Slumpy - Right-On Film Reviews

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Panic Button (2011)


In 7 words or less: Hollyoaks in (Aero) Space

Best bits? Some internet weirdos win an online competition from a social networking site. They've won a trip to new york, they're over the moon... But they forgot to delete their browsing history.

This starts off quite fun, the cast of four are all merrily enjoying a drink on a private jet courtesy of All2gether.com. When their host, a computer generated crocodile (along the lines of 'Sam' from 'Moon' but rubbish) starts getting all uppity about their past on the internet.


Apparently they like watching all sorts of internet blueys; and this Croc's had enough of them emailing that monkey playing with it's balls to their address books on a Friday.

So, after Ali' gets all narc'y he starts giving each of the passengers naughty missions, big brother style, which won't make them any friends at all. If they fail to obey his every whim, he randomly selects someone from their all2gether.com friend list and does away with them in a skanky manor.

Aligator has Gwen listen to her favourite song.

Did it make you think thoughts? The film has been wrongly classified as an 18, I believe. It's not realistic enough for people to be affected by any of the gore or threat. I'm not really sure what went on here. My theory is that the classification board didn't make it through the whole film, as the build up leads you to think you think you're going to see some terrible things. Luckily, the only terrible thing here is the idea.

I was also convinced that the loutish arse character was a relative of Rupert Grint.


Would you watch it again? Not for all the private jets in the world. I'd be interested to see what this film maker does next, however. It looks good for it's meagre budget, and it could have been better with a tighter story.

Max didn't want ANY more cups of tea.

Rating (out of 100%): 41% The whole way through, I was asking myself why on earth was I watching it. It turned out not to be so bad. With a couple of good twists and a real stinky one, it's probably worth a watch compared to a lot of new horror.
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