Blackout (2007)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Sadly Over-hyped

hyped garbage

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This movie was really good for me and totally realistic.The production was good and the actors were more than standard. Everything, from dialogue to emotional reactions came from somewhere and that matters when you consider some of the realities the movie is show-casing. People complain about stereotyped characters, but face it, the world is full of stereotypes who follow their given script without question. These characters are also beautifully contrasted with people who aren't stereotypical 'thugs' and that's what I like about this movie - the different ways of living in one shared space. Also it is totally worth your time.

The movie was entertaining, but became frustratingly unrealistic in the last half hour. I won't tell you exactly what happened but I was yelling why don't they do this or that, or you have got to be kidding me for almost the entire last half hour. Especially the ending where the victims are located in a place where there was no chance they could have had access to, but they are still spotted immediately by their rescuers. I believe you should suspend disbelief to a point when watching a movie, but the movie makers also have a responsibility to keep things within the realm of possibility.I am a professional firefighter so I understand that in a crisis a lot of people do stupid things and use bad tactics when facing life threatening challenges. But to me it would be more entertaining to see people who are using good judgment and not freaking out.

While there is appropriate character build up at the beginning of the film, there certainly could have been more tension brought about when the actual blackout occurs.We have stereotyping here as depicted by the usual black neighborhood, with the unemployed men and characters hanging around the streets while being up to no good. There is promise as one mother recounts that her son will be attending college.The best part here is that the landlord, played by Saul Rubinek, gets caught up in the blackout. Coming into the neighborhood with his chauffeur, he looks to blame his super for adverse conditions in the building, and looks to fire him so that he can collect a higher rent for the latter's apartment.Caught with the power failure, Rubinek is forced to take refuge with the super and the two experience quite an interesting evening in blacked out New York City. They leave with a much better understanding of one another. (Of course, Rubinek still can't wait to get out of the neighborhood the next morning.)

After seeing some good reviews on IMDb For this pointless waste of time i decided to watch it with a group of mates. BIG MISTAKE! I want my sat night back, but more, i want the trust i also lost with my friends back, as i will probably never be allowed to choose a movie again.Don't get me wrong, this movie looked pretty good at the start. Building up characters for the audience to slightly get connected to, Only to lead to absolutely nothing. I was expecting to see another LA riot. But what you get is about as exciting as the dramas in the Brady Bunch movie. This movie dragged on building up its climax only fizzel out just when things looked good. This would barely make it as a mid-day movie. It gets a 3 because the acting was pretty good. But having a black-out in your own home would be just as exciting.