Basement (2010)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Lack of good storyline.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Sometimes you just got to take heed of a low rating of a movie here on IMDb. I didn't, and decided to sit down and watch the 2010 "Basement" movie despite the low rating it had scored. Well, who knows, it might actually have some appeal to me, hence I gave it a chance.I managed to get somewhere around 30 to 45 minutes into the movie, give or take, before I gave up out of sheer and utter boredom. Nothing, absolutely nothing of any interest or worth had happened all that time, and there was no reason for continuing on with the snoozefest that is "Basement".The premise of the movie is adequate. I mean, a group of people are lured into a basement and trapped therein, where they are subjected to a sinister experiment.Sure, it did sound sort of interesting. It sounded so, but it wasn't so in reality. The story was unfathomably boring to witness on the screen. And I am not sure whether or not it was the fault of the script and the screen writers, or if it was because of director Asham Kamboj.The acting in the movie was adequate, although you shouldn't set your hopes up for anything particularly memorable or impressive here. But fair is fair, and people did actually perform quite adequately with their given roles. Just a shame that they had nothing, absolutely nothing to work with in terms of a proper script and storyline.I am not sure whether this movie is setting up to build up some kind of suspense or just be a blunt trauma to the face of the audience. But regardless, it failed on both accounts.I gave up on the movie, and I can in all honesty say that I am not going to give the movie a second chance and continue from where I gave up. The movie just didn't have any kind of appeal to me, and I would be lying if I say that I wasn't using my mobile phone throughout the 30-45 minutes that I managed to suffer through.Take heed of the low rating of the movie and don't go into that basement. Give this movie a wide berth, because there are far better horror/thrillers of this kind available.

This movie has to be one of the greatest movies I've ever seen in my time. It truly is something of our time. If this movie doesn't get an Oscar I've lost all fate in humanity.It tickles me pink when I watch this, it gives me a special thrill while watching it. This movie is really a scary one! It makes any other suspense/horror movie you may have scene look plain awful. The acting in this movie is absolutely amazing! This star-filled cast does a great job of portraying a true sense of fear and makes you really Feel like you're actually there. And the storyline, wow. The plot of this movie was completely original and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the whole thing, if you don't enjoy this movie something has to be wrong with you. Overall this movie is a magnificent and horrifying movie.

Five anti-war protesters are on the way home from a demonstration. They stop in the woods for a toilet break, discover a strange hatch and get trapped inside. Gradually, they are picked off one by one, by masked figures, until it is revealed to the sole survivor, and us, what has happened.This could have been a good film, and early on there are some moments which have the potential to be scary. The idea of being trapped underground, with no-one knowing you're there, and no way of contacting the outside world, reminded me of the more successfully done film The Hole, the sense of being lost evoked the Blair Witch Project while the idea of being attacked by unknown assailants in darkness harks back to The Descent. The attempt to work a political issue (protesting against the war) into the plot gives the film an almost topical feel which has the potential to lift it above the usual teens in terror B movie.Lois Winstone is from good British actor stock - her father being Ray Winstone, and her sister Lois was one of the standout actors in Kidulthood. So I was looking forward to seeing whether the star quality would rub off here. She has a very small role, however, along with a poor script so it's difficult to comment. Danny Dyer is a reasonably established British actor, although he seems to be sleep-walking through this role. Neither he, nor the other male character is likable, and the minimal development of their characters does little to endear them to us. Dyer's character has a father who died in the war, and through flashbacks it is revealed that he knows more than the others about their predicament. The other male character is a dreary city boy. Both are awful boorish stereotypes - lots of "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you" to the females, along with boring male posturing. Are people still doing that? The three women, on the other hand are even less developed. Their role seems to be to look scared and react.Once inside the basement, there is a lot of walking around, some running around, some getting lost, some getting attacked by shadowy figures, some arguing, some more walking around, more arguing... It gets repetitive pretty fast. The characters are so dislikable and stupid: "Let's split up!" that you are willing something bad to happen to them. By the end, when the "awful truth" is revealed, it's difficult to care. If you are a Danny Dyer fan, and simply must see this, wait until this has been discounted and get it for £3. Otherwise, watch The Hole.

Until seeing this film this afternoon, I thought the worst film ever made was "The Blair Witch Project". This disjointed effort at horror is far, far worse.There is no plot to speak of, the acting is mediocre at best and the dialogue could have been written by a 12 year old. If you are looking for a horror, keep your receipt from renting this and scream every time you realize that you could have flushed that $5.00 down the toilet and had more satisfaction.The only thing that you could take away from watching this film is to never stop in the woods for someone to pee.