People are voting emotionally.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

A man down on his luck finds a telephone in his car. It rings. They offer him a deal. Kill a fly for $1000.And when he does, he goes home to check his bank account. It's there. So he does the next challenge. He eats the fly for just over $3500.Now he's told he's been chosen for a game. And that he will be required to fulfill 13 tasks, for which he will be compensated in ever greater quantities, the further he goes.Things get a little out of hand too...he sets a church on fire, gets arrested, breaks out of jail, shooting a cop in the process...among other things...Eventually, he finds out, he's in this game against another player...and only one can win the millions at stake.But things get too real for him, and he decides to quit...while trying to stop the other player from going any further.But it's the last challenge...and the very well might be up against each other.There are a couple twists thrown in there...some work well...some kind of unnecessary.But it's an entertaining film all around- with lot's of gore and some dark humour to top it off.Certainly worth a watch.5.5 out of 10.

In summary, this film is not much different than an extended episode of the 'Twilight Zone' with a bit more gore thrown in for good measure. The only real annoyance was the irritating voice of the controller behind the machinations and the fact you couldn't really make out what was being displayed on Elliot's phone.The film pulls you along albeit gently, that said, in the end this sort of sits between predictable and entertaining hence the 6/10 rating. Ron Pearlman must have needed the money to pay his taxes-what a waste.

I really liked this film for a few reasons. The constant escalation is fantastic. The clever script is so good I couldn't poke any holes in the logic. The psychology involved and the chain of events chosen to move the story along were completely believable.The way the Puppet-Master laid the trap was quite brilliant. Finding a desperate man. The no-risk easy money. The initial threat of losing the winnings to prevent the contestant from dropping out. The willingness of the contestant to step outside their behavioral norms. Taking away the contestants free-will as they are forced to continue on despite knowing the repercussions of their actions.The unlimited resources of the ultra-rich, ultra-powerful, (ultra- borer?) Game Watchers have a god-like presence throughout the movie. At first I guessed it must be the Devil. Some might argue it is.The paranoid guy was probably not necessary but the scenes did add to the story. Nice twists at the end with, dad, brother, wife and the cop.A really good, low-budget film.

I truly liked this movie. This movie was of the puppeteer type as I like to call them. A person or person(s) are committing atrocities yet someone else is pulling the strings.13 Sins is about a man, Elliott Brindle (Mark Webber), who is down on his luck when he's offered an opportunity to win loads of money to help alleviate his woes. There are 13 tasks to complete and the rules are such that once he starts he pretty much has to continue to completion. Of course the game is anything but harmless.I was impressed with the plot and the build up. Before having some random person launch into a morbid game we first got to see the type of person Brindle was and the type of issues he had to deal with. Pregnant fiancé, disabled brother, elderly father, and recently terminated from his job. This information wasn't thrust in there as an aside, we were given it organically within the flow of the movie.It's also a movie that makes you think: "How far would I go for a sizable sum of money?" The puppeteer type movies always find human weaknesses to prey upon and they are usually either greed or survival. Where movies like "Saw", "Die", "Vile", "Circle" and others are about pure survival at its core, "13 Sins" is about social survival. Elliott could've easily opted not to play but what quality of life would he have given his situation? There were some small flaws with the movie but overall it was a good product. They took a known premise and freshened it. It helped that the actors were good and you didn't totally know what was the end game. Yes, I truly liked this movie.