It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Fresh and Exciting

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Did you people see the same film I saw?

This film is a thriller of suspense, thrill and action. Its rating is only 5/10. It is true that the film's heroes are not brilliant names, but they performed their roles in a literal manner. Photography and places were more than wonderful. The bloody sights were above description. The film was realistic and logical. The conclusion of the film was tragic and surprising to all. In conclusion, we thank all who participated in the making of this wonderful film, first director Katamura, which the directors should learn from. Your lover Walid

Saw this recently on a dvd. Been keeping a track of Kitamura's work after having enjoyed his Midnight meat train n No one lives. The best part about this film is the daylight-soaked settings. Most of the action takes place under the scorching sun. There is no hand held camera stuff n even the night scenes were well shot. Another good thing is that the film doesnt waste time n the thrill starts within minutes. Has shades of the awful Carnage Park n also of Roadside n Phonebooth. The violence is excessive, there is solid tension n the editing top notch. The shoot-outs r brutal. It falls into the category of edge of the seat thriller. Not even for a sec I paused the film.

For the first half of the movie, this movie creates suspense, and all that. However the other half is really bad.Lot of things don't make sense1. All of a sudden, the girl could text to their parent ... "she said.. ".. just my parent just in case:".. I thought there was no signal at the area they were.?!!2. All of a sudden, the cops were notified and how did they know it was a sniper or shooter?! I mean, logically, the cops would come up and check around the area and/or the victims. But instead they came out and shoot.3. I mean the shooter never goes to bathroom, eat. He was eating/drinking there all those hours?!This movie is focusing on victims, not anything about the intention about the shooter and I get that. However, at the end, the shooter came out like a big foot. And few close shots he got and he was still like not dead... while the first victim was shot from distance with one shot and dead.The good thing about the movie is that it does not seem to be CGI anyway. the flipping cars and special effect are okay. The acting was so so. But this also gives viewer the creep about going any where. The message is not clear. it basically is about danger everywhere and it may give real nuts some idea about how they prey victims. If you know someone who is mentally disturbed and have guns, don't let him/her see this movie!

I have to say, aside from the bad acting - of which I can't be overly critical about as these are all no-name actors, this film was an edge-of-your-seat suspenseful thriller! There was an overly talkative dragged out boring scene by the one kid, but other than that, the pacing was great, directing on point, the writing/screenplay very well done and the cinematography and editing quite good. The films length was perfect. The gore, although not really necessary, was actually pretty decent to add a horror genre to its name. I'm not sure why some are hating on it - probably comparing it to a big budget Hollywood film, but for a low budget C/B-grade indide film, it was very impressively done! This is a great popcorn flick and I would recommend it. A well deserved 8/10 from me!