Highly Overrated But Still Good

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I bought this film on DVD without reading the cover properly, thinking it to be of somewhat quality. Two minutes into the film I realize my mistake. Other reviewers have gone into detail about how awful this film is, so I won't reiterate on it. The film makers might be talented in some ways, but that's not enough to release this on the open market. Don't waste your time, people!There is an interesting plot idea here (which is why I bought the DVD). Sadly it's nowhere near developed. The actors cannot act, the English Language probably looks passable in script, but doesn't work on film. Bad editing, holes in the storyline and some strange details (others have mentioned how a 5 year old contemplates suicide and Writes a note about it, for example ...).On the plus side: Excellent cover, good enough to fool a hasty customer!

After watching this movie, I read a review that was enlightening about how it is a low budget, amateur made movie. That makes this movie more impressive than if it were a big budget movie by experienced crews.I thought the video quality, special effects and acting by the two main characters were impressive. The plot was thought provoking but at times I did get confused. Now for my criticisms... The audio was mostly fine (I think there were a few instances of audio clipping) but there was way too much bass in the sound. I have my home theater calibrated well and the bass was so powerful that it shook my projector and the movie was visibly shaky at times because of this. The worst acting was by the woman who played Jane Scott. Her acting style was mainly just having an intense look on her face and looking side to side when she talked. Lastly, the SWAT team in this movie almost seemed inept at times. In most scenes, they had to get into position and were slow to shoot, making them easy targets for the teenage leading characters to kill off.Overall, I applaud this movie. It reminded me of the American movie called Jumper, which is the highest compliment I can give it. Those involved in creating this movie could become very successful with a little bit more experience and refinement.

My initial review was going to start with "If a couple of high school students decided to make a movie this is the one that they would make." Imagine my surprise when I then read the previous review and found that this movie was actually made by group of Norwegian high school students. Nailed it.The soundtrack is generic, the acting, dialog and overall screenplay values are that of a high school play. A badly acted high school play. Very. Badly. Acted. The camera work is amateurish and the editing is utterly confusing. I initially wanted to turn this piece of awfulness off within 10 minutes but forced myself to watch almost 30 in the unlikely hope it would get better. It did not.There is nothing redeeming about this work and it is absolutely not worth watching for any reason save as a case study in how not to make a movie.We now live in a world where a group of amateurs can create a movie (and I use the term generously) and have it distributed internationally on Blu-Ray presumably through manipulation of SEO. This is not a good thing. Don't waste your time.

...is not masterb*t**g, no, of course, it's shooting. Handling cool weapons.In the opening, there are two boys, which are the main characters in the movie, fighting inside a research building against numerous enemies in SWAT uniforms, defeating them, and then disappearing using some Hi-Tech devices they were searching for.After that, we follow a young man, Ian Finch, one of the two boys we've seen before, going out for a walk in the morning with his 6 years old brother Dylan, before Ian has to leave Dylan for work. First Dylan seems to be a bit sad, but when they are on the walk, he is OK. Back at home, he puts a notice into his brother's trouser pocket, and when Ian finds it on his way to work, he is alarmed and immediately runs back, but only to find some remains in the bathroom which are looking like ashes.Next, Ian is facing a mysterious, hostile boy, the other one of the two at the opening, in his own home.While to this point there maybe enough for a viewer to be caught for watching the whole movie, it became obvious that this is not a really professional production. In fact, it is a project from students of the - what I read - Ullern Highschool in Norway, funded with a budget of circa 7000 Euros or about 9600 USD. That is very few money for a movie, and we have to honor that the director/producer was able to make a movie with it.Also to honor is the basic idea - three billions of people disappear and the main character is on the run to rescue his little brother - and the professional camera-work and scenography, and especially, a compelling soundtrack.But there most of the good ends. One can literally smell the spasmodic efforts (in the cut-room) to make this a good modern movie, and technically, with the above said, this should work. Although, it doesn't. On the contrary, it fails on the most important occasions. The dialogs are often very cheesy, while meant to be cool, especially when it comes to revealings. Scenes from the future of the storyline, at an investigation office, are placed against the flow of the story, seemingly to polish up the thing, while they are only annoying. The movie tries to put a puzzle together, or, two parallel universes, but a lot of logic and consistency is lost during the process, and the plot itself has not enough substance for advanced puzzling. That's sad, because with more care and a more mature approach, it would have had the potential to be a decent movie. And, someone may have thought, that showing people who are permanently waving guns is essential for a good movie instead of being more subtle.Subsequently, the focus of the adventure goes to practice in handling guns, a big firefight - that from the opening - and teleportations like in "Jumper", but through public accessible portals, while escaping the authorities. A certain revelation at the investigation office mentioned above, near to the movie's end, is out of the blue and not understandable. It's verbal Deus Ex Machina like in some SciFi of the sixties. Only the last look in the mirror is something appreciable.So, I say, the creators are talented, even gifted, but obviously do need professional support and supervision in storytelling, character development, dialog writing and script QC for coherence. The movie itself maybe finished for its makers but is in a raw state and should not have been released on DVD before a rework. Theoretically someone will buy the idea and do a remake, which may or may not be better, but more watchable.But, to see what today's 17 years old youngsters are capable of achieving, its a good occasion, and only one worthwhile hour to spend.