2012 thriller
Rating: 10/20
Plot: Weird stuff begins happening to a group of friends on vacation after they explore a mine.
This is also called The Evil Within apparently, and although that's an awful title, it's at least not a pun. Mine Games? C'mon, movie.
Here's a brief list of reasons why I didn't like Mine Games, other than the punnish title:
1) Obnoxious characters. I don't like the generation younger than mine, and this collective, especially Rafi Gavron who played Lex (not a real name unless you're a bald Superman villain), are the type of kids who can turn a guy misanthropic. There was a scene where one of them suggested playing the "silent game," and I was all for it.
2) They're also really stupid characters, criminally dumb. They look for lost wallets in places they haven't even been, yet they somehow know the word "ouroboros," the snake-eating-its-own-tail symbol.
3) Pabst Blue Ribbon product placement. Pabst Blue Ribbon must be the official beer for assholes.
4) A "double rainbow" reference.
This movie didn't make a lot of sense, and as it lost realism, I lost interest. It's clumsy and takes entirely too long to build to anything. Once it builds to something, that something just isn't worth the trouble.
Gregory Peck's grandson is in this, by the way. I'm sure he would be proud.
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