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This movie has a low opinion of ... me!!

posted 6 years ago by filmklassik (51)
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SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

So we’re supposed to believe that the dude stalking the heroine somehow found and murdered and assumed the identity of an orderly who was due to start working at the facility where the heroine was being held against her will — and all within the space of 24 hours?

Uh huh.

And no one at the facility thought it odd that the new employee working under the name of “George” looked different from the George they had interviewed and vetted ahead of time?

Riiiiiight.

And even after Fake George abducted and tied up and murdered the heroine’s only ally in the place — the investigative reporter — and handed the heroine cell phone footage of what he had done to the poor guy, he KNEW, somehow, that everyone at the facility would just ignore the undeniable documentary evidence contained on it?

Naturally.

So Fake George kept getting very, very lucky there.

This plot was more “unsane” than anyone being treated at that hospital. Dumb movies depend for their success on a dumb audience. And, dumb as I am, I’d hate to think I’m THAT dumb.

...Am I?

[–] Tabbycat (878) 6 years ago

I see your point, and I won’t argue it.
The whole premise is a longshot, requiring a giod-sized parlay of unlikely events.
But in real life, longshots do come in.

Frankly, I was too busy thinking how *plausible* much of it seemed.

The opening ten minutes were more exciting and engrossing than anything in memory — and shot on an iPhone. In the 70’s there were a whole slough of involuntarily-commited protagonist flicks. It was practically a sub-genre. What I felt watching her induction here was, substantively, how little had changed, except now the motive was primarily profit instead of evil. Once inside, you have no rights, and no one will listen to you. No one’s really watching so it’s all the honor system. (I would like to know how they think they can stick her full of powerful drugs without a full medical history and current medications list.)

When it is revealed that the mild-mannered orderly is actually our stalker villain, I did feel a palpable drop in plausibility. But they had some fun with that — remember the no-nonsense nurse complimenting George on his great work ethic and how she wished the other orderlies would stay late all the time as he does? Funny.

I actually have a much bigger gripe with the ending, as I’ve detailed in another post.