The Tunnel (2011)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Such a frustrating disappointment

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I gave this movie a chance since most of the reviews were quite positive. Even though I am not really into the found footage genre that much I thought I could give it a shot.Well I kind of regret it.The movie felt like it needed almost an hour to build up the whole story about who and what these people were trying to film and just the whole thing didn't make a lot of sense.Weird spooky things in some tunnels that kill (or eat) people or something? I did not quite get it. There was no explanation whatsoever. Only weird things messing with the protagonists and bad documentary styled footage in between action.The acting was also cringeworthy and the German dub (maybe the English voices are good I do not know) made everything look like a cheap student project.If you like stuff like The Blair Witch Project you might enjoy this but I certainly didn't.

Please, please, please, please, please don't watch this movie!!!! Let me tell you what I experienced as I watched this movie....Husband is gone for the night... yes.. horror movie night tonight!!!! I am the sickest, most earnest horror movie lover girl... then I put this horrible movie on... dear god, I have to say, this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen!!! I would have put that in caps! And I totally go for underrated horror movies!!!! When I was about 25 minutes in, I kept the movie rolling and had to write this review. Listen, I want my four bucks back from Amazon, and I want to implore other horror movie lovers not to watch this crap. It really is crap. I like a lot of terrible horror movies to my delight... usually... Yet, it was so boring that I actually had to write this badly written movie review, JUST to tell you how bad it was. There is nothing happening... it is an obviously fake documentary movie, but not even on a good way!!! It has no appeal, no scary parts whatsoever!!!! I am so angry that I have wasted my time with this movie that I am truly bummed, and I shouldn't be this mad, because I am. I normally write really thoughtful movie reviews, but this one really did it to me. Don't watch it! Save your time and life11!! Ugh!! (Phew!)

Or was this just awful? Derivative to the point of parody but not self aware enough to play it for laughs. The lack of any spark of originality would be alright if it weren't also utterly unconvincing at almost every step. Add to that a framing device that sucks all the tension out of the drama and you're left wondering what the writers were thinking. It's hard to blame the actors as there's not much to work with, but they manage to either barely register or irritate. What frustrated most is that the setting is genuinely creepy and they even manage one good scene, but it's way too little, way too late. A few seconds of atmosphere in a seemingly endless ninety minutes of dreary exposition and aimless, hysterical panic is not enough. God only knows why the average rating is so high on here. Are people accidentally rating the TV series of the same name? Or have they been threatened with a sequel if they don't inflate their grade? Please don't make a follow up ... this was already a massive number two.

After hearing stories of homeless people living in the vast tunnel system that is below the city, and some reportedly going missing, politicians in Sydney suddenly scrap plans of using the tunnels as a water-recycling plant but they deny why the plans were scrapped. Upon hearing this, a journalist, along with three members of her film crew, decide to investigate the story. During the crew's investigation it soon becomes apparent that someone - or something - is stalking them, and it all quickly becomes a fight for survival.This movie is shot documentary style by showing footage that had been recovered from the investigation along with two of the crew members - cameraman Steve Miller and journalist Natasha Warner - retelling their stories of what happened to them. It is actually all very convincingly done and even though you know it's not real, it does make you think at times if the incidents actually DID happen.The creep factor for this movie is actually really good, and because it's shot from a first person's perspective, you get drawn into what is happening...you actually feel as if you're lost in the huge labyrinth of tunnels with the news crew. There are a good few moments you get to see what is stalking the crew but you never get a full-on clear view. However I think that's a good thing because this film is not about gore and what you can see...it plays on the fear of imagination and what is lurking in the dark. Sometimes what you don't see is much scarier than what you can see.Now, we all know that this style of movie has been done before - for example REC, Quarantine, and the superb Blair Witch Project - but if you enjoy these kinds of POV horror movies then there will be a very good chance that you'll enjoy The Tunnel. Definitely recommended.