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Six former
reality-tv contestants are brought to an
exotic island for a special reunion show. When they
arrive, they're surprised to see that no one is there
waiting for them. But they're sadly mistaking
themselves, for someone is there, waiting... to
kill them all of one by one. Will anyone survive
this reality-TV nightmare? And who is this mysterious
killer dressed in camouflage clothes?
Australia has made several attempts to break into
the horror business over the years and not until
just recently have they managed to do so with movies
like "Undead" and "Wolf Creek". And while "Safety In
Numbers" is stylishly shot on 35mm in cinemascope,
it reminds us of what we used to expect from Australia
in terms of horror movies.
Safety In Numbers is an incredibly unoriginal slasher
flick, filled with clichés and predictable twists.
The story revolves around three girls and three guys
who participated in a reality-TV show called "Cast
Away Island" some time ago. They're on their way to
an exotic island with their yacht to participate in
a special reunion show. What they don't know is that
there's only one person waiting for them on the island,
and it's someone they really don't want to meet.
The plot is so ridiculously thin that the characters
have to go look for their lost yacht about ten times,
throughout the movie, just so that they have a reason
to split up every time someone needs to be killed
off. And when they're not searching for their yacht
(which really just looks like an ordinary sail boat
if you ask me), they're running around in the woods
while being chased by an unseen person in camouflage
clothes. All we get to see is the killer's legs in
the chase scenes, but we all ready know who the
killer is so why bother with the "mystery"? I guess
it's because when we finally get a good look of the
killer, you have to giggle a little due to the silly
outfit (if you thought that the killer in The Majorettes
had a bad sense of fashion, wait till you see this one).
While it was nice to see Jessica Napier back in a
slasher flick (you might remember her from the
Aussie scream rip-off called "Cut"), the acting was
over-all pretty bad. This was pretty surprising to
me since the movie looks like it had pretty good
production values. It's shot on 35mm film in
cinemascope and the cinematography is brilliant.
The colours are incredibly vibrant and you can tell
that this wasn't meant to be a DTV flick.
It is what it is though and it's a shame that they
didn't spend their money more wisely. This is a
very forgettable slasher-flick with a story that
we've all seen too many times before. For some
reason reality-TV horror seems to be popular again.
If you're Australian, it's a duty to watch this
poor slasher flick, but if you're American, consider
yourself lucky and leave this in the video store.
PG-13 warning. Very little blood, some stabbings,
some sticks through ones leg. This is a movie that
parents can allow their kids to rent.
The soundtrack was way too good for this movie. The
powerful bongos really impressed me and it sounded
as if they had spent quite some time making the
score. Best thing about this flick.
Clichéd slasher-flick with a dull and unoriginal
concept. Despite beautiful sceneries and brilliant
cinematography, you're still aching to push the
fast forward button after 30 minutes. Unless you're
Australian, you might as well skip this one as
you've probably seen the same concept plenty of
times before.
Review By: AnthroFred
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