Prank (2013)

Prank is the story of two bullied geeks and their sometime friend, a chubby girl with the unlikely name of "Chunk", who decide to pull a prank on their two tormentors.This is all filmed with a semi-broken camcorder that one of them is always using to film the action. A few pranks are planned but nothing really pans out. Here is where my criticism of the movie begins. Most of the dialogue seems forced. Chunk's dialogue in particular is so stupid that it takes you out of the movie. Every other sentence she utters concludes with the word "man."All of the characters are portrayed as stereotypes, from the black man to the geek to the bully etc. This becomes grating after a while. Nothing interesting happens for long periods of time, and then one of the characters has a total personality change and at least some things start to happen.What does happen, though, isn't really that interesting, as we don't really care for any of these unsympathetic people or their actions.There are a couple of things that do happen in the last 15 minutes or so that save this from being a total waste. I would have voted a 1 had it not been for a couple of semi-interesting twists.

Lemme clarify the title of this summary. special as in special ed. Anywho, 3 teens, actually only 2, plot revenge on a bully that bullies 1 guy, who wholeheartedly deserves it. Things go awry, blah, blah, it's not important.Now on to this gem of a waste of time. Right away, the lead guy that's planned the prank is just the most irritating c*nt on the planet and he definitely should have been bullied a helluva lot more. Well, push comes to shove and the bullied abducts the bully. In the basement, or garage, wherever they held the abducted, it just became predictable. I'm not gonna say anymore, but if you watch the part when the initial nerd of all nerds comes into the... wherever the f*ck they are, after the jewfro kid *shoots* the bully and can't see what's coming, then you are too dumb to exist and should quit immediately. Overall, except for the one hot chick Eve, there is nothing worth seeing in this movie. Previous reviewers, what f*cking movie were you watching?

This has got to be, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I've seen in the past decade. And I've watched some Mystery Science style D-List dreck. This movie is one big outdated stereotype after another. From the geek that watches Star Trek, to the term "flaming" to describe gays, to the thug talking black guy who's going to give you his "8 inches of Black Thunder". The characters in this movie are all stereotypes taken to the extreme. From the nerd that talks as though he's trapped in a Shakespeare play and threatens the bullies with his dancing mincing Kara-Tey deadly weapons of hands. Then we move on to the token fat girl (who isn't even that big compared to most girls these days) nick-named "Chunk". The motivations of these people are beyond comprehension, there is no explanation for the lack of involvement by authorities other than one sentence of "I told them someone would call, and it would be a prank". As if any police, school, or child services isn't going to investigate the threat of multiple murders. ::Spoilers ahead:: The nerd decides to take revenge on the bully for dunking his head in a toilet filled with poop…by toilet papering his yard….yeah that's soooo extreme. The person revealed to be the mastermind behind the prank wasn't given nearly enough back story or exposition to explain their motivations. The best friend's behavior is just beyond explanation. And have I mentioned the Star Trek hatred? It's only the focus of 90 percent of this film. You would think that the writer of this drek had been molested or raped by a Star Trek fan or cast member to explain such endless rage against a TV show. There's a scene in the move where the geek and his friend dress up in the Star Trek costumes, only you can tell these are fake. Obviously the movie couldn't get the license for the real thing. Can you blame them? You've spent the entire movie driving home the point of: Anybody that watches Star Trek is a sexless geek that wears big glasses, talks like Shakespeare, and is such a sub-human monster that their very existence needs to be purged from the Earth. If the movie had kept going, it wouldn't surprise me if the townsfolk had burned the geek at the stake for crimes against humanity for watching a TV show. Never mind the fact that Star Trek will far outlive your crap fest of a movie, it brings in billions of dollars a year, and is currently being portrayed by some of Hollywood's most popular actors. But here's a simple fact. It's just a TV show! Is there really all this need to spend your entire movie spewing such trash about it? Some people like Star Trek, some people like the Jason Bourne movies. Shall I spend almost two hours talking about how they should all be rounded up and shot at dawn by firing squad? What's really sad is, the big payoff reveal scene actually had potential ::Spoilers:: when the trash bags came to life and started moving about, that could have actually been a cool scene, but by the time you got there, you couldn't care less anymore. Plus, the big reveal scene was a fake out. This is the effect of "it was all a dream" after you fake us out, we can't invest in the movie any longer, because we can't trust that the real ending was any less fake. But to sum this all up. Save your money, save your time, save your downloads, pick another movie to watch, any other movie, this one will give you an aneurysm.

This movie was definitely a surprise for me. I had seen some of the reviews and expected a really good movie. . .but I had no idea of how wonderfully unsettling and unforgettable it was going to be. Yiuwing Lam (Writer/Director) is such a compelling storyteller- weaving a dark humor, wit and intelligence throughout the entire screenplay. He used a "found footage" technique to tell the story, but some of the shots he sets up with lighting and shadows are so artistic. And I just couldn't take my eyes off Henry Monfries. His acting was so natural and every move.. .so authentic. And Nick Renaud deftly takes you on an emotional journey while still feeling so real. Something that stood out to me was this one line about perseverance. Both main actors say the same exact line for polar opposite reasons and there is something about that; it intrigued me. I keep coming back to that line in my mind. Overall, during the movie I laughed (albeit, nervously), I was creep-ed out, I was relieved and then. . .well, I can't tell you anymore. A must-see! In fact. . .I must see this again.