Some professional gamers lock themselves in a building after a games convention in order to play the ultimate game of life and death. "What's the point of playing if you can't die?" is a repeated quote throughout this film, but you'll be thinking "What's the point of watching if you can't enjoy it." It looks like cheap digital camera work, and some of the shots are simply laughable and staged. When the camera takes on the perspective of a door, it becomes rather head scratching. The plot has been done so many times before, best of all in Cube (watch that). I'd rather be playing a game than watching this. It gets 1 1/2 stars mostly for being short.
6 Reviews
Worst Dutchhorror movie ever.
w_imdb-17627 November 2006
This movie is really horrible. Again its a try to make a Dutch horror movie, and again is a total failure. Hollands best gamers are going to a big game convention where a new game is presented. A game where you play with your own life, no computer, just you. Each gamer gets a textmessage with the message: ''Stay in the building, play the game, and win 1.000.000 euros''. They stay in this big dark building, not knowing what the game is about. As the film continues the gamers find out that the game is to kill each other, knowing this they find each other and the killing begins. This movie is really the worst Dutchhorror movie ever. Its fake, a unrealistic story and really bad acting. My score is a 1 out of 10.
a low-budget horror film that is actually quite nice to look at .
mwrene25 June 2007
Complexx might be worth a viewing for someone looking to get a few thrills. It's short enough to keep you interested and a lot better than some of the other horror duds that have come out in the last few months. The film has a really nice look to it (especially for a low-budget ), the director and cinematographer clearly know their stuff, with a quite colorful look to it all. Also, the opening scenes of the film are quietly tense, we know something is going to happen, but aren't sure what or when. It is one of the few Dutch horror films that have actually surprised me and kept me guessing right up until the end.
Great fun, no pretensions
maartenvankrimpen27 August 2007
A movie which made my day...great fun! A group of young people enter the last level of a new adventure game, and get stalked by an anonymous killer. There's no more plot or story lines, just this nice stalk'n slash horror movie. With a very effective openings sequence, some really nice cinematography and a couple of scenes which are really tense, but with no pretensions whatsoever. I wish Holland made more of this no-brainer pictures, I'm getting bored by all the serious arthousedramas. I'm not saying this film has no flaws (the actors won't win an Oscar for this and sometimes it's hard to hear what they're saying), but it's just fun to watch, and highly underrated.
exciting and scary
xxlformats28 November 2006
I saw this picture on a big screen in Utrecht and on DVD and loved it. The acting was alright and the story original, but sometimes complicated. There are a lot of details in the movie about the dangers of gaming. The main character is an unknown actress with beautiful eyes and she did well for a débutante. The movie was shot in 22 days with a budget of 50.000 euro, but it looks like a professional movie with a big budget. I wonder what this director could do if he had a big budget.The music was not original but very scary. The photography was also nice and on big screen this HD movie is very sharp and has beautiful colors.
One of the best looking low budget movies ever!
zerolimit-15 May 2007
That this film was produced for about 50.000 and shot in 19 days is almost unbelievable. Whatever you think about this movie the director and cinematographer did achieve more than other filmmakers with a million dollar or more. The movie doesn't go deep, but is well entertaining and exciting till the end. A nice plot also at the end. You have to watch this movie twice to discover all the hidden facts in the shots. The acting is good enough and Sander Foppele plays a splendid dark role. The story could have been better, but for a low budget film it looks technical surprisingly good. Hope to hear more from this guys.
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews
