LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003)

To me, this movie is perfection.

good back-story, and good acting

Better Late Then Never

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This thriller is far from thrilling. The movie opens with animal rights types going on a sort of commando raid to free a bunch of bunnies and kitties from an animal research facility. One of them is caught by the cops and he winds up in some sort of facility for mind experiments. Apparently he volunteered. His friends decide to raid the facility, this time to free their friend because they feel guilty for leaving him in the first raid. This ad hoc team is made up of mostly morons and hotheads who exhibit absolutely no ability to cope with the situation when they find themselves trapped in the basement of the facility. One minute they're lighting up a doobie and dreaming happily amid clouds of smoke, and the next they're shouting hysterically and at each others throats. They can't reason, they can't plan; all they do is make sarcastic remarks and start fistfights with each other, and worse. The setting is minimal-- an industrial basement with a lot of colored electric cables strung around. There seems to be a supernatural force stalking them, but its nature is not explained. Mostly the movie drags as they wander stupidly through the spooky corridors muttering nonsense. The only positive thing I could find in this movie was the fact that they did not use bundles of cheap plastic tubing from the hardware store to decorate the set. One of the major problems with this is that there is no explanation given as to what's going on: we don't know what kind of experiments are being conducted, who's behind them, what were their purpose. The operators of the facility are all gone, perhaps killed or just fled. We never find out. One character, who seems to know a bit more than the rest, explains they they were creating "biometric emanations" or some such nonsense. In the end we find out who's behind some of the strange poltergeist events we've been seeing, but we are still in the dark about how the whole thing works. Very little is explained. One of the characters gets bitten by a rat and after that goes off his nut, but we don't know if it's some infection the rat gave him or if he's picking up some supernatural radio signals on the steel plate in his skull, or if he was just crazy from the beginning. Science fiction as well as tales of the supernatural have to have some basic ground rules about how the fictional or fantastic world is supposed to work. In this kind of plot we expect the big design to be revealed, maybe little by little, so that in the end everything is clear. But that's the problem--we never know. It looks like they made up the plot as they were filming. There should be some snappy dialogue and coherent action for a low budget movie like this, but the plot drags horribly, interrupted by scenes of senseless violence. Miss it.

Where to begin with this debacle? The cast were poor, not a single mediocre performance if you combined all their talents.Melanie Brown (of former spice girls fame) does her best to be annoying northerner. Her thick gormless accent ripping through any notion of script or character. Why couldn't someone have paid her to sing her lines? Trust me it would have been better than listening to her speak.The main plot is strictly B movie fare, and there is no real idea of what this movie is. Is it a horror? (if so shouldn't it be scary?) is it a thriller? (then shouldn't it be exciting or have some surprise?) Is it sci-fi? (then shouldn't there be more mention of this concept - instead of slapping it on at the end) The writer Mr De Selva should be ashamed of profiting from such a bland, pointless story. But alas there is no more shame in collecting a paycheck for which one does not deserve.

Dude this movie was HILARIOUS!!! its about this dude, and he couldn't find his car.Sorry wrong movie but same intellectual level. Like the teen comedy "Dude, Where's My Car", "LD 50 Lethal Dose" bravely seeks the lowest rung of its genre's (in this case sci-fi, sort of) intelligence ladder. The only positive outcome is the possibility that first-time writer Matthew McGuchan is now ashamed enough about his sad screenplay to seek a permanent career in the food service industry.Basically "LD 50 Lethal Dose" is what you would have if someone tried to remake 1970's "The Andromeda Strain" under a lot of budget constraints. Speaking of budgets, can anyone find the $8 Million allocated to this movie? Very little of even that modest amount makes it to the screen. And speaking of mysteries, how did they manage to find that kind of financing for this turkey?"LD 50 Lethal Dose" has the same production design concept as the two "Saw" movies and "The Hole"; find an abandoned industrial building, go inside, and roll camera. But even though this particular claustrophobic set has more potential than the others, the finished product is not even remotely in their league. A few artsy interior shots can't salvage a premise this lame or a script this staggeringly bad.If you enjoy life on the bottom rung of the sci-fi ladder you would be better served by something that at least has some innate charm (insert "Godzilla" here). "LD 50 Lethal Dose" might have eventual parody potential but I am not masochistic enough to watch it again for confirmation.Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

"Lethal Dose 50" is a stylish British production that deserves a view. It's a for sure a great and pleasure full time killer. The cast isn't that well known, although maybe the spice girl " Melania Brown" could be a recognizable face. The director of this horror SF flick, "Simon De Selva" sets a pretty impressive movie onto your screen as first time director! The tension is superb and of a perfect level. The director knew how to put in the suspense moments at just the right and perfect time. Acting is of a decent quality though can't be called amazing but actually I think that was for sure not needed into this flick. Everyone played their part to best of their ability and in which they succeeded for sure. Sometimes I did spot some "28 Days Later" links into the film but it never annoyed me in anyway. It didn't interfere into this flick in a negative way. The music is good and adds by times that certain needed drive to get some scenes, even the whole movie into a certain gear so it starts rolling onto your screen and creates that great feeling of being locked onto your screen. Which also gives that extra power onto these "jump chair" scenes. Where into this movie one is to be found for sure!Not as great as "28 Days Later" but for sure much better as "Dogsoldiers"! A' kinda must see if you're in for a foreign filled film evening.Dario/ 7.5 outa 10.