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Wonderful Movie

Excellent but underrated film

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

I am writing this from the viewpoint that this movie was made for $15,000 not from the perspective that it was made for a Hollywood Blockbuster budget. For that budget, this is probably the best movie I have ever seen. Normally, I would have expected this would have cost about $200,000 to make.As for the movie, it begins as a manic mess. The cuts are mostly just a blur. Some of them are on screen long enough to actually see. Some aren't. I am not a fan of cuts of less than 2 seconds. The brain cannot comprehend and remember anything shorter so it is a waste of film. A lot of film time was wasted with too-short cuts.The story comes together after all the short cuts, slowly. After about 30 minutes, you finally have some idea of what the film is about. I prefer having some backstory up front. Yeah, it is old-school-routine but it was routine for a reason, and that reason has not gone away: To involve the viewer. Without it, some people will just hit stop and walk away wondering what they wasted the time and blacklist the writer/producer/director. Not a good thing.To the good side, the cinematography was good. Lighting and sound were good. This is Hollywood quality production for cheap. Good job. Just the story is a little wonky but we can live through that. Somewhat like Chain Reaction, it is a big chase movie with a small mystery plot to hold the scenes together. And they tip the ending way too early.The most interesting and original idea is that there is a back door to hell and people can get out. Interesting, if there were such a place.The worst part of this movie and many others is that the dialog is too soft and the music is too loud. In the theaters, it is probably illegally loud. At home, it means constantly jacking the sound up and down. Really annoying. -1 star for extreme dynamic range.Summary: Worth a watch. Exceptional for the budget!!

I bumped my rating to a 3 after seeing the budget for this movie was 15k. They did make a bad but not horrible movie for that kind of dough. I mean at least it's not Heaven's Gate. The acting was sub par, the action sequences were particularly bad and the writing was yawn inducing. You have to suspend disbelief when watching this type of movie but in this case you have to suspend intelligence also. If I had the hour and a half back I'd take my dog down to the park and videotape him pooing on the grass. Don't believe the rave reviews you've been reading here as this movie is like an after school special from the 80's blended with a direct to video action flick starring Don Swayze and Frank Stallone.

I would not have wanted to pay six bucks to go see this in a theater. But for a film that I picked arbitrarily while browsing through Hulu on a day off from work, I have to say I really enjoyed this film. Yes, it borrows from other works, but that's not wholly astonishing for someone who's just getting started in any artistic field. There's a little bit of "The Crow" here, a little bit of "The Matrix," and a little bit of "The Prophecy," among others.Maybe I'm a little lenient on low-budget films, but I disagree with those who are harshly critical of the acting. No one's getting so much as a Saturn Award for their work here, but I have seen worse acting in much bigger movies.There were some problems with the plot that are reminiscent of things you've seen in a zillion other action movies, like the lack of cop cars during extended gun battles in town, but two shots get fired at the end of the film in a country house and they come with sirens a-blazin'.Why aren't the cops keeping tabs on the phone calls of friends and family of their primary suspect while he's on the run? Everyone but law enforcement seems to know how to reach him.All things considered, though, this wasn't a bad way to kill a couple of hours, and I think the director has a promising career.

Don't expect a masterpiece. Please. The Other Side is entertaining, semi-original, and for the most part, well acted. Some of the scenes could have been removed, some of the actors could have been replaced, but honestly, with such a low budget, the crew/cast did a great job. The main character especially was well done. His relationship with his girlfriend was portrayed well in some parts but came off a little cheesy in others. Most other low budget horror movies are based around sex scenes/nudity and gore which detracts from the plot a great deal. The Other Side does not indulge in this cliché and is, in this reviewers opinion, a breath of fresh air in a stale genre.