Tape 407 (2012)

Truly Dreadful Film

An Exercise In Nonsense

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Yes As Mentioned Before In Another Review The Whole "From The View Of The Camera" Genre Has Been Beaten To Death With Most Of The Movies (In My Opinion) Less, Much Much Less Than Quality.If The Above Info Is Correct This Movie Was Shot In 5 Days And All The Dialog Was Ad libbed, So What Do You Expect "NOT WHAT I GOT" This Is A Freaking Great Movie, From The Boarding Of The Plane To The Last 5 Seconds (I Literally Jumped) Of The Movie Was Fantastic. From Story Outline (Which Is Subtle And You Do Have To Pay Attention To The Clues) To Character Development This Movie Rolls Forward At A Great Pace And Keeps The Attention Of The Viewer (At Least It Kept Mine) .....Do Not Pass This Movie By, It Will Not Be The Best Movie You Have Ever Seen (Promise) But You Won't Regret Watching It (Promise) ........

I thought that, being some kind of fan of found footage movies, nothing could really let me down so much. Man, was I wrong.Here we have a film with no qualities whatsoever. At the beginning, I was happy to see a girl (Jess) who reminded me of a chick I went out with a few times ages ago (hey, Rosemary, hello if you are there!). I decided to try to cope with the EXTREMELY annoying mixture of nails running through a blackboard and forks scratching a plate that is the voice of the sister (Trisha). Boy, this -supposedly- 13 years old girl not only behaves like she's 8, but that bloody screeching thing she had for a voice... Jesus Christ. Anyway, at the very beginning, I found the actors natural enough and I thought "ok". Then, 5 minutes into the movie, I was starting to wonder why nothing is happening at all. After the movie goes on and the "actors" show their true colours of stereotypes and horrendous acting, I started to skip chunks by fast forwarding because NOTHING happens in this movie. There's a lot of unrelated talk, of walking around while they are at it, when they are not simply getting hysterical for no reason or repeating "shut up, Charlie". I could fast forward 5 minutes and they'd still be talking about the same (how my leg is hurting or how tired they are), still the camera focusing on their strides while they walk a dirty road. The whole movie is like that.In total, I'd say that, throughout the 1h 29sec of film, we get to see 5 seconds of blurry bad CGI (2 of them at the very end of the movie). And perhaps about 10 secs of (what is supposed to be?) scary noises (a mixture of lions in heat and dinosaurs with bowel problems). That's all there's to this movie. There's no terror, sense of dread, no real mystery or feeling of threat. SERIOUSLY. NONE. Not even a jack-in-the-box type of scare.At some points, I smiled or even laughed a couple of times because of the crap acting or ridiculous situations (which are suppose to be very serious and frightening).At some point, as well, I stopped thinking about that girl I used to know and forgot about hoping to see the actress showing her big bare bust (sorry, I had to focus on something during this garbage of a film, and like I said, she brought back memories of someone else) and simply hated her, like the rest of the people involved in this pathetic movie.I could almost say that, as an exception, the IMDb score is right. Although, on second thought, that's not correct. This movie deserves a much lower score. This movie is RIDICULOUS. Maybe your 5 years old child will find some amusement while wasting precious time instead of doing something more useful. Like, nothing. After all, that's what they do in this movie. Why would you watch a fiction when you or your toddler can experience firsthand the excitement of doing nothing? So, hey, if you are bored with your friends, grab a couple of cameras, go out there with some of them while some others hide in the bushes farting a couple of times for scary special effects, run a bit for 2 minutes screaming around and making crazy people noises while drooling, get some tomato sauce on your temples, stop and talk about the weather for 15 minutes and repeat. You can edit the film back at home and use any freeware to add some shitty visual effects for a fraction of a second here and there. You need to be no computer expert! And voilà. Oh, and remember, getting a chubby busty girl to do a topless might get you that extra point!..Although, you'd probably need more money to achieve that frontal nudity than the total budget for the entire piece of art.

Don't want to spoil a movie for anyone! The actors and actresses played great roles. There's complete closure at the end. Shot in first person video in present day. If you direct a movie that is supposed to be in present day, how about make the events believable and not silly. I didn't mind knowing what was after the people, but most of the events that unfold are outlandish. It's like a 10 year old directed the movie with the help of his dad! The first part of the movie takes FOREVER to unfold and once you're into the thick of things it is just plain disappointing. I usually stick with a movie no matter how bad it is to give it a fair shake. I did that with this one, but I came closer than ever to turning it off. You can watch it if you want, but just be prepared to lose interest, and be disappointed.

It's disorienting at first to watch due to the style of shooting and I found it hard to believe that they shot the film entirely in this way, but once you get used to it (about 1/3 of the way through for me and I don't particularly care for this style) it's actually a good movie. You get to know the characters - you like most of them and you want them to survive. It just takes a little while to get over the shaky, hand-held camera approach. But you have to give them credit for being able to shoot an entire 90 minute film using this approach. It's low budget, sure, but look what they accomplished with it. I was scared in a few places and I felt sad to see some of them killed. I say, well done to the makers and actors who ad libbed the lines and completed the film so quickly.