Best movie of this year hands down!

Purely Joyful Movie!

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

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.

College kids on vacation in Germany decide to do some thrill seeking. They do this by enlisting a tour guide that takes them underground through the various tunnels built during the time of Nazi Germany. The movie sounds strangely like something out of "So far Above, As Below". However, the premise is slightly different as it follows along the lines of Hostel. Some foreshadowing leads the audience into a sense of false belief as to what will happen and the movie plays out nicely to effect. The entire movie was no surprise once all was revealed; but I couldn't help but be left with wondering if there shouldn't have been more or if the movie shouldn't have been longer. I recommend the movie to those that like the "Saw" and "Hostel" series; otherwise the gore may be a bit too much.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=8025).

I was astonished by how intrigued I was with the story, and how invested I became in the well-being of the characters. This is a tough film to watch, and is only going to appeal to those who enjoy a good slasher flick. With that said, in spite of the rather derivative material, and a few plot holes, it's wicked good stuff. It's not a film I would watch again. It was hard to take! But it kept me on the edge of my seat, and rooting for the good guys. I was utterly terrified of the bad guy. I have always been willing to suspend disbelief for a chance to escape into an alternate universe for ninety minutes Once you get to the end of the ride, you will be relieved to get out and return to the real world. Unless you live in hell. The villain haunts my nightmares to this day. I'd like to see him on you tube or in an interview, being himself just once. He's that convincing and upsetting. I had to repeat "it's only a movie" at several points in this journey. Sometimes, that's all you really want from a film. To briefly forget that it's not real. I lost my sense of time and place, and felt like I was witnessing a crime. So while this movie carries no message beyond stranger danger, and may not deviate from the formula, it follows the formula with style, it packs a powerful punch in the gut, it does what we expect from a film like this, and does it better than most. The acting and production values surely set it apart from the others in this genre.You will be horrified, to be sure. Not for the faint of heart. I gave it six stars for lack of originality (plot). A great effort, a weak plot. Worth at least one trip to the horror section, if you enjoy these "slasher" films.

Not much to add to the title - that's just the way it is. The enactment/staging of the movie is - in my opinion - kinda great, good actors, nice lighting, o.k. camera handling. But now the missing 6 stars - this is partly based on my taste and partly the director's fault.First of all, I'm not a fan of horror, "torture-porn", gore and such at all, I watched this movie rather "accidentally". Well, there are great horror movies, this one is set in my home town and I'm interested in that exploring stuff, so I gave it a try. Unfortunately, this movie degrades itself to a C-title due to the use of these worn-out, standardized, boring, predictable default clichés like: Why do these people act so stupid? Why don't they kill him securely as they have the chance? Why are they so incredibly unskillful and overwhelmed in every situation? -.- It's a pain in the *** watching this over and over again. Can't directors come up with good horror ideas that are NOT based on these defaults?The second major problem is the actual lack of a story. There are basic approaches, but nothing really fits. This might be typical for the genre - well, this is mainly the reason I don't like these movies. But if there is a psychotic killer, a good movie can skillfully show why and with what reason he does this stuff. This is hardly explained here, maybe some traumatizing-history-psycho-stuff, but nothing justifying such a behavior. The end scenes let the viewer wait for some kind of twist, but nothing happens. The psycho is the almighty bad boy and prepared for everything, so not even 5 or more people stand a chance against him. Of course. And let me tell you: Berlin underground stations are not THAT empty at night, for sure not.The logical consequence - if the exploration leader survives, which is not exactly shown - would be a special forces operation into the villain's underground base (I'd like to see that as an epilogue ^^). But this is left open like every bit of... reason in this movie. Kinda sad because the acting, lighting and stuff, like mentioned, is really well done.Let me add that the lack of subtitles in the version I watched was more positive than negative for me as I speak English and German fluently. This gives the movie a nice realistic touch.

I loved it and hated it at the same time to be honest. I loved it because I am biased in favour (yes, I am British and spell it this way) of Movies set in underground locations so this was a 'must watch' for me although I am not usually a fan of slasher/hunter style horror. This Movie is, as some as pointed out, not exactly 'original', show me a Horror Movie made in the last decade that IS 'original'? However, the film plot runs at a good pace, has an interesting story and lots of gore (one scene of which was too much for me to stomach despite having seen all the Hostel and Saw Movies without flinching....much). I hated it because of the total predictability of the main male character failing to finish off the bad guy when he had the opportunity (not listed this as a spoiler because it's pretty much a given with a Movie like this), the female character could have done the job herself here but she, also, failed to do so (no surprise there) but this is par for the course with most horror flicks so c'est la vie! This Movie is most certainly worth a viewing, it is no masterpiece but it is miles better than most of the crud available at the moment.