Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
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To me, this movie is perfection.
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Blistering performances.
The best thing about this movie is the sets. They are insane! But the movie itself is not that good and is not really a horror movie, it's more of a comedy. The main problem with it was the characters talking like hipsters all the time. I actually used to hang out with a group of friends who would have loved this... and I can already bet they've seen it five times already. AT LEAST!But not a 2 or 3 like other reviewers are saying. The set design alone is worth a 5. If you are hipster watch it, if not, you may not like it.
Summary (no spoilers)This movie is about an artist Dave who has not achieved any success in life ends up building a fort in his living room only to get trapped by the bizarre pitfalls, booby traps and a creature of his own creation.My Review (no spoilers)The plot of this movie was a complete disaster. It had a promising start but ended up really stupid seriously how this could be made into a movie. There was very little adventure, not so funny comedy and last but not the least no horror. None of the actors did a convincing job. If this was there plan of making a movie then they could have added one more genre to the movie called fantasy. The fort he built looked like a dump in his living room and he enters inside to find it like a mansion inside. It also had a predictable and boring ending to the movie. the movie should have been named as "Dave took a dump".My RecommendationNo Stay Away while you can don't do the same mistake that I did.My Rating0/10
Watching Dave Made a Maze was a blast :) The film has a simple yet clever premise, which allows the set design(the maze itself) to take the main role and to amuse the audience. I loved the cardboard art(the style kinda reminded me of the awesome 'otherside' clip by RHCP) and found myself sucked into each new chamber explored.The film as a hole does not take it self seriously at all and that is a huge plus. It really makes the corkiness and the nonsense shine.Also, I felt that the short length of the film fit perfectly to the given premise.Finally, the dialogue had some funny punches, but for the most part just drove us onward into the well crafted maze(and did a pretty solid job at it), yet I would like to point out that there is one monologue in the middle that I would not easily forget. Adding a lot of depth to the craziness.I hope to see more from the film makers. Highly recommended!
Annie (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) comes home and discovers a large cardboard box in her living room. Her boyfriend Dave (Nick Thune) is inside the box and can't find his way out. She protests at the stupidity of it all and eventually some friends with camera equipment show up and likewise can not fathom the issue...until they all enter the maze. As Dave says, "It's a lot bigger on the inside." Technically it is a labyrinth with traps and a Minotaur. Some of the rooms appeared to be inspired from movie scenes, but not an homage. The cardboard set was clever and must have took a while to make up. It is clearly a cult film, and one that if it was made in the 60's would be called either a stoner film or an acid film. It is so idiotic it is clever.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. Not for everyone.