It tries too hard to be clever by showing things in a non linear timeline. For the first 40 minutes or so, we see nothing but a couple of boring, unlikable people heading to a house in the woods and bickering.
From the get go, you feel that these two people are weird and not normal. In fact I hated them long before the reveal came to show who and what they actually were. At the 40 minute mark is where things pick up....but only a bit though.
Bad things happen (I won't spoil)---and then we go back to the beginning and the film replays the first 40 minutes from a different viewer perspective. It should work, but it doesn't at all and fell with a huge thud for me.
I love both horror and revenge stories, but this was shown in a way that tries too hard to be clever with the non linear telling of the story. Had it been told in a linear way though, it still would be just 3 stars for me because in the end...there's just no point or motive for what happens.
It's thankfully short at 1 hour and 18 minutes, but man those first 40 minutes feel like twice the length because it's so boring. I don't know why i'm even giving this 3 stars---probably because I managed to sit through it to the end lol. I don't recommend this one.
Review of Fractured
