adam_dalton84

(2012-04-23 09:18:05)

Silly but solid entertainment

I'm a bit surprised by some of the reviews for this one - seems likepeople either love it or loathe it! I got it on DVD and wasn'texpecting much but I found it really enjoyable. It's just a goodentertaining film. It looks a bit low budget in places and thesituation is pretty ridiculous but the characters are convincing andthe film rolls along at a good pace. No lulls in the story and somenice twists. It's not really a horror though tbh, definitely more of athriller with some disturbing bits. It did make me think twice aboutsome of the things I've watched online.If you want a good fun, slightly silly but makes-you-think kind of filmthen this is a good one to watch.

ldnfilmlover

(2012-04-23 00:09:26)

good idea ruined by terrible acting

the beginning of the movie is extremely thought-provoking and plays oncontemporary concerns about internet privacy, but then it all turns abit silly and random with all the killing..i could almost tolerate the silly random killing if it wasn't for theTERRIBLE cringe-worthy acting from everyone starting with the planevoice-over/tannoy, and the unrealistic (typical of most Brit horror)script trying to portray shock and fear. i think it would have been waymore sinister if the plane voice-over was robotic instead of thejudging tone similar to the narrator of 'come dine with me'.i was very disappointed that after the tense 'round 1', instead ofgetting more cruel and intrusive, the writers ran out of ideas andbrought out the killing.

Frank Kneepkens

(2012-04-18 03:07:53)

Sick movie made by probably a sick mind

This movie is in the tradition of the SAW sequences but a lot lessattractive/interesting, less bloody OK but I rather watch a SAW moviethan this one. Especially the very unsatisfying end. After watching theend you get the bad feeling like "I watched this movie for nothing", aregret to take time to watch it. The movie starts OK, interesting, inthe beginning you think this movie exposes the threats of social mediabut along the way it gets too ugly and unrealistic. Forget about thismovie, it's worthless. The thing I really oppose is the threaten of achild by the "bad guy", should be forbidden in movies like this. Reallyawful.

BakuryuuTyranno

(2012-04-17 20:44:01)

Interesting

Panic Button starts off with the winners of a social network's onlinecompetition boarding their private jet. But somethings odd - there's noflight attendants in sight, and an in-flight competition starts The questions are more than merely personal - whoever's behind it wantsthe contestants to confront the terrible aspects of themselves, havingapparently found great knowledge through the internet. Should theycause trouble, a randomly-selected person from their "friends" listdies. Naturally these people aren't terribly likable but thats forgivable astheir bad aspects being brought up is the main theme of the film. Its avery engaging movie. The only bad thing about the film was towards, a couple of twists werebrought up, which didn't exactly work. Definitely worth watchingthough!

aram k

(2012-04-14 17:05:58)

above average and nerve wracking

This movie is not deserving that bad critics like awful. There are alot of movies in this genre and style which are really awful but as aBritish movie in his own style with unknown characters i think itsabove average. And if you like this genre and enjoy movies like thisyou can watch and have fun. At least there are acceptable logics andreasons of the story . Don't expect a first class movie , its lawbudged but still worth to watch as i say if you like this kind. 6 starsmeans for me above average and most of the movies are like that. Youdon't have to have sympathy or dislike for the characters but you canstill empathize to some of events.

kosmasp

(2012-04-14 02:22:47)

Button pusher

"Interesting" as another reviewer put it. But kind of worn out too. Youwish they'd actually care about the characters they write or portray.It feels very unnatural and very clichГѓВ© (especially towards the ending)and does not really get you involved. And it started out so good. Youhave no idea who those guys and the tension gets almost unbearable atthe beginning.But all that doesn't matter in the end. Because the movie throws anylogic out the window (no pun intended) and tries to stick with a knownformula. It doesn't work out that good for the movie. While not theworst movie, you have to be a fan of the genre to take the time towatch this.