There are alot of horror films that sadly don't get alot of attention from either the mainstream audience or die hard horror fans alike. With the movie that i;m about to review fro you all today being one such a film as this movie is so little known that not alot of people will even tho this that this movie is close to being twenty years old and it's also kind of a Saw knock off movie as well and so then join me as I review the film that is basically the Saw franchise on an even smaller budget with the film in question being called simply just "The Final" enjoy.
The plot of the film is several outcasts tired of getting bullied decide to get the ultimate form of revenge on those who have bullied and tormented them in the past. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good as it's story at it's core was one that's rather simple and timeless as it's a story about people getting payback on those that have bullied them but here the plot of the film twists that in a way that makes the story seem fresh and new by giving us some new twists and turns but at the same time tho the plot of this film isn't all that good either as it doesn't do anything that's all that interesting as it's still a plot that you can see coming a mile away and while how you get to those points is a good idea it doesn't change the fact that the plot of the film is also really predictable as well with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Marc Donato as Dane , Jascha Washington as Kurtis and Whitney Hoy as Bridget. Also starring in this film is Julin as Heather, anime voice acting legend Lindsay Seidel as Emily , Laura Ashley Samuels as Kelli , Justin S. Arnold as Bradley , Travis Tedford as Andy , Eric Isenhower as Jack , Vincent Silochan as Ravi , Farah White as The Reporter , Preston Flagg as Riggs , Hunter Garner as Tommy , Ryan Hayden as Miles , Daniel Ross Owens as Bernard , Mark Nutter as Deputy Henessey and Matthew Posey as Parker.
Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which was truly shocking as at the time of this films production all of this films cast members weren't that well known and as a result of that is the fact that it would have been foolish to expect even an OK performance from this films young cast and yet the fact that we got a bunch of really good performances really does go to show you just how good this films cast are as nearly all of them turn in some really good performances with one of the few people that don't quite turn in a really good in this film performance is Julin , Mark Nutter and Matthew Posey who really do try to turn in a good performance but they all just can't quite turn in a good performance in this film with the acting in this film not really being helped by the films script which just gives none of the films cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does bring down the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.
While it was a good idea to have all of this films villains hide behind masks it is also something that makes the victims look dumb as alot of the villains have really unique features body shapes that makes them recognisable. Which has the add on effect of making the films look dumb since for example the character of Dane has some fairly curly hair and is the only one in there school with that type of hair and yet none of the bullies can put two and two together which yes might be the point as the bullies openly admit to not even knowing the names of who it is that there bullying but at the same time tho if your going to go to the length of giving all of the social outcasts masks and costumes then at least make sure that there not showing anything that is unique to them and then you can get away with the bullies not even knowing who it is that's torturing them and it would make those that were being bullied look like that they've thought of everything where as as things stand it makes the whole thing look like that it was put together at the last minuet when that's not the case as it's stated in the film that they've been planning for this for a long time.
It's really plain to see that this film really does alot of inspiration from the Saw films more specially the later Saw sequels. With there being alot more focus on the torture methods instead of the characters and story where as in the later Saw films there would be alot more focus on the films traps and not the characters and the story and as a result of this is the fact that the film really does come across as being nothing more then a Saw trip off film albeit one then at least tries to do something new and different and doesn't just copy the Saw formular to the letter but with that being said tho it does make you wonder why the makers of this film chose to copy the Saw films when it would have been alot more cheaper to do a slasher film as then you wouldn't have to come up with various torture methods and do lots of various make up effects as you could always not show that much of the kill which would save the makers of this film alot of money in the long run but at the exact same time tho it would also require alot more locations which wouldn't be cheap to get tho.
This film does do something that was rather smart and that's the fact that it gets you to care about those being bullied and it gets to hate the bullies. Only to then switch it around and have the ones that your meant to like be the ones that are committing these crimes and the ones that your supposed hate be the ones that are the victims when usually in a film like this it's usually black and white about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys and as a result of that is the fact that there's no twists and turns and yet that's exactly what we get in this film as it makes you wonder who it is that your supposed to like with this being hit home even more when you take into account that the outcasts homelifes aren't exactly perfect either be it because of the fact that there parents are always arguing are they just don't straight up talk to them all of the outcasts have bad homelifes which again makes you route you for them where as all we see of the bullies up until they reach the party where they get captured and tortured they've all been acting like people which makes you wonder if the outcasts were right all along or not.
The film does at least try to make the outcasts human by having them interact with there respective bullies during the torture part of the film. With even some of them accepting there bullies apologises which was something that the film didn't have to do and yet by doing that it does make both sets of characters feel alot more three dimensional as the bullies themselves learn that there actions do have consequences and the outcasts learn that even people who might seem like harmful people are still just that there people and because of that they can mistakes and they need to learn that there actions can and do have consequences and while this is true for a lot of the outcasts the fact that they go and show Dane going slowly insane over the course of the film really does go to show you just how far he's gone mentally and while he's not willing to break his vow and kill his main bully the fact that he's willing to kill of one of the people that was actually helping him and was a very good friend to him does show you that when pushed he is willing to commit murder.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and forty seven seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for a film like this one to have and to this film it really take as full advantage of that running time as it really good but the film really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover that large amount and as a result of that s the fact that alot of scenes like the outcasts setting up for the party do come across as feeling like filler as they add nothing to the overall plot of the film in the longer run while something things do indeed come back like seeing Dane lay down a bear trap near the start of the film does indeed come back none of what we see of them setting up for the party plays apart in the films plot in anyway whatsoever and all it does is take away screen time from scenes that could have been used to set up what the outcasts personalities are like and what the bullies personalities which go along way to help to make those characters feel alot more three dimensional then what they already are but I will admit that this film really does have some really food pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a horror film that means that I ave to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty i in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the problem as this film wasn't all that particularly scary either but given that the films main focus was on the torture methods and not in creating good scares much like the later Saw films that does somewhat make sense but at the same time given that this is a horror film there should be some focus on creating good scares and not just giving us some rather interesting torture methods which at best would make anyone just squirm and not outright scare anyone with the scariest thing in this episode being the fact that actor Marc Donato gets really up close and personal with the people that he's torturing which was fun and at times creepy to see but that's really it as there really was nothing all that scary to be found in this film whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while it's not hard to see why this film isn't all that talked about that much as it is a really small budgeted horror film it is still one that at least tries to do something new with the age old idea of outcasts getting revenge of some sort on those who have bullied them in the past and that is something to be praised no matter the quality of the film that it's attached to in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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