The Final

I was expecting something much better, and I have a problem giving it even only three stars. The idea of bullied students who one day put on masks, seize their aggressors and take bloody revenge on them didn’t sound bad at all. The beginning promise to be exactly what I wanted and hoped for, but it’s the characters that kill the film. They don’t behave rationally, or what’s worse, even irrationally – they basically don’t behave at all, as if the events around didn’t concern them! Total apathy and ignorance. And on top of that, people come miraculously back to life! Really, the first time I thought I hadn’t been paying attention. The second time, that I had counted the survivors wrong, but when it happened a third time, I was sure, there were dead characters showing up in later scenes. I had some hopes for a twist that would reveal a non-chronological narration, but alas! It’s just an awful filmmaking mistake. Edit: I’m bringing it down to two… (03/15/2010)