Well Deserved Praise

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

A woman is abducted by some people who tell her she is special and are going to "change her" to make her perfect.This is a well acted, well shot, fairly well produced mid budget movie. Sometimes the sets look a bit over-lit and the few bits of CGI look cheap and nasty but overall the film is of a high standard.The main character is very good and has a lot to shoulder. She does spend the majority of the film trussed up in one way or another looking petrified. This is not done in a way that makes it graphic, gory or titillating.The only problem here is that the story doesn't have an awful lot to say but takes its merry time saying it.Now, if you can get into this movie I think you will find it tense and enjoyable. I found I lost my patience a bit, I was gripped enough to want to see it through but my finger was hovering over the fast forward.It appears I have a limit to the amount of time I am prepared to watch someone tied to a table and preached at.The ingredients are here for something pretty good but be prepared to put the work in yourself.

I rarely watch horror films, and I only tend to watch suspense films that don't have an absurd amount of gratuitous gore. When I saw the title and the Rotten Tomatoes score, I almost passed on it. But when I saw Noomi Rapace's name, I decided to give it a chance. I still think her performance in the original 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' is one of the most perfect performances I've ever seen. Every word and every subtle movement in that film was pure genius, to which I credit Rapace as well as brilliant director Lasse Hallstrom. Though her performances will probably never match that one, nor will the films themselves, she does some things very well in Rupture. She's very physical and palpable in her close-ups, which works great in this setting. I'm not sure that I ever completely figured out some of the the specifics of the premise (I don't want to give away any more than that), but I was glued to the edge of my seat the whole movie. The casting was good, with the exception of Michael Chiklis, who seemed like a fish out of water. Peter Stormare was effective as always. I generally loved the suspense and uncertainty of the film, which was allowed to play out by director Steven Shainberg without giving much away to the viewer. And I actually loved the ending, which is rare for me. For fans of horror/suspense/sci-fi/thrillers, I think you'll find this film to be a bit of a hidden gem.

First of all this is a movie without a 3rd Act. I weep for the future of cinema because NONE of these people seem to have ever read a book or seen a play. They all seem to be making movies from watching other movies. Bad movies. Noomi Rapace is great as usual but she really can't save this thing. It's even got Peter Stormare who I usually like and Kerry Blishe who I've liked in other movies but they are given ridiculously shallow parts. Blishe is particularly bad. I expected her to break into her best moo-ah-ah-AH!!! Dr. Evil laugh at any time. Since I've seen her act before this it's probably the fault of the director. Michael Chiklis is in it too but I've never been a fan. He usually gets on my nerves and does here, for sure.If they had wanted to make a real movie they should have got to the 'rupture' earlier with it's TERRIBLE computer generated effects and have something of import happen after. What if the rupture happens and then Rapace's character still goes on to resist them? A MOVIE might happen then, huh? And while I'm thinking about it, if you are going to make a SciFi movie with creature special effects make sure you have the BUDGET to hire a talented creature designer AND a good effects house. Nothing takes you out of the movie faster than bad effects when the movie is centered around the theme of watching a human becoming something non-human. The effects here are embarrassingly bad.They waste a lot screen time with Rapace getting loose from the room she's held in when you know she's eventually going to get caught again. She goes all over the damn place and then is very accidentally discovered by Chiklis' character who says words to the effect, 'Did you think you could get loose without us knowing?' Well, YEAH. We just saw her do it for about 20 minutes until you dumb-lucked into finding her, you doofus. That's just plain bad writing.Also I'm going to go on record as saying having people escape a room through the duct system is the most ridiculous cliché in the history of film. A room the size she's in would have a duct no larger than 6"x10" at most because of a thing called air pressure. You see ducts must become SMALLER as they reach their final destination. Rooms that size don't have return air in them, so you can't get out that way, either. Please, just stop with it, already. One review compared this to a student film. THX1138 was a student film but Lucas got help on the script to turn it into a feature. Steven Shainberg who directed this isn't a novice so he really has no excuse for these pretty egregious shortcomings.I've been happy to see thoughtful SciFi making a bit of a comeback with interesting movies like 'Ex Machina' 'Arrival' 'The Zero Theorem' and the beautiful and poetic 'Bladerunner 2049' being released in the last few years. I was hoping I might see that here but no.It's too bad 'Rupture' couldn't be part of that resurgence.

I thought it was good. A 4 really? What do people want out of a movie? It was unique, I've never seen anything like it and that's saying a lot right there. It stars the woman that played The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and her acting was more than adequate, she was believable and did a good job. The movie ties in current events and gives a credible explanation for some paranormal things that are going on in real life. It surpassed expectations, I was just looking for an abduction movie and it delivered mega mystery, a scifi spin at its finest to the level of twilight zone. I think people don't like it because it doesn't fit traditional happy endings. It only drags very slightly, many other higher ranking movies drag much more. It's not hokey, it doesn't resort to gore, and as I said its a unique believable twist.Refreshing worth the watch. Every bit as good as Arrival which did get an 8 !!!