Black Rock (2012)

Very disappointing...

Strong and Moving!

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

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It's about the bad boys and the good girls *surprise*. Yes, it's all black and white here. Was hoping to watch something fun about adventurous women, but this rather makes me ashamed of being female. Why is it that in every movie women have to be plain stupid? My advice to you is don't waste your time... move on.

Please don't even bother with this absolute tripe, boring moronic unbelievable characters, I've witnessed scarier villains on the kids show Balamory. What a waste of time watching this complete trash. Shame really as I have always admired Kate Bosworth as a credible actor which makes me think that perhaps the script initially read better than the film was made and produced. Lack of plot twists, dialogue appalling and quite frankly tedious and irrelevant. The fact that the three main characters 'just happen' to be on the island while the three guys are there hunting in itself was predictable, the only twist to this storyline was how quickly and idiotically the characters could change their minds and decisions in what can only be described as a daft plot...... sorry but definitely one to miss.

Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls' weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.So, this film was directed by Katie Aselton ("The League"), based on a screenplay by her husband Mark Duplass (also "The League"), and also stars Aselton. This may not be the duo you would expect to make a thriller, but they work together in the genre exceptionally well.Reviews have been mixed to negative, with people saying the women make poor choices in the film (as if horror characters do not usually make poor choices). The film is better than given credit for, with a decent amount of tension and some incredible dialogue. Whether scripted or ad libbed, the conversations come off as far more natural than the average film -- these could really be three friends on a trip.

My first clue that this was not going to be a good film was after reviewing the credits to see Katie Aselton, was the writer, director and star of the film. Trust me, Katie Aselton is no Sylvester Stallone who pulled off a daily double by writing and starring in the Academy Award Best Bicture of 1976, Rocky. Heck even Sylvester had enough common sense to not try and direct himself in a feature film at such a young age. I found the whole premise of the film (three childhood friends trying to relive their childhood fun days and put aside their differences from their teenage days and boyfriend triangle love affairs) to be so predictable and oh so boring. Oh yes, and of course three army rejects just happen to be hunting for wildlife on the island and since they cannot find any animals they decide to hunt the girls. Duhh!Early in the film when the girls first land on Black Rock island they start to squabble, and I just cannot believe that Katie Aselton who was the main focus of this scene wouldn't use her directors chair to yell out "CUT". The squabbling went on for what seemed was an eternity. I found it so irritating. The three male companions who were army rejects had no chance to develop any character of their own, Director Katie just seemed to use their presence as the cliché good versus evil theme, and again I was kind of rooting that the guys would win so the women would just stop arguing amongst themselves. If you like a good wilderness adventure try and see Burt Reynolds in Deliverance. It is kind of the same premise, which is one group of people are the hunters, and the other group are the hunted.I found no value, no character development in this film and certainly no suspense was evident. I gave it a 1 out of 10 and suggest you pass on this boring and self serving Katie Aselton writer, director, actor not even good enough for a made for TV movie.