The Signal

2014 • 97 minutes

À propos de ce film

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

Notes et avis

This film had some really well done scenes in the way they were shot but I felt there really wasn't much interesting or engaging about it. There are moments where things can seem really nonsensical and unrealistic that made the viewing more agitating than enjoyable, which the ending really could not justify. I felt the characters lacked anything to drew you in to make you feel emotionally invested in them or what they where doing. The basis of the story has some merit to it but maybe too ambitious and not fleshed out enough in this movie. Quite disappointing.

I quite enjoyed this movie although the final twist was hardly a surprise for anyone who's watched episodes of the Twilight Zone or similar mysteries. Also the relationship-defining scenes between the three main characters (which were quite pleasant actually) turned out to have very little relevance once the sci-fi took over. At least the ending was reasonably satisfying and we didn't have to put up with any of that open-ended nonsense where you're left to figure out for yourself what was really going on.

Makes you wonder if any of it was real from the main character's perspective or just artifice for the end reveal. Enjoyed it though stays true to the tradition of proper sci-fi being about unravelling ideas and not just killer giant robots and FTL drives.