Review of The Task (2011) by David S — 27 Aug 2011
As a horror film this suffers from one major fault; it's just not scary! It's a shame as the premise, although far from original, suggests that this could be a lot of fun but the obvious budget issues mean that the whole thing is rather dull.
If they'd only gone to town on their special effects the whole film would have benefitted but aside from one interesting gutting (nice one Mr Payne!) there is hardly any gore at all and the impression is of film-makers being too cautious rather than going for it.
They should have embraced the Eli Roth school of horror and had a ball with the whole thing. A couple of dodgy performances but most do well with what they have. The less said about the ending the better but I think we all know that it's a bit of a cop out.
No classic.
This review of The Task (2011) was written by David S on 27 Aug 2011.
The Task has generally received mixed reviews.
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