That’s What’s Inside (2024)

That’s What’s Inside (2024)

Oh my goodness! Yeah, right! Meh! And so on!!!
No, seriously, after 54 minutes, I paused the film to check whether the critics had given it a panning! And I was glad to see a poor rating. Once reassured, I went back to the film knowing it was going to continue to be a nightmare. But yours truly always sees things through to the end.

Why did I get into this film? I was looking for a good thriller. I stumbled across this one. But I knew full well it didn’t look very serious. So I thought to myself: “Maybe I’m watching a horror comedy?” But I remained sceptical and perplexed. It certainly wasn’t going to be as good as Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022). In fact, the more films of this genre I watch, the more I realise just how good that one was compared to all these duds.

I’d have hoped to enjoy it as much as The Gift (2015) or stumble upon something as entertaining as Game Night (2018). But no! Instead, I found the same annoying and unhealthy vibe as in Talk to Me (2022).

A feature film with annoying, even unbearable young people. A huge wasted potential, because the basic idea is excellent, but so badly executed. They throw in a fair bit of sex to keep the thrill-seeking viewer awake. No… really! We’ve really sunk into pathetic decline.

The blurb had me hooked: “A group of university friends get together before a wedding, but the evening turns into a psychological nightmare when a surprise guest turns up with a mysterious suitcase…” It really made me want to see what it was all about.

I thought back to works from the past – for various reasons – such as the legendary series Quantum Leap or my favourite John Woo film, Face/Off (1997).

Let’s get back to this complete flop of a film. Ahhhh… it’s so rubbish!

This film is unbearable. Its characters are unpalatable and the whole thing is far too talkative. It’s very hard to get into the story. I understand those who couldn’t make it to the end and were thoroughly disappointed.

The concept is inherently risky, but a well-crafted narrative could have made something of it. That is far from the case here. One of the fundamental rules of storytelling in this kind of narrative is to ensure that the protagonists can be distinguished from one another. You must therefore avoid introducing them all at once, otherwise you get lost straight away and, above all, empathy cannot take hold. Yet here the writers fall right into this trap, which makes the story feel distant and therefore uninteresting. And the worst part is that very quickly, you no longer know who’s who, or who’s sleeping with whom! That says it all!!!

Yes, you’ll be completely lost unless you take notes or watch the film several times, pausing it along the way (things I absolutely refuse to do, as this feature film simply isn’t worth the effort. And it just goes on and on and on… It’s endless! What’s more, this Forbes bloke has a rather irritating, slap-worthy face. What’s there to salvage from this pretentious mess? A nice soundtrack, as far as I’m concerned, and a few very pretty female smiles. Clearly not enough to save a film!

Incredibly rubbish. There’s nothing to be salvaged from this rubbish. The plot is utterly shaky and the dialogue is unbearably daft. I stayed to see the ending and find out who was out for revenge. I read this line: ‘When you rule out the most obvious, you’re left with the couple who were already on shaky ground from the start. So… no surprise there!’

Here’s a nice little review I found: “An excellent initial idea, alas, ruined by a strobe-light-style direction that’s barely bearable, a soundtrack that’s often too intrusive, and a plot that collapses in on itself after 45 minutes. Almost nothing to save, unfortunately. Give it a miss without a second thought!”

Very messy and of little interest. The ending tries to be complicated to make the film seem clever. But the less naive viewer won’t be fooled!