The more I think about it, the less I like this film.

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I watched this after hearing several rave reviews, and was kind of surprised. Perhaps I set the bar a bit too high, but the more I think about it, the more I realize just how logically flawed this movie. Never mind the fact that it was probably at least 20 minutes longer than it should have been and the pacing was horrible, but if you really dissect it, there are a lot of problems.

1. David Arquette's character somehow manages to evade capture from these troglodytes for 11 days. Considering how easily they took down his friend, and the system they had in place, on display later in the movie, it's surprising that one man could evade them for that long.

2. There are no signs of a struggle within the jail when they kidnap the woman and the backup deputy. Yes, they murdered the stable boy, but no sign of a struggle is a tad bit far-fetched.

3. After kidnapping them, they took them on a 3-5 day trek, without them ever attempting to escape, or struggle whatsoever. I find it interesting that they never once would have attempted some kind of escape.

4. When they are ambushed, Mathew Fox's character is stabbed. Despite a ton of fuss over Arthur's leg getting infected, there is never even a mention of Fox's fresh stab wound.

5. They leave Arthur behind, drugged and injured, and despite being at risk when the four of them are together and healthy, Arthur is apparently in no danger on his own.

6. For as "badass" as the troglodytes were, it's impressive that Arthur, injured and running on nothing more than adrenaline could take several of them down as quickly as he did. I did like the angle of digging out their throat organ, though. That part was pretty cool.

7. The troglodyte women. They had their legs cut off and stakes rammed through their eyes. They were barely alive, yet were clearly pregnant. This makes no sense for the evolution and survival of their species. The pregnant women would likely be too malnourished to give their babies the proper nutrients. Never mind the fact that I have no idea how the troglodyte men have been raising these babies into children and adults.

8. It has been noted that Arthur found a "back way" into the cave, but it had to be a rather treacherous uphill trek, judging by the fact that they used rope to raise the others into their cave.

9. This is going backwards, but what happened to the trip wire they'd been setting? They just got lazy and didn't set it up one night and end up getting ambushed.

10. This is more of a personal opinion, but given the nature of these troglodyte/cave dweller people, it would seem they would be the type that would stick close to their home and kill and eat anything that passes by more so than tailing someone for 11 days and hunting them down.

The actors overall performed very well for what they were given to work with, and there was some cool scenes here and there, but as an overall movie, I thought this lacked any kind of building tension, or logistical story flow.