If you
thought that this was just another found footage flick, you thought wrong. Sure,
it has some flaws, but it certainly has a story to back up the concept. It may
not be visible at first but soon you realize that the two brothers, who record
they’re killing spree, has a grand motif. They don’t record their bloody deeds
just for our amusement. In the description of the movie we’re told that director
Jack Thomas Smith just showing us
genuine recordings of the two brothers’ tapes. It would be tempting to believe
that’s the truth but I don’t but it. At most, this is a story based on real
events but I don’t know if even that is true.
Anyway,
we get to follow the two brothers when the break in to a victims house after another.
At first it seems just random but soon you realize that they have a real agenda
and a goal with what they’re doing. I could describe it for you but I don’t
think I won’t. It’ll take some of the suspense away from the experience. Let’s
just say it has something to do with their upbringing to do. There are clear
morals told here and there and what is right and wrong is sometimes somewhat
debatable. What about vengeance? Is that excusable if it comes to punish those
who did you wrong in the past?
At times
it’s a really bloody experience but I think you should look past the blood and
focus on the morals that are told. There are doubts among the brothers if what
they’re doing is really right. But in the end it’s justifiable by they’re
pasts. That’s one way of looking at it anyway. You might find another answer
for yourself when you see it. In short, it’s about a tragic upbringing and what
lies beneath.
I really
like the idea as it’s a subject that lies close to my heart. There may not be
the best the actors around, not from the victims anyway. But I can live with
that. I would have preferred it if they could show fear on a higher lever for
instance. But I’ll settle for less when the story has such a depth.
7/10
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