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Six people, each on the road to self-destruction, wake up trapped in a surreal facility without knowing how they got there or why. Held captive by a mysterious man, the abductees are subjected to 'The Trials', a sadistic experiment in which they are forced to decide each other's fate over a nerve-racking game of dice.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
DIE has an interesting premise, borrowing somewhat from the SAW franchise but attempting to offer a more "redemptive" slant. I had a little trouble in following some of the plot's complexities especially regarding Jacob's conflictual nice guy/cold hearted killer persona. DIE has a dark, almost surrealistic feel although its slow pacing can be frustrating.
The cast does a decent job especially the reliable Elias Koteas as the tormented cop and John Pyper-Ferguson whose non-chalant wickedness is quietly chilling.
Unlike SAW, DIE eschews excessive gore or protracted extensive scenes of violence. DIE could've been a refreshing change of pace from standard torture flicks, but it's lack of dramatic cohesion and a weak pacing keeps it from truly transcending its genre.
The cast does a decent job especially the reliable Elias Koteas as the tormented cop and John Pyper-Ferguson whose non-chalant wickedness is quietly chilling.
Unlike SAW, DIE eschews excessive gore or protracted extensive scenes of violence. DIE could've been a refreshing change of pace from standard torture flicks, but it's lack of dramatic cohesion and a weak pacing keeps it from truly transcending its genre.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
An Atmospheric Slow-Burn Psychological Thriller That Grows Increasingly Preposterous
March 15, 2012
Format:DVD
I really didn't have any specific expectations going into the new thriller "Die." Its packaging and cover art makes it look like a straight-to-DVD horror cheapie, so all I could do was hope for the best. I love intense dramas that pit people against one another in psychological combat, and this seemed to be promising just such thrills. And truthfully, within the first few minutes of "Die," I thought I might have discovered a real underground winner. Here's two things that I'll say up-front. One, the visual look of the picture establishes a terrifyingly dark and claustrophobic world that is quite appealing and unsettling. And two, the cast (in its entirety) give exceptional performances throughout. But after creating an effective mood and an intriguing premise, the movie progressively gets more and more outlandish. What starts as creepy morphs into something altogether silly, and it's a classic case of a screenplay trying to go too big. Had the filmmakers focused on the story's more intimate chills, this might have been an effective little sleeper. But by the end, it just had me rolling my eyes with each new revelation.
I won't reveal any of the movie's surprises, but the set-up is a promising one. After a well-edited introduction, six people (a nurse, a psychiatrist, a philanthropist, a junkie, a housewife with a gambling problem, and a cop) awake to find themselves prisoner in what appears to be a darkened basement. Soon they meet their captor (a solid John Pyper-Ferguson), who quickly establishes that they will be engaged in life-or-death games whose consequences are largely determined by the roll of a die. And as these initial sessions play out, they have a real intensity! The more mysterious the movie is, the better it works. What is going on? Why were these people chosen? What do they have in common? The story starts to unravel its many mysteries through a series of flashbacks as we get to know more about each victim. So far, so good.
As more and more is explained, however, the movie soon starts to lose its footing with any sense of reality. The best parts of the movie are certainly in the basement, but the dangers the captives face grow increasingly complex, unbelievable, and problematic. (Scary when simple, silly when too overdone). The movie is entirely contingent on a controlling power that is truly all-knowing and all-encompassing. You know those movies where the bad guy can be anywhere and everywhere without concern for logic? This is that multiplied by a hundred. But that's not the worst part. I could have lived with this suspension of disbelief had not the movie continued to lose focus. The most painful element in the film is in the outside world where the most inept and empty-headed police investigation is taking place. As the two plot threads occur in tandem, it makes the basement games stretch over several days (conveniently not one of the captives is missed from the real world in any tangible way). And even that's not enough, there is a final revelation (that is hinted at throughout) that raises the stakes to lunatic proportions.
In the end, NOTHING makes sense. Bigger is not always better. A taut thriller in the confines of the basement might have worked. The increasingly preposterous plot twists add little and actually took me away from the portion of the film that was mildly successful. Still, there are some nice performances (always good to see Elias Koteas)--but I lost interest and good will in "Die" after its very promising beginning. KGHarris, 3/12.
I won't reveal any of the movie's surprises, but the set-up is a promising one. After a well-edited introduction, six people (a nurse, a psychiatrist, a philanthropist, a junkie, a housewife with a gambling problem, and a cop) awake to find themselves prisoner in what appears to be a darkened basement. Soon they meet their captor (a solid John Pyper-Ferguson), who quickly establishes that they will be engaged in life-or-death games whose consequences are largely determined by the roll of a die. And as these initial sessions play out, they have a real intensity! The more mysterious the movie is, the better it works. What is going on? Why were these people chosen? What do they have in common? The story starts to unravel its many mysteries through a series of flashbacks as we get to know more about each victim. So far, so good.
As more and more is explained, however, the movie soon starts to lose its footing with any sense of reality. The best parts of the movie are certainly in the basement, but the dangers the captives face grow increasingly complex, unbelievable, and problematic. (Scary when simple, silly when too overdone). The movie is entirely contingent on a controlling power that is truly all-knowing and all-encompassing. You know those movies where the bad guy can be anywhere and everywhere without concern for logic? This is that multiplied by a hundred. But that's not the worst part. I could have lived with this suspension of disbelief had not the movie continued to lose focus. The most painful element in the film is in the outside world where the most inept and empty-headed police investigation is taking place. As the two plot threads occur in tandem, it makes the basement games stretch over several days (conveniently not one of the captives is missed from the real world in any tangible way). And even that's not enough, there is a final revelation (that is hinted at throughout) that raises the stakes to lunatic proportions.
In the end, NOTHING makes sense. Bigger is not always better. A taut thriller in the confines of the basement might have worked. The increasingly preposterous plot twists add little and actually took me away from the portion of the film that was mildly successful. Still, there are some nice performances (always good to see Elias Koteas)--but I lost interest and good will in "Die" after its very promising beginning. KGHarris, 3/12.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Six seemingly random strangers find themselves locked inside glass holding cells, two captives per, wondering just what set this in motion. One minute they were at home, wallowing in their horrid lives, then events brought them there. What were the chances? If they asked their captor, he would probably say something to the effect of "its just the will of the die." This leads to introspection playing out, questions being asked and, of course, tribulations. How else can you be reborn?
While I like horror movies a lot and enjoy a lot of films that do not make the theater rounds, I have become afraid of a lot of films lately. Sometimes it seems like anyone with a handicam and a few bucks can make a film and distribute it. At first I had the same fear of this movie but it turned out it was not a "horror on a budget" flick. Watching it, I thankfully found I liked Die.
As far as film quality,it is not bad. The way the plot works, you do not need a lots of bells and whistles for it to be good. The movie basically deals with Jacob and the way he tries to repair lives, plus the people he tries to repair while following the will of the die. As a kid, Jacob saw his father shoot himself after he had his son roll the number of bullets to put in his handgun. Now he firmly believes that, to embrace life, a person oftentimes needs to be right at the edge of demise. This means he uses people that are attempting death, salvaging them and giving them his version of a second chance. The people he deals with have some interesting "how I got here" tales, and the things that happen to them as tribulations are not random but connect to them personally.
Overall, I liked the way it played out. You have rules to the way it is done and, in some ways, they work. There were a few flaws in the way the rules set up, like a 1 might mean a bullet or it might mean taking the first of six of something out and using it. I really thought that could have used more explaining. Then again, I guess the character isn't exactly sane so reason could go out the window. There also is something in the end, with the number six being special, i would like explained. You'd think a six would be terrible, a death sentence, but Jacob notes it as special and then it sort of goes away. Stuff like that is small, but it is nice to know how things work.
Die does not have a lot of gore to it and does not get too graphic in its depictions, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The idea is not about death, but about a second chance if fate, and Jacob, allow it. It also tries to hook some other stuff into it later on, diluted the idea a bit with old cases and a cult, but it still doesn't hurt the film too terrible much.
This would be a film I would recommend only for people looking in horror or maybe a little mixed-genre experience. As a horror film, I'd give it a 3.5/5 for that type of experience, saying it falls somewhere between ok and I like it. If you have some time to burn, it isn't a bad view.
While I like horror movies a lot and enjoy a lot of films that do not make the theater rounds, I have become afraid of a lot of films lately. Sometimes it seems like anyone with a handicam and a few bucks can make a film and distribute it. At first I had the same fear of this movie but it turned out it was not a "horror on a budget" flick. Watching it, I thankfully found I liked Die.
As far as film quality,it is not bad. The way the plot works, you do not need a lots of bells and whistles for it to be good. The movie basically deals with Jacob and the way he tries to repair lives, plus the people he tries to repair while following the will of the die. As a kid, Jacob saw his father shoot himself after he had his son roll the number of bullets to put in his handgun. Now he firmly believes that, to embrace life, a person oftentimes needs to be right at the edge of demise. This means he uses people that are attempting death, salvaging them and giving them his version of a second chance. The people he deals with have some interesting "how I got here" tales, and the things that happen to them as tribulations are not random but connect to them personally.
Overall, I liked the way it played out. You have rules to the way it is done and, in some ways, they work. There were a few flaws in the way the rules set up, like a 1 might mean a bullet or it might mean taking the first of six of something out and using it. I really thought that could have used more explaining. Then again, I guess the character isn't exactly sane so reason could go out the window. There also is something in the end, with the number six being special, i would like explained. You'd think a six would be terrible, a death sentence, but Jacob notes it as special and then it sort of goes away. Stuff like that is small, but it is nice to know how things work.
Die does not have a lot of gore to it and does not get too graphic in its depictions, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The idea is not about death, but about a second chance if fate, and Jacob, allow it. It also tries to hook some other stuff into it later on, diluted the idea a bit with old cases and a cult, but it still doesn't hurt the film too terrible much.
This would be a film I would recommend only for people looking in horror or maybe a little mixed-genre experience. As a horror film, I'd give it a 3.5/5 for that type of experience, saying it falls somewhere between ok and I like it. If you have some time to burn, it isn't a bad view.
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A very pleasant surprise.
Die (Dominic James, 2010)
There is an oddly compelling, at least to me, subgenre of torture porn that's come to the surface over the last couple of years where instead... Read more
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Published 1 month ago by Robert P. Beveridge
4.0 out of 5 stars
Movie was brand new
The movie was brand new. No scrathes or scrapes. However the movie itself could have been better. I did not like the ending. But i did like the torture.
Published 6 months ago by Nene
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good movie
Didn't have any major complaints with this one. This movie was along the lines of SAW without the overwhelming bloodshed. I like gore, but this movie was fine without it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by dbern77
3.0 out of 5 stars
Watchable, but just too similar to Saw...
Here's a TLDR review: This flick is very similar to the Saw franchise (right down to the cover art). Read more
Published 13 months ago by Proaudio55
3.0 out of 5 stars
Above average for its genre
This at first seemed to be a lot like Saw, but it went beyond that and into the realm of chance and the roll of the dice. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Viva
3.0 out of 5 stars
Yet another Saw rip-off movie that is actually better then most of the...
"When you have seen the things that I have seen you begin to live by your own rules." After a group of six strangers wake up in the same room they start to wonder how they got... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tony Heck
5.0 out of 5 stars
DIE is riveting edge-of-your-seat thriller!
I think what makes this movie good is the basic idea behind it. The people being held captive are forced to roll a die (there is a back story as to why the guy holding them hostage... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jacob Odd
