Safety in Numbers
2005










Reunited for a television special, six contestants from a popular Australian reality show are dispatched to a remote isle -- where a twisted killer transforms the reunion into a bona fide game of survival. Expecting to find a production crew waiting for them, the former competitors instead find themselves stalked by a madman who begins bumping them off one by one. The cast includes Jessica Napier, Ben Tari, Henry Nixon and Tasma Walton.
Synopsis compliments of Netflix
Horror










This movie had a strong indie vibe and it started out looking promising with a good thriller atmosphere. Then toward the middle, just as it is starting to get boring, the film suddenly switches into psycho slasher speed - killing off most of the cast in what seemed like a few minutes.
Unfortunately the killings weren't particularly creative, or even fully shown in the film - many times it cut to another scene a split second before the person was dispatched. After a killing blitz the speed shifts again to more of a normal action plot speed while the final events play out.
The pacing issues aside, the killer was also a failure. He came across as a slightly deranged cry-baby which totally destroyed any opportunity for the audience to cheer him on. Top this off with a strange and rather unsatisfying ending and you have a film that could have been good, but definitely wasn't.
Unfortunately the killings weren't particularly creative, or even fully shown in the film - many times it cut to another scene a split second before the person was dispatched. After a killing blitz the speed shifts again to more of a normal action plot speed while the final events play out.
The pacing issues aside, the killer was also a failure. He came across as a slightly deranged cry-baby which totally destroyed any opportunity for the audience to cheer him on. Top this off with a strange and rather unsatisfying ending and you have a film that could have been good, but definitely wasn't.
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