Did you people see the same film I saw?

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Started off really, really well - I was hooked and even had to pause it whilst I went away for a weewee and quick cuppa tea. >;o)I came back and then it just descended into trash. I wont even try to descibe the rest other than that I havent a clue how to.Poor old Val Kilmer has hit the bargain basement bucket along with Ron Perlman, Lance Henriksen, John Cusack, Christian Slater and sadly Nicolaus Cage.My question is really where did the $7,000,000 that it cost to make this tragedy go - I surmise Val Kilmers pocket!Do your self a favour and bypass this one its an hour and half wasted.

I just finished watching this and I was quite pleasantly surprised at how well done it was. Sure, both Val Kilmer and William Sadler were completely wasted and did MAYBE a DAY'S worth of work between them. But, honestly, everything about the film was solid and done with a nice slow sense of building suspense.The one thing that I REALLY appreciated, which I feel is quite rare in these low-budget films, is that the acting was actually decent and restrained instead of amateurishly going over the top or just plain ruining it as many do. It took a little while to get going, but still overall I feel that it was well constructed. YES, the story is extremely straight forward and simple, but still done well. And, I also liked how the stronger Horror elements were done in the last act; pretty effective for what it was...NO, they didn't give you a whole lot to go on and did not really explain very much; but, I think they gave you enough to figure out what was going on, especially in the ending credits : ) That really wasn't so much the point as just enjoying the actual outworking of the story, I would say.So, if you are in the mood for a nice little suspenseful Thriller, you should enjoy this movie just fine. Just ignore all the petty know-it- all haters out there who expect GOD knows WHAT in their films...I do wonder though...... just how much DOES Val Kilmer make in these hit-and-run films that he does? Seriously, I'm DYING to know! : )

This movie was such a disappointment.In the start i was really exited about the plot, 2 fresh mens going to school.1 of the kids " Nathan" get teased by a bully and spills food over the "Jerks" of the school, therefor a little conflict is starting, but an gym teacher comes between it and makes sure the Jerks get detention.Afterwards the kid " Nathan" waits for his sister " Holly " and her cheer leading practice. While Nathan is waiting the Jerks are finished with detention and get the interest of Nathan about talking cars, en go for a ride.At this point i was really excited, because this could have gone so many ways. But guess what happens, they play the game "Are u a coward" against a freaking truck, Nathan pisses his self, goes to a gas station and disappear.After less then a minute searching they decided he disappeared and the movie fast forwarded to 3 years after.And the movie is done, no story, no explanations. If the goal of the writer was the leave allot of "questions" he sure did a good thing calling the movie Riddle and putting a question mark on the disc cover.The only link i could get between the name of the movie, was that it happened in a village called " Riddle "1 Star, because i couldn't give less

"Riddle" is a fun thriller that catches your attention early and keeps it throughout. Elisabeth Harnois plays Holly, a high-school girl with a younger brother who suffers from Thompson's Disease. One day, he disappears and she is, of course, devastated.Cut to three years later. She is back from college helping out with the Farmer's Market when she becomes convinced she has seen her missing brother. She follows the trail to the town of Riddle, which just happens to be the home town of the last two boys who saw her brother. Riddle looks to be a town on the door of Hell -- completely run down and sparsely populated. The major drawing point of the town seems to be the wonder of Nature that is Diora Baird, who is the daughter the less than helpful Sheriff (Val Kilmer). But Riddle also has secrets, and they are brought out into the open as Holly continues to dig where, as she is told, she doesn't belong.Lots of good stuff here. The story moves quickly and briskly. Even though you'll probably guess the culprit early on (I did), there's enough ancillary mystery to make that OK. The early scenes prior to young Nate's disappearance are genuinely unsettling and make a couple of characters way more complex than they have a right to in a film like this. And finally, it's not surprising that Harnois and Baird are friends in real life -- they have an easy going, natural chemistry together that really helps drive the film forward.Nothing classic here, guys, but better than a lot and definitely worth checking out.