A different way of telling a story

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Entertaining, gritty, funny, violent action packed & gory. Really good film!Don't take it too seriously or think too much into it. Just sit back and enjoy the ride, as it intends.

Very few films make me cringe due to their sheer ineptitude, but EVERLY is such a film. It combines absolutely horrid direction - by a guy who did WRONG TURN 2 and who can't decide on whether he wants to make a serious action flick or a comic book style piece of hyper-entertainment - and a terrible script by a guy who thinks substituting proper dialogue for expletive-laden inanity is the way to make a film sound good. Wrong, buddy.It's a pity, because the premise is one I'd enjoy if done correctly: a woman is assailed in her apartment by a Yakuza gang intent on wiping her out. But the problems pile up from the word go, particularly with the extremely embarrassing scenes of the female prostitutes/assassins early on. Most directors tell their performers to tone down their performances, but the non-actors here go over the top for all their worth, leading to some awful moments.In addition, we get another non-performance from a clearly out-of-her-depth Salma Hayek, who's never been much of an actress and who flounders in a lead role. Still, the cameraman is more interested in shooting down her top than trying to capture any kind of real emotion from her. There's a lot of action here, and some sadism, but it's mostly dire, and the single location style set-up is done better in B-movies such as SUSHI GIRL. Occasionally it has moments of worth - the sub-plot with Togo Igawa promises a few moments of TOKYO GORE POLICE-style surrealness, and Akie Kotabe is very good - but overall EVERLY is a disastrous attempt at film-making.

I like action movies that's why maybe i like this movie. Oh man i love the way it is done because maybe Salma is hot and can roll. The numerous death scenes are great and Salma spends the movie showing off her fantastic body and thats a win win for all of us. So, in a nutshell, if you like looking at Mamacita's like Salma and lots of blood and death then 'give it a go. I don't think this movie was made to be taken seriously.Yes its written perfectly and some of the acting are even enough for enjoyment. Honestly i enjoyed and looks entertaining to me. What are movies made for? So accept the way how it is being made. Cheers enjoy!

I was in my local video store (yes, there are still some around!) when the clerk rewarded my loyalty by giving me a free rental. My top picks were all out, and in desperation I picked up the Blu-ray of this movie. I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, just the hope that the movie would quench a little of my thirst for B movie action.Well, I wasn't expecting this! "Everly" blew away my modest expectations by being a top grade action movie. It has an interesting set-up, that being that almost all of the movie takes place in one basic location (a penthouse suite and the outside hallway). That would hamper many filmmakers trying to avoid monotony, but these filmmakers managed to do so. The action is not just plentiful, but it is filled with variety, so it never gets dull. Another reason why the action doesn't get dull is that there are some breaks in the action here and there, breaks that do things like add new twists to the plot.Speaking of the plot, I will admit that the script has some things that are hard to swallow. Although the script has Salma Hayek's character losing the upper hand several times, it eventually becomes hard to believe that for the majority of the time this initially wimpy woman again and again defeats the bad guys coming in to kill her. Also, if she has access to a telephone, why doesn't she call the FBI or the media to tell them what's happening? (For that matter, why don't the building's neighbors notice all the noise coming from the explosions and fired guns?)But if you are willing to overlook script weaknesses such as those and simply want to be thrilled and rocked by action, suspense, and mayhem, the movie does deliver. It's too bad the movie got into the hands of the Weinstein brothers, since once again they had a potential blockbuster that they didn't give much of a theatrical release (if any, that is.) But I think that with DVD, cable, and Netflix, "Everly" will build a solid cult audience over the next few years.