13Hrs (2012)

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Having left home for a job in Los Angeles, "Sarah Tyler" (Isabella Calthorpe) returns to Great Britain for a family reunion. Although the family dynamics aren't quite as good as she would like them to be she soon gets reacquainted with her four half-brothers and a former friend named "Emily" (Gemma Atkinson) who are getting quite drunk in a nearby barn. The problem is that there is a full moon on the rise and with that a werewolf has come into their midst and proceeds to bring death and havoc in its wake. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie had a good premise but it was seriously limited by exceedingly poor special effects. Additionally, the family drama was laid on a bit too thick and hampered the film as well. Again, it had potential but it simply failed to measure up to it. In any case, I didn't quite care for this particular movie and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

13HRS is a low budget British werewolf film dressed up as an obscure teen horror. It's also one of the worst-written films I've watched in a while, with a storyline consisting entirely of a group of annoying teen characters trapped in a clichéd creepy old house with a werewolf on the loose, running around and killing them one by one. There are twists of sorts here in a bid to enliven the narrative but the combination of lacklustre writing and poor direction help to sink it from the start.It's also an irritatingly noisy film in which the werewolf attack scenes are a jumble of loud effects and disjointed editing. The director also has STRIPPERS VS. WEREWOLVES on his resume so you can see where he's going with that. The characterisation is nil, the dialogue is lowbrow and the actors unlikeable. The main draws are Gemma Atkinson (in a low cut top, naturally) and Tom Felton, who's barely in it. Sadly, this was the last feature for the late, great Simon MacCorkindale, who has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo right at the outset.

Oh no, not again a werewolf ...The only positive thing about this movie is that the werewolf appears really soon in the beginning. Daughter dear returns from the U.S. She meets (with a British coolness) her father. Joins a drinking party with her annoying stepbrothers. And after going to the mansion, the spectacle can start and of we go for a hellish slasher story.Now about the negative points. Well there are too many to mention. There is totally no introduction or any history about the family. The rendition of a number of brothers and the bitchy girlfriend is completely irritating. No explanation where the creature suddenly comes from. Very poor and unconvincing performances. Their actions are completely ridiculous given the situation they are in. Apparently these British youngsters enjoy themselves a lot and think it's tremendously exciting as their family is massacred. It's so exciting that despite the threat of being teared into pieces by the phenomenon that wanders around the house, the son has the irresistible urge to try to get his busty girlfriend excited. Terribly bad special effects and sickening stroboscopic effects. This movie is a mockery of the werewolf genre if you compare it with "An American Werewolf" and its magnificent transformation scene. The grimage at the end is distressing and the ending is terribly bad.Someone described it masterfully like this : No tension, no pace, no catch phrases, no humour, no wit and unfortunately no "horror". I rest my case ! Conclusion : a boring and annoying film, with the sole purpose to show a chain of slasher-movie effects, which were also terribly visualized.More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/

I was going to give this a much lower rating, but the last 10 - 15 minutes or so of the film changed my mind - slightly. The ending really saves the film, however it still wasn't worth more than the 4 stars I'm giving. The twist at the end was a surprise for me, I love twists in films, so on those grounds I suppose the film was successful (although it didn't seem well thought out); however one huge problem with this film - and probably the main reason as to why I just couldn't enjoy the film was the acting. Oh it was terrible. So, so terrible. The mixture of posh English accents, insults and swearing, combined with average acting (at best) and irritating characters makes the film difficult to enjoy. I couldn't take the acting seriously. Another problem I had with this film was that the brief character introductions made it difficult to distinguish the relationships between each of them. Problems aside, the idea of this film is pretty good. I just think it was let down by characters, acting, filming, and writing. I didn't really get a huge feel of 'low budget', I just don't think that the film overall was very good. You can't blame low budget for that.