13 Sins (2014)

Admirable film.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Blistering performances.

I really enjoyed this movie. How idea of playing a "game" to win $$ is normal, right? WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!What begins as a seemingly fraternity-like challenge of eating a fly slowly escalates. As Elliott becomes more and more engrossed with getting paid, he loses his moral self, and starts doing more and more erratic spontaneous acts to cover up for what he was initially required to do. Child abuse, desecrating a corpse, urinating on the food/destroying his own marriage rehearsal dinner, all lead up to the Grand Finale/Winning Prize...but....to collect any/all he must complete the last of the 13 challenge of...you guessed it...MURDER. And not just any ole body....a FAMILY MEMBER must die...!I thought it was going to be his fiance, beautiful Rutina Wesley, who woulg get targeted, but turns out his mentally challenged brother was not so mentally challenged after all. The street scene with the bike riders getting massacred by driving through an unseen steel cable that little bro rests after Elliott releases it attests to that! And my boy Ron Perlman was delivering his usual swag as always!If you like gore, check this one out, you won't be disappointed.

In summary, this film is not much different than an extended episode of the 'Twilight Zone' with a bit more gore thrown in for good measure. The only real annoyance was the irritating voice of the controller behind the machinations and the fact you couldn't really make out what was being displayed on Elliot's phone.The film pulls you along albeit gently, that said, in the end this sort of sits between predictable and entertaining hence the 6/10 rating. Ron Pearlman must have needed the money to pay his taxes-what a waste.

Twisted, demented, and sick on a level that bothered even a ghoul, like me. Psychological horror at its best...and by horror, I don't mean gore or anything like that (though there is a little bit) the horror is purely primal.It is absolutely ghastly to think that someone could be so desperate that they would even contemplate the actions perpetrated in this film.That, alone, is what makes it so upsetting.Never put anything past someone who's been pushed too far. You might find yourself surprised (and not in a good way) of what they're capable of. Highly, highly recommended!!!!

I truly liked this movie. This movie was of the puppeteer type as I like to call them. A person or person(s) are committing atrocities yet someone else is pulling the strings.13 Sins is about a man, Elliott Brindle (Mark Webber), who is down on his luck when he's offered an opportunity to win loads of money to help alleviate his woes. There are 13 tasks to complete and the rules are such that once he starts he pretty much has to continue to completion. Of course the game is anything but harmless.I was impressed with the plot and the build up. Before having some random person launch into a morbid game we first got to see the type of person Brindle was and the type of issues he had to deal with. Pregnant fiancé, disabled brother, elderly father, and recently terminated from his job. This information wasn't thrust in there as an aside, we were given it organically within the flow of the movie.It's also a movie that makes you think: "How far would I go for a sizable sum of money?" The puppeteer type movies always find human weaknesses to prey upon and they are usually either greed or survival. Where movies like "Saw", "Die", "Vile", "Circle" and others are about pure survival at its core, "13 Sins" is about social survival. Elliott could've easily opted not to play but what quality of life would he have given his situation? There were some small flaws with the movie but overall it was a good product. They took a known premise and freshened it. It helped that the actors were good and you didn't totally know what was the end game. Yes, I truly liked this movie.