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Unfriended (2014)


Social Media is a huge part of our lives.  It keeps us connected to friends and family, and news.  It allows us to share our lives with a multitude of people.

But, it has a dark side as well.

Blaire Lily and her friends are talking on Skype, when a mysterious seventh person logs in.  Soon, they learn that they are the target of a vengeful killer determined to expose their roles in the suicide of a fellow classmate... even if it means killing them one by one...

This is going to be a fairly short review.

Why?

Because this movie isn't very good.  Period.

The concept is interesting, but is also heavily influenced by movies like "I Know What You Did Last Summer".  Interesting, but overused.

The characters aren't very sympathetic from the start- except for maybe Blaire.  They're all just callous, self-centered shits.  Their "secrets", ultimately aren't very shocking because you're already convinced that they would do such mean-spirited things to begin with.  Even the killer isn't very sympathetic, despite the "righteousness" of their vengeance.  You're not rooting for anybody to survive.  At all.  You just want it to end.

The acting, when the performers are on screen isn't bad.  It's not good, but it's not bad.  It's... meh.

The camera work is also pretty dull, but that's understandable since it's mostly using webcams.  I could handle that.  What I had a hard time with was when it was just the computer screen, and Blaire was going from window to window, etc.  It looked fake.  It felt fake.  It looked cheap.  It felt cheap.

Worse thing of all is they ended it on a cheesy, cheap, poorly done jump scare.  Just fuck you, movie.

Other than this review, "Unfriended" won't be shared by me on Social Media... which lands it in "The Ugly".

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