Six people wake up in three cells, two in each. A guy (John Pyper-Ferguson) shows up once in a while to take two people out. They are tested in a way. One person is strapped down, while the other person has to role a die in order to see what the outcome will be. This is life and death for them. They all have something in common, but they don't realize this at first. There is Lisa (Emily Hampshire), a gambler who can't seem to win. Mark (Elias Kostas) is a cop about ready to retire. Robert (Fabio Fulco), a millionaire philanthropist. Zach (Karl Pruner), a psychiatrist. Melody (Katie Boland), a teenager battling drug addiction, and other things. And there is also Diane (Patricia McKenzie), a nurse who is struggling with the loss of her daughter.
Die often gets referred to as the poor man's Saw. While I see their point, I also feel that Die is different enough to stand on its own. Saw is all about seeing what extremes a person will go through in order to save themselves, and of course the gore that goes with it. Die takes people, and I hate to say this since I don't want to spoil things, who have tried to kill themselves at some point, and force them to possibly take the life of another. This is a game of chance, but the odds aren't always stacked in their favor. That was one of the problems I had really. The first time the game is played, we see a gun that can hold six shots. With the role of the die, it could have one to six bullets. The odds could be in favor of the person in this case. In another one, the odds was against the person, with just a one in six chance of staying alive. How is it fair to possibly give someone a five in six chance to stay alive, while giving the next person a one in six chance? One thing I really liked is that the person who had to role the die was confronted with the way they tried to kill themselves.
Director Dominic James split the story into three parts. The main story is what is happening with the six people who are going through the trial. There is also small back stories for each of the six. Some of these stories are a little more detailed than others, but they are provide just enough information. On top of all that we have the story of Sofia (Caterina Murino), a cop who is trying to figure out what is going on, but keeps getting road blocked. If this sounds confusing, it really isn't. Each back story is spaced out, and James lets you know when one is about to be told.
There isn't a lot of gore to be found here in Die. The story was more about what each person was going through, in the now and before. The biggest effect was probably seeing someone get shot in the head. The acting was pretty good. I thought that Emily Hampshire, Elias Kostas and Katie Boland was the best of the bunch. Not that anyone was bad really, I just happened to like them the best. I was a little surprised to see some nudity by Hampshire and Boland. There isn't a lot by either one, but it still surprised me some.
While I didn't find Die as interesting as the Saw films, some of them anyway, I didn't find it to be a bad film. While I noticed that the two films were somewhat similar, I didn't sit there complaining it was a Saw ripoff the entire time I was watching it. I didn't find it to be a great film, but if you give it a shot on its own, and not worry about comparing it to the Saw films, you should enjoy it. For a film that is on instant watch, it isn't a bad film to give it a try. It can be thoughtful film at times, but I wouldn't expect anything life changing from it, not like it is for the characters anyway.
3 out of 5 Didn't get what was supposed to be unrated about it
18 comments:
I was a little surprised to see some nudity by Hampshire and Boland. There isn't a lot by either one, but it still surprised me some.
Have they gotten naked in other movies?
Don't know if they have or not. Just wasn't expecting to see any nudity in this film was all.
What percentage, do you think, of slasher flicks have nudity in them? Half? More? Asking an honest question because most nudity in slasher flicks is gratuitous. I know that sounds nuts coming from me but it's an honest opinion.
Happy New Year Heather, have a great 2013 little darlin`.
ALL nudity and sex in ALL movies (irrespective of the genre) is completely gratuitous, pathetic, and unneccessary. Especially now in the age of the internet when there are literally millions of graphic sexual images available at the touch of a button to satisfy even the greediest of masturbatory needs.
Jimmy, it does seem rather absurd in this day and age to be watching a film in the hope that someone in the movie is going to appear naked at some point. That kind of ludicrously out-moded nonsense really does seem like something from the past (thankfully), i cant believe Hollywood is still getting away with their lies and hypocrisy in the time of the internet ! ! !.
teddy crescendo:
It's not all gratuitous. If I wanted to watch porn, I'd watch porn. What's wrong with nudity in a love story/romance, or other genre? Have you ever heard of the real life story that Compliance is based on?
eddie lydecker:
I didn't say I watch every movie expecting that. Hell, the only movies I watch(ed) expecting it are the only Skinemax movies(Shannon Tweed .. Joan Severance .. and so on) of the 90's.
Jimmy, all i`m saying is that Hollywood (even to this day, astonishing as that seems) has always revelled in conning and decieving its audiences, they promise that a specific actress will appear naked at some point in a film and then they simply dont deliver on that promise ! ! !. As i said, i just dont understand why millions of people are still falling for that con and deception, especially now that the internet is there to provide them with the real McCoy ! ! !. Anyone veiwing the internet should be able to realise that all the sexual images available there represents the truth and the future, and Hollywood and the media very much represents lies, hypocrisy, and the past, thats so totally and utterly obvious ! ! !.
Jimmy, the problem is refering to sexual images with the word "pornography" ! ! !. Its an idiotic, out-moded, and ugly sounding word that just helps the liars, hypocrites, and cowards (authorities ! ! !) to demonise the images, when theres nothing evil or bad about them at all. Virtually all Hollywood movies and TV shows are just an endless succession of sexual inuendos and sexual situations, but they still dont deliver the real McCoy, the internet does ! ! !, so why bother with that ludicrously out-moded anachronism called Hollywood anymore ! ?.
Jimmy, why would you want to waste your time anymore with Hollywood movies and TV shows that are still subject to absurd and obsolete laws and censorship when you can have access to something that is completely free of those laws and censorship, THE INTERNET ! ! !.
Jimmy didn`t reply, he obviously knows that Teddy, Eddie, and Jervaise are all absolutely right and that, strickly speaking, theres really nothing more to be said on the subject ! ! !.
What do you want me to say? I've given my opinion. Rehashing the same point I've already made is pointless. Not all nudity has to be porn, and all actresses have things they'll do, or not.
Jimmy, that com-girl-t proves that you really didn`t understand anything with regards to what i was talking about. Dont you understand that American society revolves wholly and exclusively around lies and hypocrisy and that Hollywood and the media are at the very heart of that lies and hypocrisy. Theres one silver lining though, thanks to technology "THE TIME OF LIES, HYPOCRISY, AND SEXUAL REPRESSION" will be brought to a thankful and merciful end with-in the next 20 to 30 years. I dont think i`ll ever get past the rage and bitterness that i feel about having been born into "THE TIME OF LIES, HYPOCRISY, AND SEXUAL REPRESSION" perhaps THE most loathsome and odious period of history to have been born into.
Jervaise:
Take out the first sentence, since I have no idea what you mean, and I agree with everything you say in your most recent comment.
Great to know you agree Jimmy, it proves i`m not the only person in the world who knows "THE TRUTH" ! ! !.
Jervaise:
There is one universal "truth"?
Yes Jimmy, there is. And it is i, Jervaise Brooke Hamster, who will ultimately bestow that truth onto the entire world ! ! !.
Post a Comment