"Urban Legends: Final Cut" Starring Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis and Eva Mendes
Directed by: John Ottman
Urban Legends' Final Dud
By Michele Dillon
I could have guessed this one was going to bad just because it fits into the stereotypical horror flick that tries to have a new and interesting plot. The fact of the matter is, you're not a horror movie if you have a new and interesting plot, thats called a 'suspense thriller'. However, I will give this movie one props; I was trying to figure out who the killer was throughout the movie and I thought it was quite obvious but it ended up being someone else. I hate when I get duped by a bad movie...
Anyway, the plot, if you want to call it that, is about a group of film students who are trying to direct the best film by the end of the year in order to win an award. One of the students, Jennifer Morrison, comes up with the idea to make a film about a serial killer who kills based off of Urban Legends. Little did she know, her idea would be turned into reality.
Ok, so I can't bash on the acting because the casting director of a horror movie is not looking for chops, they're looking for cha chas. So next in line is the script...wheras I just mentioned above, I can't bash on that either or otherwise it couldn't be a horror movie. So what does that leave me? Whether or not I was scared. This is a pretty easy thing to do. I am a pretty big wimp. However, this movie was not scary whatsoever. Anytime anything scary was meant to happen, it was really predictable how it was going to end. Not only that, but there were 2 or more scenes where the killer tries to kill off the main character but she ends up escaping. How likley is that when the killer has just managed to kill about 10 other people? One of my biggest pet peeves is when the movie makes out the killer to be this really smart pshyco who leaves you no mercy and gives you no chance to escape, but when it comes time to kill the main character, he all of the sudden becomes slow and clumsy and not only does the table fake out (you know, where the killer is on one end of the table, the victim on the other, and then they do this sort of dance in each direction, "oh no, where do I go" thing) but he ends up spilling the beans on how he accomplished all the killings and the reasoning behind it and takes FOREVER killing the main character. Come on, get it over with or get caught.
So thats my two cents on this fine movie. I think you can guess if it is still on the Worst list in my consideration.
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