The Final (2010)

[TerrorScribe]

I got to see a this at a screening here in Dallas. The production company that made it is based here so we had the producer, director, writer and some of the stars on hand for it. The writer told me after the screening that he was definitely shooting for something along the lines of Columbine - or more specifically, what motivated those kids to take the actions they did. But he also wanted to try to avoid doing something that was like the usual teen horror flick, but also different from what it could be closely compared to: "Saw." Remarkably enough, he mostly succeeds. There are parts of it that are eye-rollingly cliche and parts that make you go, "OK, that's pretty nice."

All in all, not a bad little movie. Not a lot of blood. No nudity. No sex. No good guys. No bad guys. Everyone's a victim. Not a perfect film, but it's thought provoking and a good kind of different.