Watch Battle Royale instead

grantss

score 3/10

Vastly over-rated movie - I really don't know what all the fuss was about. Clearly meant for teenagers: trite romance; contrived, hole- filled plot; Disney-style happy ending. (Though at 2 1/2 hours it is way too long for teenagers' concentration spans). However, as far as teen- oriented movies go, it is still better than Twilight, though that doesn't say much.

Take out most of the first hour or so, as this was all just padding and didn't develop the characters or plot much; give it a more realistic, gritty feel and take out the Disney romance, sentimentality and ending and this could have been a decent movie. In its current form it is boring and crap.

If you want a good, gritty, Last Person Standing / Survival of the Fittest -type movie, watch Battle Royale instead.

grantss 4 March 2014

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2973930/