HUSH
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Cast: William Ash, Christine Bottomley Rating: MA15+ for Strong Violence, Coarse Language and Sexual References. Tagline:. Only You Saw It. Only You Can Save Them. DVD Release: October 21, 2009 DVD Special Features: * Original Trailers * Stills Gallery |
Plot Synopsis, Review
A couple on a road trip, delivering posters to pertrol station are shcoekd when they believe they see a woman chained in the back of a truck. After calling the police, they head to their last delivery, and after a big fight, the girl is kidnapped by the truck driver, and now her boyfriend must go against all odds to get his girlfriend back.
Slow. The film is veyr slow, but finally starts to pick up pace, and tension building towards the end. What killed the entire film for me was that when it was all over, we didn't no the motive for the killer/s kidnapping woman and leeping them captive. It was more of a suspenseful thriller, minus the suspense, but filled with tension builders for a few "jumps" here and there. The mood and dramatic relationship between the couple wasn't successful in reeling us in, the mood especially not immediately setting us up like it should. The open-ending was dissapointing, because it would've happened quite a while after the events because a lead character has published a book about "that night". Apart from the main killer, there was two other that I never quite got their roles, because they were in one (maybe two) scenes in the movie.
The plot is somewhat original, but so many films in the past have that "middle-of-nowhere" setting where women are being held captive, and this is no exception. It got quite irritating to watch scenes unfold that the characters in the story could've easily avoided. I know that would make the whole film pointless, but with no motive (that the audience is aware of), I do think it's pointless. A major plot hole is that a lead character's cars tyres have been slashed, so he steals another womans car, but when he ends up back at his car, it drives perfectly.
The acting was watchable, but nothing to brag about. UK people (no offence to them) all sound the same, and sometimes it's even hard to understand what they are saying. 'Will Ash" played the hero, going against all odds for his girlfriend Beth (Christine Bottomley), who is no "Kate Winslet". They both were mediocre in making their relationship seem faultered, and both were terrible at being likeable.
Overall "Hush" is a motiveless thriller, with a few "jump" scenes, but ultimately fails in keeping you interested and enthralled. My rating is 2/5.
Slow. The film is veyr slow, but finally starts to pick up pace, and tension building towards the end. What killed the entire film for me was that when it was all over, we didn't no the motive for the killer/s kidnapping woman and leeping them captive. It was more of a suspenseful thriller, minus the suspense, but filled with tension builders for a few "jumps" here and there. The mood and dramatic relationship between the couple wasn't successful in reeling us in, the mood especially not immediately setting us up like it should. The open-ending was dissapointing, because it would've happened quite a while after the events because a lead character has published a book about "that night". Apart from the main killer, there was two other that I never quite got their roles, because they were in one (maybe two) scenes in the movie.
The plot is somewhat original, but so many films in the past have that "middle-of-nowhere" setting where women are being held captive, and this is no exception. It got quite irritating to watch scenes unfold that the characters in the story could've easily avoided. I know that would make the whole film pointless, but with no motive (that the audience is aware of), I do think it's pointless. A major plot hole is that a lead character's cars tyres have been slashed, so he steals another womans car, but when he ends up back at his car, it drives perfectly.
The acting was watchable, but nothing to brag about. UK people (no offence to them) all sound the same, and sometimes it's even hard to understand what they are saying. 'Will Ash" played the hero, going against all odds for his girlfriend Beth (Christine Bottomley), who is no "Kate Winslet". They both were mediocre in making their relationship seem faultered, and both were terrible at being likeable.
Overall "Hush" is a motiveless thriller, with a few "jump" scenes, but ultimately fails in keeping you interested and enthralled. My rating is 2/5.