FORMAT: DVD
You know you’re in trouble when the title appears twice in the opening credits.
Past contestants of a reality TV show called “Survivor Island” (which is kind of like a cross between Survivor and The Bachelor) return to the deserted tropical island locale of the show for what they think is a reunion special. Once they arrive, the contestants find an ominous message scrawled in blood stating they will all die. Naturally, the idiots stick around. They should’ve known something was wrong the minute they realized there were no producers, cameramen, or other crew members on the island and turned back. Then again, like I said, they’re idiots. After a long while, the former contestants begin being picked off one by one by an unseen killer. Is the killer the psycho who was kicked off the show before the season finale? Or is the murderer one of the contestants?
Safety in Numbers is yet another horror flick using reality TV as a gimmick. I have a low tolerance for these things, especially when everyone speaks in annoying Australian accents. You also have to put up with a lot of shaky-cam footage of the killer filming his victims from the woods. Oh, and one of the annoying would-be victims also carries around a video camera and films everything, which makes us root for him to die first.
The big problem with Safety in Numbers is that it takes about half the movie before people start dying. Until then, you’ve got to sit through a lot of annoying scenes of people arguing and acting like assholes. You know, just like your average reality show.
It's not all bad though. I liked that the killer dispatched his victims using traps that look like something out of an ‘80s cannibal movie. However, most of the kills occur offscreen and the ending is extremely frustrating.
got to strongly disagree with you on this one I thought this was a pretty solid slasher film. I quite like Australian accents so I found the characters interesting.
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