this one was just awesome! JeruZalem follows two best friends, Sarah and Rachel, on their trip to Tel-Aviv, but upon meeting Kevin, an anthropologist, in the plane to Israel, they decide to go with him to Jerusalem.

Things are normal for the most part in the first 40 minutes, but there's lots of foreshadowing and neat little details in those first 40 minutes about what will happen in the last 40 minutes. The story is interesting, though there isn't any real explanation as to why what's happening is happening, which I found a bit dissapointing, but as I watched the movie I didn't even care, to be honest.

The characters are well developed, though you won't find yourself getting emotionally invested in them. The direction is actually pretty cool! For a movie that's recorded from the first person point of view and which has shaky camera, it's done really well.

It never crossed the line in that subject. The atmosphere of the movie is great and the locations look very creepy at times, especially the asylum and the cave part. The CGI is noticeable. It's mediocre at best, but it didn't bother me at all because it was actually scary! I liked the Glass approach to the subject, I hadn't seen something like that done before, so it was quite cool.

All in all, a surprisingly awesome and, at times, even scary horror movie with some plot and CGI flaws, but I don't think it will effect the viewing experience that much.