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DVD Sick Boy
 Run time: 90 min Rating: 3.5 Genres: Thriller Director: Tim T. Cunningham Writers: Tim T. Cunningham Stars: Skye McCole Bartusiak, Marc Donato, Debbie Rochon |
| Storyline Lucy takes a babysitting job, only to find out something evil lurks downstairs. |
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| Details: Release Date: 2012 (Germany) |
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| Box Office Budget: $200,000 (estimated) |
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DVD Sick Boy
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First off, the only thing about this film that didn't stick out negatively is the cinematography. That said it's all about this ditsy girl who takes a babysitting job as a favor for her friend, it was high paying so she took it. She is told the kid is sick & never to go downstairs for any reason, of course the dumb girl doesn't listen & seventy minutes later it culminates to a lousy unsatisfactory ending.
The lead actress in this should win an award, an award for annoying pathetically poor acting. I stuck around for the entire run time but only because I wanted to see her die horribly. The plot could have been printed on a fortune cookie. Don't pay for this! It has nothing good to offer. It's just another 3/10 film that will leave you saying oh man I should have known better. Well at least that was my feeling.
As a matter of fact, I don't even know where to start… Everything is chaotic, nothing seems to be logical, which is the "less" problem. The acting is so individually terrible, I thought first, it must be a joke or just my eyes played some sort of tricky games, but no! And they call themselves "actors". No one in this film played decent or at least somewhere like average. My brain was irreparably damaged after this and I only suggest "Sick boy" to those people, who are enough crazy and agile. There was a moment in some of the conversations, when I tried to find out, which "actor" was worse and there was my laugh breaking the dumb silence… maybe it was a side effect, I don't really care.
First off, this movie is about this really stupid chick who babysits for a family that has some kid that is sick with an unknown disease. A sickness referred to as "the blue flu" because it turns the skin of those afflicted by it blue. And…, it causes them to turn psycho and eat human flesh.
So…, yeah this is a zombie movie. Not a very good one, but interesting, I guess. If you can suffer through the terrible acting from the cast who have the emotional range of a rock, a very stupid rock, then…, well…, then nothing. There's nothing about this movie that makes suffering through the first 20 minutes of it worth a damn. I can't think of anything good to say about this, other than the lead actress is pretty hot, but incredibly stupid. Seriously, she's almost stupid enough that I'd much rather watch her die horribly than to see her naked. And that's really bad cuz I love naked hot chicks. Anyways, from the very start, this movie is pretty much just plain bad. Like I touched on a bit earlier, the characters are completely devoid of emotion, since stupid is not an emotion. The music, or sound effects, whatever, seem to try to make certain scenes out to be thrilling or menacing, when there was absolutely nothing going on, at all. If you watch it and are able to endure the very stupid people acting poorly long enough to get to it, the scene where the stupid blonde is exploring the outside of the house is the main example I have for misplaced tension. The menacing sound effects made it seem like something was about to happen, yet this dumb b**** just stares blankly at the water for a minute. I've read reviews on other sites about how this is suppose to some kind of horror genius. This movie is genius like Jenna Jamison is a Grammy contender. This movie is just bad, I can't in good conscience recommend this movie to anybody. Even if you are a hardcore fanboy of the zombie genre, you really should pass on this because it really is a waste of time. I gave it a 2 for the sheer doableness of the lead retard, actress(either works).
Okay, this isn't the greatest low budget horror film, but it did hold my interest. I also liked the setup, although I agree with another reviewer that there were plot holes. Still, I liked the lead actress and believed in her character…although some of her choices were bad. I also liked the slow build up of tension…and the kid was creepy. It was very well shot and the climax was intense although I kept shouting at the screen for the people to act smarter…but for me, that makes a good horror film to watch with friends…Kinda silly, a bit scary, and harmless. I think with a bigger budget and maybe a better script, the director has a bright future ahead of him.