Evidence (2013)

Good concept, poorly executed.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This is another found footage film mixed with a bit of CSI with a bit of Usual Suspects mixed in. In a way it reminded me of the film The Task, in that something that happens later in the film renders what came before totally annoying.We being by seeing a crime scene, full of body parts and such like, and it's down to the guy out of True Blood to look through all the footage, camera phones etc, to get to the bottom of what happened etc.Flashing back, we get a Cloverfield type introduction to everyone involved, then a bit of flashing back and forth being the cops, spewing out their usual stuff about editing, and back to the found footage, that has people running around and screaming while we can't see anything (something that became really tiresome around the time of...what? Blair Witch?) I'm thinking that the old found footage genre is a bit limited, so I can't really fault that film makers for trying at least to play with folk's expectations, but then again they could have come up with at least a better conclusion! Not only is this a 'Oh, Come on!' ending, but it had me wondering why the killers even bothered in the first place.Also, the cops would have to watch the footage in exactly the order that the killers intended the cops too, which is a bit much to swallow. And where did the last clip come from? Pish. and Pish.

I enjoyed this movie despite its many flaws. I was entertained from beginning to end. It's one of those you'd appreciate more the second time around because there's a lot of hints and clues.Pros: Caitlin Stasey is gorgeous. Awesome intro scene. Creative. Has details that hint the ending (rewatchability). My god Caitlin Stasey is beautiful.Cons: Some actors were great while others were terrible. The ending seems anticlimactic. Several unrealistic scenes. Not very thrilling or suspenseful. Seriously horrendous camera work (the found footage is even better). Not enough Caitlin Stasey (she's behind the camera too much)!

It's a found footage slasher movie with an ending twist toward the most unlikely possibility, which, these days is actually expected. Thus the plot outsmarts itself. It's also a another "girl power" power trip film. Haven't we just about worn out that plot device? This film will cause viewers to literally become ill. In many scenes the camera spins around the police video analysis room so quickly most viewers will either have to look away or get sick. But that's not all! Strange camera effects kick the film off with several minutes of paused video not unlike a video game where the player can stop world time and all movement. I nearly stopped watching 'Evidence' about five minutes in; it's a shame I failed to do that. Character wise we've got an annoying British accented female with a camera (what found footage film doesn't have an annoying individual on a camera?), an annoying up-and-coming actress who from her first appearance is very obviously in love with herself, her whiny, annoying boyfriend, an annoying Russian dancer with thankfully just a few heavily accented lines, a grungy looking army wife who does little more than scowl (annoyingly), and a grumpy bus driver who ought to be able to kick some serial killer butt, but never does, of course. Oh yeah, there's an oriental teen who seemed like he could be comic relief but he dies right away. Yes, I did attempt to make the above paragraph as annoying as possible to read in order to convey the spirit of the effect 'Evidence' will have on you. What happens? Cops analyze found footage in hopes of solving a string of brutal murders in the Nevada desert. Most of the film involves the viewer watching this found footage from various victims' video recording devices which amounts to--when pieced together--a low budget slasher movie. This is yet another movie where a group of stranded (fill in the blank) take shelter in a run down structure middle of nowhere and rather than even consider fighting back, cower together after the first murder. The way these "characters" were written to behave suggests some kind of horrifying supernatural thing on the loose. Instead of something cool like that, we end the film with ... frankly ... the stupidest possible solution to the watered down mystery posed by its so called plot. Please, do yourself a favor and avoid this one. Otherwise, the only entertainment to be had (the camera spin will still make you sick), is to make fun of 'Evidence' by staging your own episode of Mystery Science Theater.

*Review Contains Slight Spoiler But Does Not Ruin The Movie*I constantly say im done with found footage films yet I always end up watching more, I dislike them about 80% of the time but for some reason I keep punishing myself. "Evidence" seemed promising when I started it. Solid start, decent acting for this type of film, and a some what interesting plot. But then we dive into the "found footage" portion of the film which is a complete mess. Its basically just a jumble of scenes focused around people trapped at a old gas station getting murdered. This wouldn't be so bad if the camera didn't shake so much during all the good parts, preventing us from even really knowing whats going on.The last 15 minutes is definitely the movies strong point, if the rest of the film would have been more like this I could have gotten on board a bit more. "Evidence" manages to pull off a 4/10 simply because of the finale.