****WARNING**** Though this review contains spoilers, they'll be announced before being introduced!
I walked into this movie without much expectations. Its synopsis interested me somehow.
I like B-movies, that's a thing, though they can be a surprise box. Nine Miles Down (2009) is a psychological thriller that will get you thinking.
The plot does a good job on making you wonder everything. At first, when you get to the middle of the movie, you pretty much think that, now, everything is expected. You basically will think that you know what's going on. That's what I thought and how wrong was I!
It gets convoluted. Oh, it does! I must say, at the end, I was just watching brainless, waiting for what could happen or not. I didn't care. They headed for a "at the end, it's up to you to decide whether it is A or it's B", but the job was kinda messy. Some explanations are not convincing at all, which leaves me to believe that they failed to accomplish that "what's real is up to you" kind of thing.
**SPOILER ALERT - BEGINNING** It's stated that Christianson didn't get poisoned by the gas. That doesn't make sense, since she was wandering around with Jack through most of the time. Also, at the end, she said that "she had to play with his hallucinations to get out of there". Who does that? Though, if she's a demon, what's with that regret act?! Besides, how can she be so weak if she's a demon?! See, that's what I was talking about when I said the plot gets convoluted. To be honest, I think she's a demon. To me, it tends more to the demon side than to the hallucination side. **END OF SPOILERS**
The horror element was kinda absent. Jump scares are cheap and I think they don't count as horror atmosphere, but they are there, a lot!
It's a good movie. Just don't take it too seriously like I did, you might end up here writing brainless reviews.
I walked into this movie without much expectations. Its synopsis interested me somehow.
I like B-movies, that's a thing, though they can be a surprise box. Nine Miles Down (2009) is a psychological thriller that will get you thinking.
The plot does a good job on making you wonder everything. At first, when you get to the middle of the movie, you pretty much think that, now, everything is expected. You basically will think that you know what's going on. That's what I thought and how wrong was I!
It gets convoluted. Oh, it does! I must say, at the end, I was just watching brainless, waiting for what could happen or not. I didn't care. They headed for a "at the end, it's up to you to decide whether it is A or it's B", but the job was kinda messy. Some explanations are not convincing at all, which leaves me to believe that they failed to accomplish that "what's real is up to you" kind of thing.
**SPOILER ALERT - BEGINNING** It's stated that Christianson didn't get poisoned by the gas. That doesn't make sense, since she was wandering around with Jack through most of the time. Also, at the end, she said that "she had to play with his hallucinations to get out of there". Who does that? Though, if she's a demon, what's with that regret act?! Besides, how can she be so weak if she's a demon?! See, that's what I was talking about when I said the plot gets convoluted. To be honest, I think she's a demon. To me, it tends more to the demon side than to the hallucination side. **END OF SPOILERS**
The horror element was kinda absent. Jump scares are cheap and I think they don't count as horror atmosphere, but they are there, a lot!
It's a good movie. Just don't take it too seriously like I did, you might end up here writing brainless reviews.