The film "friend Request": reviews, genre, actors and roles

The horror Movie with elements of Thriller directed by Simon Verhoeven “friend Request" the opinion of the majority of recension positioned as a film project, addressed to the next generation.

The genre of the tape

In the framework of the horror genre, the picture fits entirely. Of course, what is happening on the screen not forced to run in a panic from the theater a hardened fan of the cinematic genre, but a more impressionable layman will easily scare. The plot is definitely secondary, and in some points very predictable, but the tape looks decent – it is competently staged and filmed, perfectly cast. Most importantly, tape “friend Request" (one confirmation) was not trying to position himself as something more significant than straightforward horror. Coupled with a couple of twists closer to climax and richness of “Boo” moments of horror is a strong representative of its genre, worthy to be recommended for viewers over the age of 16. Horror “friend Request" has IMDb rating: 5.70.

Creators

Simon Verhoeven has little experience of the Director, until 2001, he tried himself in the role of actor. Verhoeven debut as a Director was the Comedy carbon monoxide with a suitable name “In the gap!”. But the real success came to Simon after hire his author's projects - two piece “Man in the big city”. “friend Request" is the first horror film in the filmography of the Director, plus everything he made in the film as co-writer.

Screenwriter Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch, who worked in the creative tandem with Verhoevena also a little-known kinoobschestvennost. The number of films to which they wrote the scripts, did not reach 10. Maybe that's why the script of the film underwent a number of attacks from critics.

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Honoring the traditions of the genre

German Director Simon Verhoeven honors the traditions of the genre, this fact is unanimously confirmed by all recently, who left for the movie “friend Request" reviews. It belongs to them just as tenderly and carefully as a character of the film Marina mills to ancient magic spells. The recognition of even skeptical critics, the creators of the project have complied with all the requirements of the cult of the formulation for the production of “horror”. In the picture are alarming creaking doors and floorboards, frightening twilight, and the blood flowing. The supernatural part of the film does not stint in an impressive number in the movie, there are witches, ghosts, living dead. And yet, the Director focuses on the horrors of the man-made plan: mad printers, defiance PC, defiance accounts. Do that for the generation next could be worse?

Compared To the "unfriended"

The Film “friend Request" innovation is significantly inferior to the creative "unfriended" the plot of which develops in the laptop is the Central character, he is made quite traditionally. In this, as in the project of Levan Gabriadze there are some mysterious failures of the social.network (you cannot delete a suicidal woman off from friends, delete your profile, instead of the code page the screen indicates the rune of hell), the characters are distinct archetypes, the death looked like suicide, but in General the work of Simon Verhoeven much closer to the classic horror. Critics, placing on the “friend Request" of reviews often indicate the presence of characteristic features like the heroes of the future victims of the first note with a friend request on Facebook (almost “call”), and after exquisitely put to death, plunging into the abyss of paranoia and nightmare (a reference to “Nightmare on elm street”).

Storyline the jungle

The Film “friend Request" once again exaggerates comedians ridiculed the American obsession of the modern Everyman in the accumulation of friends in the social. network Facebook. The main character Laura (Alicia, Cary Debnam) – popular personality, cheerful and sociable student, a lover of Facebook - one gets a friend request from a strange classmate Marina (Liesl Ahlers). Laura, without hesitation, accepts it, but Marina only a recluse in real life, in the social. the web it too annoying. Main character some time supports communication as a courtesy, but after the gloomy habits of a classmate and the excessive affection bored eccentric beauty. Laura, not thinking about the consequences, "makes" new girlfriend, and she is so deranged individual that commits a successful suicide attempt. Horror “friend Request" not finish his story.

The Penalty for carelessness

Marina, the witch of the 21st century, commits suicide by an ancient magic ritual and records the process on video. Before committing suicide by hanging, she kindles a fire, burns the photo of Laura in front of the laptop screen. The girl repeats the rite that was used in the middle Ages, magicians of the highest category, who decided to change his identity. A young witch modifies the ceremony, adding a photo of obecity and replacing the black mirror the screen of the laptop. She has practiced black magic andnow don't leave careless Laura and her friends even after his death. Incidentally, because of inexplicable reasons the social network "Facebook" in the adapted version of the tape "friend Request" in the Russian language was transformed in "Vkontakte".

Categorical opinion

Not all criticism graciously embraced the new project Verhoeven. By posting your ratings and reviews, they also noted serious flaws in the script of the film, wondered about the adequacy of the characters, particularly the police, began to suspect the main character is not clear in what, when, due to the effect of magical spells she was unable to remove his page in the social. network. Also skeptical film critics have pointed to the slack in the storyline, the action, according to them, to wait until the next dose of the game that the Director endeavor to scare the unsuspecting viewer, pretty boring. Particularly ardent opponents, who accepted, that is, hostility “friend Request" offered to change the slogan of the painting “think, someone added” to “think that spend time and money”. However, as we know, the taste and color of friends there, so horror should look, and after drawing his own conclusions.

Cast

Acting casting of the film “friend Request" Alicia Debnam Carey, the singer of the title role, stands out clearly. Actress started career at the early age of 8 years, acting in TV series and independent short films. In 2012 she became a finalist of popular show “the Next stop — Hollywood”, which talks about the six actors-natives of Australia, trying to conquer the Dream Factory. A wide audience known for work in “the Hand of the Devil”, “into the storm" spin-off “the Walking dead” and now for the horror “friend Request". Alicia Debnam Carey in 2016 starred in the movie “Lannoy”, so her fans are soon in for a surprise.

Quite convincing in unsociable loner Marina who's into black magic, reincarnated actress Liesl Ahlers. Filmography which includes just two films: “Challenger” and “friend Request". The role of the actress get a in film projects of different genres: horror, Thriller, drama.

The Rest of the performers of the second plan failed to Eclipse the two Actresses, though played in good faith, to the best of their capabilities.