Review of Would You Rather (2013) by Ceaserboo — 03 Nov 2018

My friend convinced me to watch this film, he said the ending was sad and praised it. I was not hoping for Scream, just something for me to look back on and say "Hey, I don't regret watching this." I regret watching this film. The premise is interesting, that's my praise. The bad stuff starts now. The acting: below average, it isn't atrocious, but it isn't good. The plot: boring and predictable, the twist at the end is so bad (I really can't think of any other words to describe it) that I wanted to throw a brick at the television. The sub-plot of Iris' friend who won the previous torture house goes to save her is so dumbfounding in its plot holes such as "why doesn't he call the police?" and "why did he let her enter the challenge in the first place?" Not to mention that he has no character so his death, which is treated as an emotional moment, is, well, not emotional. However, the worst offense of this film is the characters, the awful, boring characters. The largest problem I have with this film is how one-dimensional every character is. What gets under my skin is: if you take away one defining characteristic from every character, then who are they? Let me give you a few examples: who is Iris if you take away her brother who has cancer? Who is the alcoholic if you take away the part where he is an alcoholic? Who is the disabled old lady if you take away her disability? The answer is no one. now in a film fueled about us caring about characters an what they do, you need likable characters who we care about, not ones as one dimensional as there characters being summed up in one sentence.

This is a long review but only because there is so much garbage in this film. If you like this film then that's fine, but it has a lot of blatant flaws. Just my overlong two cents (or pence where I live.