Sadly Over-hyped

Fresh and Exciting

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

A total waste of time. I felt sorry for the cast. Why and how this film ever got made is beyond reason. Don't bother renting this turkey. SPOILER ALERT: The brother dies and the lead blonde woman is run over by a truck. That's how it ends. The lead woman doesn't prevail. The bad guys win. Very unsatisfying ending.

"DarkWeb" is the sort of pointless,convoluted, nihilistic mess that makes you wonder if maybe the invention of film as a story telling medium was a bad idea. OK, it's not that bad. But it misses that mark by not very much. My reaction to this film is the same as Roger Ebert's when he had to review movies like "Chaos" before he passed away from this mortal coil: Why was this film made? What was the point of rubbing our noses in all this grim heartlessness and sadism? Were the film makers trying remind us that there are human monsters out there? We KNEW that. Add some pretty amateurish acting and dubbing here and there; massive overuse of a few digital CGI techniques that are apparently supposed to remind us that, hey, all the participants are on camera, and we are the voyeurs; individual character actions and decisions that make no sense in context; and a gratuitously mean stinger ending that both robs audience of any sense of release AND goes on two minutes too long...and you've got a turd of a screenplay that you don't need to see. Oh, yeah, Danny Glover is in this. But he's a talking head appearing on a TV screen. And even as a talking head, he's not very good (I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, as I doubt any actor could have done well under the circumstances.) And Oliver Gruner is also in this; he's OK, given that 90% of his role is glowering and looking grim and swearing revenge.(Again, I think he did what he could with his part and the role). I gave this three stars in spite of my reaction to it, because: the movie begins with a burst of energy as a para-military convoy rolls across deserted countryside accompanied by urgent orchestra music on the soundtrack; because I like Oliver Gruner and wish he could have been given more to do; because the young blonde woman who is the object of the hunt is quite statuesque and striking and the camera loves her; and because I think the film makers made the film they wanted to make, and even if I hate it, I recognize that a lot of work went into it. But don't waste your time with this one unless it's late at night and you're fairly drunk and in a really weird, hate-the-world mood.

This movie tries to do so much but falls flat with a very bad story bad acting bad dubbing and cheesy effects. A character we grow to think is bad then good turns out to be bad still and makes no sense. The main character or i think that is what she was supposed to be is absent a bunch and just pretty much either over or under emotes. Danny Glover is in this movie and early on is the best thing and then later on it just gets confusing till it gets to the point seeing him is annoying. there are scenes where they deliberately cut away from actors mouths and faces when talking to avoid showing the bad dubbing and there are parts where no dialog is interchanged and everyone just knows what is going on. Somehow the main room became a time chamber because everything that happens in there does not effect time-line outside unless it needs too. I do not understand the point of killing off literally everyone but i guess they wanted to go for a devils rejects style, I Don't Know. some shots are really shaky like camcorder in the hand shaky and other shots look like they used a cheap drone. I can't be too harsh because they are not big time so i wont smash them on tools they had i would say work hard and try to do better. Story was really just super convoluted and even when the credits rolled i was just lost and confused. all in all if your looking for a movie to kill time or drink and laugh at the absurdity of then maybe check this out or maybe look elsewhere for a movie.

There is such a thing as self-respect and self-esteem. In my humble opinion Danny Glover has lost both in this movie. To use his own quote from the Lethal Weapon series: "I'm getting too old for this s**t". And yes Danny, you are, I can only guess why you chose to do this movie, but you can't be that desperate for money...I have to agree with other reviewers: the acting is amateuristic at best and even low budget is no excuse for the final result.The fight scenes are laughable and make no sense. If the object the game is to kill someone, then kill someone. One of the adverts said something like 'The hunting game' meets 'Hostel'. Well, if that was the objective they failed miserably. Both of those films have way more depth, far better acting and cinematography is infinitely better. So in short, this film is in no respect whatsoever qualifying for a good rating. My score would be a 2 out of 10 and that is just for the one shot in the beginning of the movie that I did like.