Rage: Midsummer's Eve (2015)

Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater

the audience applauded

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

I'm not even sure where to begin with reviewing this film. I made an account on IMDb just so I could purposely warn others to stay far far away. Nothing about it was "okay". Everything was sub sub sub sub sub (sub) par. The acting was terrible. It seems the director thought it would be a good idea to mix people from different nationalities so the viewer wasn't really sure if it was terrible acting or if the accents were just throwing the viewer off. Spoiler: It was terrible acting. Maybe it suffered from a poor script, but the actors didn't ever portray any emotion. When someone from the group dies they continue a long like nothing has happened; no tears, no screaming. Just a lot of running.... In fact in the scene where Jussi dies Hannah is seen smirking as she is running away (what? why?). The cinematography was terrible. It never once showed anything interesting other than tress and people running. In the one scene where Hannah is in the barn, you see her looking through a peephole and seeing the "creature". She then gasps and runs away. What did she see? Spoiler: You'll never know because the director decided not to show it. And what is the creature you may ask? WHO KNOWS! Is it a person? It is a yeti? Is it possessed? Is it a serial killer? Why is he killing people? THINGS YOU WILL NEVER KNOW. The only clue to knowing anything about this film is the description given by the director "American and British friends studying in Finland decide to take up an offer to travel to the Arctic Circle and experience the mysterious, pagan celebration of Midsummer's Eve." This description alone tells than the whole film. I could go on and on about all the other terrible things that happened in this film; but I've already wasted more time on this film than I've wanted to. I hope Tii Ricks find another career path because direction is just not in the cards for her. Everything about this film is just SO BAD. The character decisions, the dialogue, the plot. NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. I've always thought people were dramatic when they would say "I want the last two hours of my life back", but I've finally come across a film that has made me feel that way. Also all of the good reviews for this film are fake. They are either family members, cast & crew members or friends. No one with any taste in film would give this anything greater than a 1 or 2. Hope whoever spent the 1.3 million to make this has a lot more money in the bank; they won't be getting any of that back. What a waste.Avoid at all costs. If you want to see a film about bad actors, irrational people and no plot line then this is the film for you. Even then you'll probably still be disappointed. The poop factor of this film cannot be expressed enough.

I'm gonna try to be brief - and what I have to say most likely contains a spoiler or two. This movie was bad. Pretty bad. Not bad in a potential cult-status-kind-of-way but seriously bad. The acting was sub-mediocre, the actors seemed impassive and except for the occasional standard-scare-scene there was no arc of suspense whatsoever.The "culprit" of the movie was never explained, it might be a cannibal-Mowgli, some kind of yeti, a zombie, a sect, an ordinary serial killer, aliens... well, it might be just about everything. And that's a bad thing. The only thing it makes you wonder about, is, what they were even thinking when making this film.Spoiler: Furthermore, the decisions the characters made were even more illogical than in the average cheap horror-flick. For instance, there's this woman that lost her entire family to the rapist-cannibal-demon-Mowgli, and who leads them to her shelter. In the night, she wakes up totally confused, crying, babbling about "what the main characters did do her family" and threatening them with a knife. Yea, you could probably overwhelm her and wait for her to calm down and regain her senses. Or you overwhelm her and stab her with her own knife. In the Stomach. Relentlessly about 25 times. That makes a hell of a lot of sense. Not.If this movie had been a project by filmography-students in their first semester, I would've probably given it a 6/10 - for managing to fill 90 minutes without condescending to XXX-scenes. But the way it is, it's just bad entertainment.

The movie was released on Video On Demand this week Friday the 6th of March, 2015. I found this film when a friend sent me a link to the trailer and from there I went to the films official website. From there I rented the film and decided to watch it since I was snowed in at my mom's house and bored out of my mind. The film is set in the Finnish Arctic Cirle and although it has a very generic set up of a group of friends taking a trip into the wilderness of the Nordic regions of the country, I have to say the set up did not annoy me. The shots where very beautifully done and having a set of new and fresh actors made it interesting to watch. I am more of gore fan and usually get annoyed about psychological horror flicks, but I have to say the director did a pretty good job in keeping the intensity and horror, as the entire film is shot during daylight. The director's idea was to make a horror film during the Nordic Midsummer when the sun does not set for a period of almost 2 weeks in the summer. This I found to be a very cool set up. I hope to see more films being approached in this kind of manner; meaning coming up with new ways to set up the horror in horror. I liked it and I wish it could have been a bit longer. There a few things that I was hoping to see more of but other than that Rage - Midsummer's Eve is a definite film to watch. It has a fresh feel to it and since it's a Finnish and American co-production I think there is a good balance of both world's. So good job Ricks and look forward to seeing more.

Arctic Circle and the midnight sun are quite exciting matters when it comes to being exotic and different. American-Finnish director, Tii Ricks (who's a chick by the way) takes a traditional "let's go the a cabin and wait until something terrible happens" to a new level. Not only do I want to visit Finland now, but I also made a decision never to visit any summer cottage anywhere. Ever. No matter where it is. The acting is on great level. You can definitely tell who's from Scandinavia and who isn't but that's kinda the whole point I guess. If you liked films such as Blair Witch Project or Friday the 13th this should be a perfect little scare package for you.