Riddle (2013)

Started off really, really well - I was hooked and even had to pause it whilst I went away for a weewee and quick cuppa tea. >;o)I came back and then it just descended into trash. I wont even try to descibe the rest other than that I havent a clue how to.Poor old Val Kilmer has hit the bargain basement bucket along with Ron Perlman, Lance Henriksen, John Cusack, Christian Slater and sadly Nicolaus Cage.My question is really where did the $7,000,000 that it cost to make this tragedy go - I surmise Val Kilmers pocket!Do your self a favour and bypass this one its an hour and half wasted.

While the movie starts off pretty moody (a good thing), it does turn pretty quickly and becomes pretty ugly. Side stories that seem not to matter, characters getting disposed off and a general weird feeling make this an almost uncomfortable watch. I do like Diora Baird a lot, not only because of her looks, but neither she nor the other leading female can save this film.Val Kilmer does his thing, which means almost nothing at all. It's not the pounds he has layered upon on his body, but the fact, that it seems, he forgot how to act. Is this really the same man, that gave a phenomenal performance as Doc in Tombstone? It's hard to believe, again not only because he doesn't look like that guy anymore. But the teenage boys playing their parts in here are as bad. So many flaws in this one, I wouldn't really know where to stop. It does look good though (photography that is).

now riddle is a story, where the writer directer couldn't solve the riddle, worst acting, most unnatural situation, even if u think its horror flick its actually nothing but a pretty girl running here and there, a bit mysterious because its in tag, most mysterious events were dreams, not at all connected with film, any way total waste of time i joined IMDb just to tell don't watch it if u like mystery, u may consider watching the leading girl :P...i read other review and watched it, i don't know when was last time he watched a movie I'm furious with such people writing review for a film like this...try your best to avoid it

Riddle commences with an initially interest-grabbing tale - Holly's brother Nathan disappears and not a word is ever discovered about his whereabouts.We jump forward three years with Nathan still missing, and one day Holly is certain she has seen him, and promptly gives chase.Here the scriptwriters had an immense opportunity to take the viewer on a roller coaster ride of mystery, suspense, thrills and a touch of horror.You will want to ask why Holly never mentions Nathan's shoes.....but after overcoming her differences with the school associates she meets in the town of Riddle, she continues her pursuit of Nathan, despite being warned off by the Sheriff (Val Kilmer) and a mystery man (Wllliam Sadlier).I've never seen a Sheriff with a pony-tail and I was itching to take my scissors to a very unconvincing Val Kilmer's odd hairstyle - it must have been a deal clincher for him to keep the horse's backside on his head in exchange for playing his small part in the film.Unfortunately, once a prime discovery is made the story appears to have painted itself into a corner, and to me it felt as if the original scriptwriter had quit and was replaced with a 10 year old with budget control.The end sequences descend into farce, and the riddle of Riddle is never really explained.It's no surprise why so many films are failures when they betray the cinema-goers trust with this type of dross.One star for providing young actors and film creators with employment, no stars for Val Kilmer and his wooden horse with tail impersonation.