ATM (2012)

In 7 words or less: A man stands outside of an ATM.

What's it all About? A man with a length of pipe scares some cowards by standing still outside of an ATM. He gets bored so he starts messing with them a bit. They FREAK out, start acting silly and get themselves into a lot of bother.

Hahahaha

Best bits? My favourite scenes were any of the 10 minutes of baffaling footage of the stalker drawing up blueprints of his plans. With shots lingering over him writing "Christmas Tree Depot Shuts 8pm" and other hilarious notes. The very thought that this guy could possibly predict  all the ridiculous stuff that happens and plan for it is just great.

A RULER AND RED PEN! A RULER! OW!

There's also a hilarious scene where, in a moment of desperation, one of them quietly mutters the old "if we put our pin number in backwards, the police will turn up" gem. We are then treated to a shot of the character realistically struggling to reverse the PIN. It doesn't work.

9. 5. to infinity

They try everything they can, apart from actually doing something. It's very frustrating. I know it's meant to be one of those "what would I do in that position" but it doesn't really have that effect, it's a feeling more like annoyance.

Did it make you think thoughts? I actually thought it was quite fun for a little bit. Then like all modern horror, there's very little fun to be had in the end. It's a stupid idea, it should have been a whole lot stupider. This has actually put me off watching Buried (the directors other work).

Wow, this is hard to review... There's nothing really to say. Three tenuously trapped in an ATM whilst a killer scares them a bit from outside. It has the worst ending of any film i've seen in a long time. That montage of him drawing out blueprints! It's meant to stay with you and scare you deep to your core. But it was tickling me just right. That hand model really nails that scene.

Would you write PLEH on the window?

Would you watch it again? I can't imagine a situation where I would need to. For laughs? No, there are very few of those here.

Rating (out of 100%): 32% Not fun enough to be enjoyable. The worst pin-number based film of 2012?