Rogue River (2012)

Bad story, bad unfolding (if there's even any). Just awful, I wished I followed the tip of other reviewers and just watched Timberfalls, and never ever even look at this one for a second. Some movies are banned because they are too gruesome, this one should be banned for being soo bad. DO NOT WATCH IF YOU LIKE GOOD MOVIES! Seriously, I'm trying really hard to come up with anything positive about this movie. But It's just not possible. I suppose I could say some of the surroundings look nice, but then I would implement there's something worth watching about this movie so I won't. If you want to see something good, go take a walk on the street. I'll guarantee It'll be more satisfying than this terrible movie.

I can be very, very short about this film. It was bad. It was a horror to watch it. No acting, no plot, no love for directing, no art direction, no story, no character depth, no script... If you read the headlines on the cover, you might think you're going to watch the new 'silence of the lambs' or the updated 'texas chainsaw massacre'. But no. It was pure horror to watch it. That's why i fast forwarded the last half an hour. Don't see it. After 5 minutes you now the ending of the movie. After 5 more minutes you know you won't see the ending. Life's too short. That's not the message from the movie. Thankfully the movie was not expensive.

When I picked up "Rogue River" it was for the sole reason that Bill Moseley was in it, that is why I wanted to see it."Rogue River" is about Mara who ventured into the woods to scatter her father's ashes into the river where he used to take her camping when she was a young girl. There she meets Jon, a friendly stranger who falls into conversation with her. Discovering her car missing, Jon offers her a ride, but she should know better than accept a ride from strangers.For a movie of this kind, then "Rogue River" was actually quite good. The movie starts out good and lets you wonder about things, and gradually gives you more and more information about what is going on and the various people's abnormalities in personality, until it climaxes at its peak where it is like you are right there in the movie.The movie is well directed and really captivating, even though there is not all that much new to be seen in the story. There were some nice, and somewhat devious, turn of events and twists to the storyline along the way, which worked out quite nice. And one of the best things about "Rogue River" was the way that you got to see more and more of the character's personalities and nature as the movie unfolded.And the acting in the movie was quite good. "Rogue River" had a relatively small group of actors/actresses, but people really carried the movie so well with their performances in their given roles. Most memorable were Lucinda Jenney (playing Lea) and Bill Moseley (playing Jon).Now, for a horror/thriller movie, there wasn't all that much scary stuff, but instead, "Rogue River" was great in building up thrills and setting up the story. And that is, how I imagine, that the movie worked out for the best. Had there been shocks and scare moments in the movie, it wouldn't have been the same; it wouldn't have been as psychologically thrilling as it was.I enjoyed "Rogue River", though I was somewhat ambivalent about the ending of the movie. I wasn't sure if I liked how it ended, or if it was the appropriate way that it ended. I would probably have opted to go another way, had I been directing it. But hey, it is a matter of personal preference.Thumbs up for "Rogue River".

I'm serious with the summary line, though I guess you can misinterpret it. If you have met him in person you know it's true. But if you were to meet him in a movie ... well that's a different story. Check the script and ask the screenwriter if you should be suspicious of him or not. And I'm not writing anything here, that hasn't been shown in the trailer of course.But is the movie worth your time? Well that's a tough question. You might feel that it doesn't deserve to be seen, but you also might like that it doesn't exactly play as you might expect it (well not completely that is). The other thing you have to bear in mind, is that this has potential that it doesn't fully exploit. There are ideas thrown in here, that could have been really good. But it doesn't pull through. Not the best horror movie you'll see, but far from the worst too.