Product Details

• Actors: Amber Tamblyn, Aidan Gillen, Armie Hammer, Katie Stuart, Alvaro Roque
• Directors: Rigoberto Castañeda
• Writers: Ed Dougherty
• Producers: Anna Vilà, Dana Lustig, David Bergstein, Eileen Fields, Giuseppe Cioccarelli
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
• DVD Release Date: January 13, 2009
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001HB1K4Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,938 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Blackout" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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BLACKOUT - DVD Movie

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1.0 out of 5 stars Blackout, August 21, 2010

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Jose Lopez "Jose Lopez" (Miami,Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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Blackout had me "knocked out" throughout the duration of the movie,so boring and the flashbacks make the plot dumber on top of that the scenes with salt and the lady cut up was unnecessary. Is the movie about being in a elevator stuck? or going through various flashbacks and then finally the best part of all is when the Movie ends! What happens to the bad guy other than that,a snooze.

2.0 out of 5 stars This elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor, if you know what I mean, February 6, 2011

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Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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What a huge disappointment this movie turned out to be. Once I learned the premise of Blackout, I couldn't wait to see it - I love these movies where people are put in a terribly stressful and agonizing situation in which hope eventually dies. Even though getting stuck in an elevator isn't quite the dangerous stuff of a Frozen, in which three skiers are trapped for days on a ski lift, that particular circumstance certainly ranks highly on my personal "I hope this never happens to me" list. Just being trapped is bad enough, but then one of the three turns out to be a serial killer - that should turn the claustrophobic intensity up a few notches. And then I saw that one of my favorite young actresses, Amber Tamblyn, was in the movie. Yep, I was totally stoked for the Blackout experience. When the movie got off to a slow and disjointed start, I didn't worry because I knew the fun wouldn't really begin until our three characters stepped into that elevator together. Then they got on the elevator - and the fun still didn't begin. After that, it didn't take long to realize that Blackout was going to be a great big dud, and even Amber Tamblyn was powerless to overcome such a bad script and method of presentation.

Blackout has a myriad of problems. For one thing, none of the characters are particularly likeable to begin with, even though we're given reasons - gradually, via ill-timed flashbacks - to sympathize with each of them. Dr. Karl Maddox (Aiden Gillen) is a widower on his way to do something for his little girl before she arrives back home the next day. Claudia (Amber Tamblyn) is dealing with the impending death of her beloved grandmother. Tommy (Armie Hammer) is putting a plan into motion to remove his girlfriend from a bad situation at home. Oh, these poor people - yet, for some reason (bad writing) I felt nothing for any of them. I don't believe the group dynamics were ever adequately established (due in no small part to the flashback scenes destroying anything resembling a rhythm), and I found the eventual emergence of the killer's identity and murderous intentions to have taken place somewhat too abruptly. Even the climactic, life and death moments of the film manufactured little in the way of thrills or suspense. It all adds up to quite a disappointing viewing experience that never generated the atmosphere it needed in order to succeed.

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to all the critics..., September 26, 2010

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maskedgamer - See all my reviews

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I hesitated at first when checking out this film. I've seen some bad films and I've seen some really bad films. This isn't either or of those. This is actually a really good film depending on what your expecting to get out of it. For the simple minded they probably won't like it. The movie has more dialog than anything else. I don't think the movie is trying to mask the secret of who is the killer. You can pretty much tell as soon as everyone gets on the elevator. The only thing the movie does is clarify who the people on the elevator are and what they had ongoing in their lives up untill that moment. It added a lot of depth to what could have been shallow characters you didn't care about but, learning about them did make you concerned for their safety. This isn't exactly a horror film it's a suspense film. It's more or less a movie about 2 people trapped in an elevator with a serial killer who's breaking down. Weither you know he is a killer or not doesn't matter the other people don't and that's where the movie gets interesting.

Creative movie 4 stars for being different.