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Thirst

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

This film is very similar in concept to the film "Open Water," except that there is a total lack of water, ironically, because the four characters get stranded in the desert. The film features basically only the four main characters, with Lacey Chabert in the lead role. Chabert gives an emotionally charged, convincing performance as the characters fight for survival and prove just how far they are willing to go to save themselves and each other.

Without giving spoilers away, this film is highly entertaining, and the lengths that the characters are willing to go is astounding as they are forced to make unthinkable decisions as they face the possible fate of dying in the desert of thirst. If you have read Jack London's "To Build a Fire" or you are a big fan of "Open Water" then you will adore this film. If you are looking for a "slasher" flick, look elsewhere. This is about as far from being a slasher film as you can get, but there are elements of terror present. The producers could have chosen to make this movie exceptionally graphic and unpleasant (and at times, it is) but overall, they took the high road and ended up with an above-average movie. This would make for an excellent rental, and I would even suggest purchasing it for fans who like this type of film.

I searched high and low for a review of this film, but I could not find one anywhere, so I wanted to make sure I took the time to review it in detail but not give too much away. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Now that I have done my civic duty for today (Amazon usually isn't sure about subtitles. Even the First Look Studios and "Thirst" websites make no mention of them), "Thirst" is a nice, disturbing little movie. The oppression from unending heat and sun gets practically unbearable for the viewer, so have a glass of cool water to drink nearby. Everything else these mostly likable characters try to sate their thirst with is dangerous: "It tastes like garlic! Ha ha!"

I also can't recall seeing an actor eat a cactus in a movie: "Don't eat that!", says one knowing character to another who promptly screams: "It burns!"

Now, does that realization come in addition to the pain the cactus-muncher must have felt from eating the cactus needles, or is that a different pain?

I liked the ensemble acting, the rugged scorched outdoors locales and thought this movie was much more entertaining (in the most agonizing way) than "Open Water".

Overlooked but recommended for fans of the "We're stuck out here and we're going to die!" movies.

Thirst was a highly effective survival"non action" thriller.
What it lacks in action it makes up for with character development ,gross out moments,great dialogue and storyline.
The fact that Lacy Chambert's character is almost a doctor"ready to graduate medical school" lends to the credibility of a lot the storyline that would have been impossible to pull off had she been anything else .It wouldn't have worked even if she were a nurse.
There are some real bite your pillow tense and gross out moments that are very well done and lend to the movies memorability factor.It even has a You can be human and a Vampire too kinda vibe in parts. Although It is in no way a Vampire flick.
I enjoyed it more than Open Water but not as Much as Adam Green's Frozen.
I saw it on demand but may buy it because I could see myself watching it again.
You never know how it will end and that's the way it should be,there is no twist or big surprise ,it's just a really well done movie about four people lost in the desert dying of thirst and other ailments.

The setup is simple, and the plot meandering and not terribly realistic in Thirst (2010), where two couples face a crisis situation in the desert. Major spoilers follow, so proceed at your own discretion.

Tyson (Brandon Quinn), a fashion photographer, is headed off to a remote desert location to do a photo shoot with Atheria (Mercedes McNab) a model. Also along are Tyson's friend Bryan (Tygh Runyan), and his wife Noelle (Lacey Chabert) who is studying to be a doctor. The group travels deep into the desert, and begins the photo shoot. While looking for a new location, their vehicle runs off the road, and Atheria is injured. With their vehicle undrivable and no cell phone service (of course), the group faces a situation they are totally unprepared for. Noelle reveals that she is pregnant, which heightens the couple's drive to survive.

The intent of the film, is to show the outrageous acts people will do, when under extreme pressure. The first of which is some makeshift "brain surgery", involving Noelle taking a screwdriver to Atheria skull, even though she has no definite knowledge where the pressure on her brain may be. Evidently Noelle is unaware of the Hippocratic oath, which includes taking no action that may harm a patient, or engaging in a practice without being qualified. It is a pretty effective scene, but unfortunately the model does not survive, and after burying her body, the three survivors decide to try and walk to safety.

This is where the film really starts to lose credibility. The group came into the desert totally unprepared, with only a bag of chips, and some bottles of water. No one wears their sunglasses or hats, and Noelle heads off into the desert, wearing a sleeveless blouse and slippers. These people should be severely dehydrated and sunburned after a few hours, and Noelle's feet should be rubbed raw, but it doesn't happen in the days that follow. Throughout their journey, the survivors look much too healthy. They manage to kill a rattlesnake and drink its blood, but then instead of keeping it for food, they throw it away.

The trek through the desert, is mostly a series of unrelated scenes connected together, where the geography doesn't really match up. Instead of travelling during the cooler parts of the day as they say is their intention, they often seem to be on the move when the sun is high overhead. The gross out moments, that are largely what this film is about, continue, as Noelle and Bryan drink their own urine, and later even more shocking, Noelle turns into a vampire. In the end, the hapless travelers somehow manage the impossible, arriving at the same place they left.

With Lacey Chalbert as one of the executive producers, it's hardly surprising that mother-to-be Noelle, survives. Only at the very end, does she even look as dirty, sun baked, and dehydrated as she should have much earlier. There is a nice twist, where a breast implant of all things, plays a key role in her survival. The actors do the best with what they have, and the performances are actually pretty good, as the characters are not complete morons. The film's problems are mostly related to the location, and the way the scenes are edited together doesn't always make for a very believable story. While it's possible for a group to be so totally unprepared, it's not likely that they would have survived as long as these people did.

With an emphasis on the different fluids that the survivors drink, Thirst does live up to its name. Besides walking in the desert, there really isn't much action to speak of. The film has solid production values, and the desert cinematography is a plus, although if you pay attention to it, the continuity between scenes often does not match, as they appear to be shot at different times of the day. It's hard to control lighting on location, and it appears to be too much of a challenge here. Still, if you block out all the unrealistic elements, and just take it for what it is intended to be, a look at the extreme things people will do to survive, Thirst does have some entertainment value.

There are too many cliches in the terrible film. Starting with the blonde with fake boobs and moving on to the clueless guys and frigid worried woman. Ugh. Just terrible. Don't watch. I only watched because it was free with Amazon Prime.

If you think you might like 90 minutes of bad actors stumbling around with bath towels on their heads muttering, "I can't go on," "You gotta go on," "I can't go on," "You gotta go on," then this is the movie for you. Some movies are just so horrible they're entertaining. I give to you the low-budget dud, THIRST. The acting was so bad that it was like watching a bunch of kids pretending to be actors in a movie about actors pretending to be kids lost in the desert. Spoiler warnings are for movies that can actually be spoiled: the main character survives by sucking the blood from her husband's neck, after he slits his throat with a razor blade, and by fashioning an intravenous saline drip from the breast implant of one of the characters killed earlier in the movie. And, to give it all an air of art house respectability, the cast are referred to as "Players" in the ending credits, just like a William Shakespeare production. Finally, the movie tagline "Surrender to the Unholy Oasis" could just as easily have been "I Like Pie" because it has nothing whatsoever to do with the movie I watched; there is no oasis, holy, unholy, or otherwise (and no pie either).

This movie was nothing original or interesting. Two couples go off into the desert on vacation so one can take pics of his new fashion model girlfriend. For the first ten minutes we see the two female stars romp around in bikinis, probably to make the film more appealing to men but whatever, nothing makes this film appealing.

This movie is bland, boring and full of bad acting and cheap production. The actors acted like they just got out of acting school a year earlier or needed to go. The movie looked like a college production from a film student. The movies were full of ridiculous cliche events.

Couples run car into a rock to avoid a wolf.

One woman is superwoman AKA nurse who tries to do surgery on emergency surgery with her bare hands.

They go through bouts of thirst and sink to ridiculous measures.

They happen to be trapped where no one but them were dumb enough to get trapped in.

And on, and on, and on. NOTHING original. It is like a million other movies but with poor scenery and nerve-cringing acting. This movie is horrible. I saw it on Showtime and thank goodness I didn't waste money on it. The only thing good about this movie is that it's over. I kept watching just to see how bad it got and in that aspect I wasn't disappointed.

If you wanna see decent movies with people trapped in deserts, try 72 Hours or The Canyon. Anything but this.

This is one of those typical plot lines that goes around in circles. But to make matters worse it also jumps around, in dream stages that have no real meaning in the context of the movie. So if your into watching slow drawnout movies where people do get hurt n die, this is for you. If it's not your cup of tea, skip it. There are other much better movies out there.

It is so sad that actress Lacey Chabert has lowered herself to this level of film...if you want to call it that. I always thought she was a budding star and would emerge among the cream of the crop some day...definitely not in this dreadful low-budget bomb. It was slower than a crippled snail...horrible script...high school calibre acting. I hope Lacey emerges in a much better role. I won't hold this one against her. I'm her fan forever!

I thought about giving this 4 stars, but I was glad to see Brandon Quinn back in a role and Mercedes McNab is a welcome face for a BtVS fan so it earned my approval for 5.

As with most movies you can pretty much sense trouble from the start and you're immediately thinking "oh great, another one of these". Try to stay out of that mind frame as this movie really makes you think about how far you'd be willing to go if you were in the situation. There are some emotional moments and I would agree with the comparison to Open Water.