Evidence (2013)

'Evidence' is a very clever movie. Generally we have come to associate the 'found-footage' genre with horror movies, and one could possibly argue that 'Evidence' is in a way a horror movie. But to me it is far more of a mystery/thriller and the 'found-footage' concept works exquisitely in terms of the story. To have multiple cameras all being introduced one after another and adding a different perspective to the mystery added a great deal of depth to the film. The end result is a fantastically crafted thrill ride full of mystery and twists.The only negative I could find about this movie is that it does get a little convoluted and confusing through the middle. There is so much going on and with the camera angles obviously not being ideal (simply due to them keeping the 'found-footage' concept realistic) that it is a little hard to follow. I didn't find this to detract much from my overall enjoyment of the film however. Other than that I can't really fault the film. The structure, pacing and acting were all of a very high standard and I would thoroughly recommend this film to as many people as I can.

May contain a spoiler in reference to one character. I can say in all honesty this is one of the worst, most predictable films I have ever seen. I am not a fan of 'found footage' or 'first person' type movies but thought I would give this one a go and I can see now why I don't like them. The acting is terrible,the pace is slow, the storyline is dire and is no more than a poor first attempt at a group of students movie. I feel like I have just been robbed of about 90 minutes of my life I shall never get back. Do yourself a favour, instead of watching this movie go into the bathroom and one by one pull your toe nails out it will be more enjoyable and far less painful. I have never heard of any of the actors but one or two look famiiar and lets hope they move onto something more intelligent. What else I cant understand is why do they have the pathologist aged about 20, incredibly overweight and stood eating a burger and drinking a can of drink having obviously just missed a crucial item of evidence. Pathologists are highly skilled and intelligent people in the real world. I suppose I should remind myself it isn't the real world.

*Review Contains Slight Spoiler But Does Not Ruin The Movie*I constantly say im done with found footage films yet I always end up watching more, I dislike them about 80% of the time but for some reason I keep punishing myself. "Evidence" seemed promising when I started it. Solid start, decent acting for this type of film, and a some what interesting plot. But then we dive into the "found footage" portion of the film which is a complete mess. Its basically just a jumble of scenes focused around people trapped at a old gas station getting murdered. This wouldn't be so bad if the camera didn't shake so much during all the good parts, preventing us from even really knowing whats going on.The last 15 minutes is definitely the movies strong point, if the rest of the film would have been more like this I could have gotten on board a bit more. "Evidence" manages to pull off a 4/10 simply because of the finale.

What a start this film has. A frozen picture of a crime scene, taken by a low flying drone camera, like nothing I've seen. A bit was resembling the 2001-film Swordfish, but still this was amazing. It immediately lit my interests immensely. Some obviously CGI, but still a haunting start!This is another take on the found footage genre. But different. Some kind of meta theme in the footage as well. This is evidence found on a couple of phones and video cameras at a crime scene. At the start of the film we get a glimpse of what have happened, but what lead up to it. No one at the crime scene is alive to give any explanation. The tape shows a group of youngsters arriving at a desolated place with a lot if abandoned trucks and houses.Like most found footage, this is both annoying and exciting at the same time. A genre difficult to immediately like, but still interesting in many ways. The fourth outing from American director Olatunde Osunsanmi, and the first I've seen. Though there's a lot of cameras around, there's a lot of not so likely here towards the end, before whole film takes a twist, making it more likely after all. Smart film, with an interesting plot. A good, twisting found footage flick, most of all recommended to the fans of the genre.