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hyped garbage

Did you people see the same film I saw?

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

We have two FBI agents attending small town America where a family has been slaughtered. The local police are to put it mildly dysfunctional, shooting out the wheels of passing cars out of boredom and then hassling the poor occupants. The twist is pretty obvious but does not take away from the film. The leads are excellent Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman, the rest of the cast contribute to a taught, claustrophobic movie. The violence is graphic but not over the top. The budget was $3,500,000 compare this to the absolutely abysmal Unfinished Business which had a budget of $35,000,000 which shows good movies can be made if not exactly on the cheap but a realistic amount for a modern film.

Jen Lynch 's Surveillance is a twisted, unnerving piece of psychological horror that fries your synapses with uncomfortably bizarre characters and a sketchy, voyeuristic tone that bores right through your comfort zone into a place of primal terror. On a desolate stretch of highway, several brutal murders occur, perpetrated by two nasty masked fiends. The few people in the area include a vacationing family who are terrorized by two deplorably bored, perverted 'police officers' (one of whom, weirdly enough, is played by French Stewart). The local police captain (Michael Ironside) calls the bureau for help, and two FBI agents arrive, played by a silky Bill Pullman, and a vigilant, enigmatic Julia Ormond. They interview the involved parties, including the daughter of the family (Ryan Simpkins, scarily good). I won't say any more about the story itself. The tone of the film is one of constant clammy dread, and director Lynch churns the cogs of suspense to dizzying speeds of sickly tension. The third act revelations provide juicy, psycho-sexual scenes for the actors to bask in, some of which will disturb you to your core. It's not a pretty affair, but it grabs you with its alluring spell of asylum worthy shenanigans, and doesn't let go til the final frame.

In case you don't know, the writer/director of 'Surveillance' is Jennifer (daughter of renowned master of the surreal David) Lynch. So, if you've seen anything from Blue Velvet to Mullholland Drive (or any other of 'Daddy' Lynch's work, you'll probably know what to expect from his offspring.Like her father, she delves deep into places most of us would rather not go. Here, two FBI agents arrive in a small town, hot on the trail of a couple of wanted serial killers. Unfortunately, they're too late to stop a spree of killings, but do their best to piece together the carnage from the handful of survivors who have made it out alive.The characters are a wide and varied bunch, but, what unites them is that they're all pretty unlikable. Yes, there is a little girl who brings a touch of innocence to the film and – rightly so – she even won an award for her performance. But the rest of them are pretty dark – even the ones who you're supposed to root for! Much of the tale is told through the eyes of the survivors, making the film mainly a series of flashbacks which are open to interpretation.You get a fair amount of (what I'd call) 'Pulp Fiction-esque' dialogue which shows us more about the characters, rather than speeds the plot along. This can either work well, or drag the story along. I'm glad to say that it does the job here. Again, like her father, the dialogue is pretty cringe worthy to listen to, largely due to its content and how awkward and uncomfortable it makes the (few innocent) characters feel.However, unlike David Lynch's films, this one is a little more straight forward. His tend to be very open to interpretation, whereas Surveillance has a definitely 'beginning, middle and end.' Yes, it can be a little jumbled sometimes, but you shouldn't have any trouble keeping up, especially if you're in the mood for something very dark and twisted.

Was difficult watching to the end, surprise is saving the movie. I found the movie useless, and i just can't find any interest in making this one. The technique and actors are perfect, the plot is not so bad... I just don't want anymore of this deviant, free and meaningless violence. I watch a lot of movies of different genres, but this one is the one too much, I ask movie makes to stop, and then now find IDEAS please!! Sureillance feels empty and bestial, where interesting characters focus on making fun out of killing people, or driving them to kill each other, and then manipulate, leading to more killing. This movie is so bad i will keep in mind as perfect sample of what i don't want in a movie.