Shuttle (2008)

What can you say about the film where the general idea behind it is good... but the construction is so appalling? Watching the last few minutes offered some semblance of satisfaction... but recalling almost everything that led up to this point... such as: twists you can see from a mile off, cretinous behaviour from all concerned and a ludicrously indestructible villain meant whatever good feelings I may I had towards the movie came crashing down like a lead balloon.These two girls have just come back from Mexico, and are trying to get a ride home from the airport. Rather than take an official bus, they rather unwisely choose to hop on a dodgy looking blue van driven by a seedy looking geezer... with the offer of a 50% discount. A couple of lads desperate to get off with the two ladies join them, along with a nervous-looking businessman. His role will quickly become clear for anyone with a half functioning brain. Surprise, surprise... the truck doesn't stop where they want it to. Then, when the vehicle halts abruptly when it gets a 'flat'... that's where the ordeal begins.And not just for the protagonists. Constantly, we see people having countless opportunities to run for it, kill the bad guy, escape with the van... and do they take any of them? Nope. Admittedly, this would have ended the film much sooner (not a bad thing). But to endlessly harangue us with these venues of retreat, only for the foolish characters to choose THE WORST POSSIBLE OPTION and muck them up is just an insult to the audience. This is a common problem to be found in a lot of recent films... if our heroes are going to fail, at least let them do it in a believable way, not by having them act dumber than roadkill. It also majorly diminishes what sympathy we may have had for the hapless fools... when they're the architects of their own downfall.As for the evil dude, he can be involved in a major automobile accident, bludgeoned over the head repeatedly, stabbed in the thigh and shot through the skull... and STILL muster up enough strength to not only survive, but force a young woman into a box. Is he a cartoon? It just adds to the lunacy, anyway. And the few curveballs the script throws our way could be anticipated by the most inattentive of viewers. Shuttle could have been a noteworthy horror with originality, but thanks to poor treatment just ends up being a forgettable also-ran... 4/10

This film is awesome for what it is. Shuttle is not just a typical horror flick to simply get a kick out of it. This is a tragic/horror film that provokes more intellectual thought and empathy rather than just spooks to be enjoyed. The film got me to think about man's cruelty against man, and makes me wonder about all of the women who have been trafficked in real life. Also, this movie has a lot of surprising twists, and kept me guessing until the near end. At that point I could clearly see what was going on by the clues. The end was definitely sick, twisted, an tragic. The movie could be a little far fetched, but it does deliver the message! Shuttle gave me the punch, and I like that. It gets me to think.

probably this movie could had been a good candidate for the worst movie of the year in 2008.I'll go straight to the main course with no gravy at all. act is bad,director/writer is bad,story line is broken in a great number,character development non,,mistake after mistake all along the length of the movie. you don't see any cars or traffic in any part of the streets in New York for hours.things are left unwrapped.there is no cops in New York what so ever. kidnappers been doing their job-according to the number of ID cards found in his drawer-without any problem for a long time.apparently you can ship human packed and racked in a box right through the NY harbour without customs authorities bugging you. you can colour your hair from dark brown to blond in the sink of the kidnappers' basement in 10 seconds all styled.you can get cut a few times and you got a bullet in your chest and no problem you can still function properly.and list goes on.

So okay here goes. Crazy bus driver takes a handful of 'kids' (late 20s to early 30s) and one timid middle-aged guy, hostage.He threatens them with violence and a gun. But get this, the 'kids' have countless opportunities to get away, but would rather make life more difficult by choosing not to.I promise, you'll scream at how pathetic these people are. I could only make it 50 minutes in and I had to skip to the end. I wasn't going to waste a further 40 minutes of my life on it. But let me just say, the conclusion was utterly stupid.What a stinker this movie is. Unlikeable and unmemorable characters.Bad acting, particularly by the timid guy and the bus driver. Truly awful. A very stupid plot.All in all I couldn't care what happened to these idiots, or the man with the gun. Boring beyond belief.I understand there's torture porn in this film. Do you know something, who cares!? Not me. Awful film. Just 1 out of 10.