In Fear (2013) - Thriller

Rating: 5/10

Summary: Lucy (Alice Englert) and her new boyfriend Tom (Iain De Caestecker) are on their way to a music festival when they decide to take a detour and they find themselves being harassed by unknown persons.

Usually the problem with horror films is that they don't have enough of a scare factor, almost as if the actors are bored. In this case I think the actors were over enthusiastic making the film seem overdone in a way. The plot itself was not bad, in fact it had quite a bit of potential--even though it wasn't really that

original. It was the basic young-couple-gets-followed-and-harassed-they-make-dumb-decisions-and-it-turns-out-to-be-that-one-guy-that-was-doing-it-the-entire-time type of movie. Total scare factor was a zero because, basically, I could see everything coming; they leave the car alone--something happens to it, they decide to keep going instead of turning back--obviously someone is going to die, they pick up the only other person on the road--obviously he is the bad guy. It lacked suspense and mystery because it was totally predictable.

The acting wasn't that impressive either. Alice Englert seemed like she had the right idea it just wasn't precise enough. Instead of boring me to death she over did it to the point to where it was annoying, at times in the film she would get frustrated and start yelling or overreact to the tiniest things. Iain De

Caestecker was obnoxious throughout the entire film and there were some aspects of his character that I isn't understand. For example, why he didn't want to tell Lucy what happened at the bar before they left? Was it really so hard for him to explain to her that there had been a confrontation and he had to buy some guys a few beers? It honestly seemed like an irrational overreaction that was hard to really wrap my head around.

The only character I truly found interesting was Max, he was perfectly psychotic and it was so entertaining to watch him completely manipulate Lucy and Tom. In a matter of minutes he managed to turn them against each other, and for what reason; because he could. That is what made him the perfect

little villain, he simply took joy out of causing them pain, and confusion. He also somehow managed to remain in control the entire time. While the ending of the film may suggest otherwise; he got what he wanted. He had successfully finished what he said out to do without anyone really thinking about it or realizing it.

Overall the film was pretty bad, but not the worst. I suggest you watch it when you're bored or want to have a laugh with some friends (it's actually kind of funny the way everyone freaks out in the movie), bad acting and predictability is always pretty funny.

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