Review of Hell

Hell (2011)
7/10
Great premise, great execution, lack of ideas
22 April 2013
Warning: Spoilers
The idea of the Sun scorching everything is interesting and also an excellent pretext to make a low-budget movie that doesn't look low-budget (see also Blair Witch etc.). Beautifully shot, it is unusual enough to be worth seeing. The problem is the film isn't, in fact, about surviving in a time when the Sun destroyed everything, but this excellent idea is just an excuse for yet another "Wrong Turn" movie. Had they stayed on the idea of a scorched Earth movie, it could have been a memorable one. But they didn't, so you'll just remember it as "that European Wrong Turn with very strong light".

Also, the ending isn't an ending, it just looks like they spent all money and had to go home, or they went as dry of ideas as the world in the film and had to go home. A film that won't bore you at all, but in the "end" you'll be disappointed it didn't have better ideas.
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