Horribly written and directed
937176
Even for an '80s film, it was pretty bad. The writing and plot were beyond horrible. The director was worse. I'm sure the actors did the best they could with what they were given. No points off for clunky, '80's style and over-dramatic acting. The plot is not complete enough to tell a good story. Even the ending was cut like it didn't matter. This director relied on the guns instead of the human element, and it just didn't work.
1538933
wow, this was bad. Its like they had an idea for a movie. Made the movie, then chopped it up into a choppy cliff notes version with bad lines.
1036089
Big question for the second installment, of Scary Movie, which, I might add, part one- I loved...how long did it take them to write this?  A half hour?  If it took longer than that, I was fooled.  It is amazing how horrible a comedy can be, and I think this one might just take the award for the worst ever.  Unlike part 1, there was no coherent story.  Granted, the plot in part one wasn't totally solid, but in part 2- it wasn't there at all.  It seemed more like a series of skits that made no sense together, and none of them were funny at that.  The same old jokes used in the same exact way.  Some of the jokes in this movie were IDENTICAL to the jokes in part one...the "sex" scene being one of those.  Same fire hose like spray of liquid knocking the very annoying Faris down.  That's another thing...if that girl wasn't annoying in the first, in this one- she is so annoying you just want someone to strangle her to get her out of the movie.  I am very disappointed in the writers and everyone involved in making the film, because it seems like they thought they had to automatically make a part 2 to make some more cash, and they clearly thought it had to be made, edited, and released within a few days...that's what it looks like.  This is a horrible mess that has maybe 2 funny jokes, and the rest is just gross out humor...unlike the first, this gross out humor is not funny, just gross.  Miss this one at all costs.  1/10
637824
I will have to chime in with the rest of the Vine reviewers on this one and state the obvious even further: along with an interesting story ruined with a horrible way to make a film (handheld tremors to the maximum) - they made it even worse by filming the documentary the same way!

The premise has a dark and film worthy stance on a serial killer having some form of redemption by the end, but the director made some very poor decisions and alienated a large group of potential followers with his poor creative process.

There could have been a chance to really describe his intentions in the making-of, but instead I was even more irritated with how he chose to have his behind the scenes maker shoot it in similar fashion. A few stars for the story, none further for the extras or film quality.
2977507
Would give 0 stars if I could. The two acts in the movie were exactly the same. Bad acting, bad writing, bad directing.
677025
I brought this film because I saw a trailer a while back and thought it looked quite interesting and different. However within the first 10 minutes of watching it me and the person I was watching it with were shocked as to has bad the acting was. That was my first impression. I was told to stick it out, so I did. I'm affraid it got worse.

If you want a poorly acted dreadfully directed predictable film about a over written plot which makes no sense, this is the film for you. And the line at the end, "shove it up your..." classic
4861595
It was just awful.

A lot of potential in the premise (or rather multiple premises), but ruined by piss-poor direction -- that's the only explanation for the fact that EVERY actor in this woebegotten teleplay seemed to be reading their lines under the influence of a narcotic.  Or under the influence of formaldehyde.

And the lines they should've been putting some, er, acting, into were also dreadful -- some good ideas here (actually, too many... it would take an encyclopedia to map out the stolen "homages" to various genres) but terrible, terrible writing.

For a low budget, though, the sets, special effects imagery and photography were quite good.

Too bad overall.... I really wanted to like this one.

Absolutely not worth paying any money for.  Try to find it for free on the internet, but even that's not worth too much effort.

(Too bad SyFy didn't pick up the Lost Room... that had real potential, unlike this clunker.)
3714839
Awful boring and horrible acting
Incredible waste of my time and money.
Is found footage flick, but the footage should have remained lost.
1663681
I saw the first TAKEN and liked it.  I read some good reviews and then the bad reviews.  I really should have paid attention to the l stars.  Horrible movie.  I am embarrassed for Liam.  He is a very talented actor. Even he couldn't deliver the lines in the beginning part of the  movie to make them believable.  The lack of a script writer was obvious, I think the actors made it all up as they went along. The movie doesn't make sense at any time. I don't understand why people didn't notice when a l6 year old girl was throwing grenades off roof tops in the City.  Her driving made me crazy along with the idiotic dialogue between father and daughter.

I cannot recommend this movie at all.  Except for one piece of interesting geographical information I learned about the city of Istanbul this movie is a complete waste of time.
4505306
The trailer for this film made it look pretty decent.  Unfortunately the film itself cannot live up to the promise.  This beautifully shot film has a solid (though oft-used) premise.  But the dialogue is amateurishly written and as a result you have good actors (Quaid, Dickens, Graham, Ross) spouting ridiculous dialogue thus making their acting seem stiff and wooden.

The film's Director of Photography should easily get hired again after this movie, but the screenwriter should find another calling.

As proof of the latter, the plot takes a ludicrously dark turn near the end and then glosses over it as if it were of no consequence.  Shamefully weak writing.

Cannot recommend this movie.
950238
I wanted to LOVE this  movie -- very high powered cast doing a little Hollywood indie.  I love John Cusack and Julianne Moore.  Instead, I was treated to poor writing, mediocre characters and a nauseating level of homicidal violence, including the senseless killing of a family pet.  The only enjoyable part was Carrie Fisher doing a cameo as herself.  One of those movies that when it was done, I felt like I wanted to take a shower to "wash off" the feeling of watching it.  Yuck!  Save your $5, glad I didn't bother to see it in the theater!
1077909
There's not a single reason to see this awful movie, whose terrible screenwriting, dialogue, cinematography, stiff, formal, amateurish production and especially direction - the director  must have taken a dozen Xanax's before he did each scene - an embarrassment and an insult to its two fine actresses. .Give it an F.
1249564
I saw this movie last night and I was so disappointed. Crummy acting and writing and a lame story. I groaned repeatedly and was looking forward to the next feature. When I found out only this movie was being shown, I felt totally ripped off. I give this movie 2 stars because they at least tried. I cannot believe it is getting awards. Has the world gone mad?
Horrible, horrible, and horrible is my description for the movie and my wasted two hours.
1287718
Badly written, badly cast, badly acted, badly directed - it's all here.  And the embarrassing cameos don't help.  At all.  One would be hard pressed to pick out the worst of the bunch; Whoopi or Weinstein?  Would've been way better if Billy Barty had Ryan O'Neal's role though.
However, there's this 'inspirational' line in there somewhere: "If we believe in film - and we do - then don't we have the responsibility to protect the world from bad ones?"  Indeed.
Too bad the film makers didn't take it to heart.
492716
So much potential not realized! Bad writing, poor directing, and mediocre camera work, plus loads of camera spiking by certain actors, combine to turn what was really a pretty fun story concept into an amazingly boring snooze fest.
4069188
Ridiculously dull story, unlikable characters, zero sense of humor, retarded attempt of horror/suspense, terrible directing/writing all together.
2677858
I loathe myself for watching this movie all the way through.  My husband left early in to go to bed.  Sleep would have been far preferable to gutting out this garbage movie with my dad.  I feel the one star reveiws really nailed it.  It boggles my mind that there are so many 5 star reveiws and just had to read a few.  Apparently, those who are stupid enough to enjoy this stupid movie also think that writing a review is to recap the whole story for you.  I hated this movie because the writing was cringe factor bad, the acting in places was horrible, it was a moral cess pool, and the character development was just awful.