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Adam WingardDrehbuch:
Simon BarrettKamera:
Andrew Droz PalermoBesetzung:
Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Nicholas Tucci, Amy Seimetz, Barbara Crampton, Lane Hughes, Wendy Glenn, Rob Moran, Ti West, Larry Fessenden (mehr)Streaming (4)
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Um die Familie wieder enger zusammenzubringen, laden Aubrey und Paul Davison alle vier Kinder nebst Anhang zwecks Familienzusammenführung in ihren einsam gelegenen und etwas heruntergekommenen Wochenendlandsitz ein. Doch der traute Familienabend bekommt schnell eine blutige Wendung als eine Bande blutrünstiger Angreifer mit Tiermasken das einsame Haus der Davisons überfällt. Die Familie hat keine Ahnung, wer sie bedroht, warum die gnadenlosen Maskenmänner ausgerechnet sie ausgesucht haben und ob die Feinde sich innerhalb oder außerhalb des riesigen alten Hauses befinden. Sie wissen nur eins: Keiner von ihnen ist sicher. (Splendid Film)
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Mir ist jetzt alles klar! Was die diesjährige Auswahl an Horrorfilmen betrifft, konnte zum Ende des Jahres nichts Besseres kommen (Conjuring hat nur knapp verloren, aber auch der zweite Platz ist keine Schande). Eine Adrenalin-Fahrt ohne Unterbrechung, von Anfang bis Ende, und in diesen 95 Minuten hat man keine einzige Atempause. Gut, die Einführung der Familie tickt nicht richtig, aber ihre Köpfe beginnen zu fallen, noch bevor man Bloody sagen kann. You're Next überrascht in mehreren Aspekten. Das angenehmste Element ist definitiv die Heldin, die nicht nur überaus sympathisch ist, sondern auch ein geschickter und unglaublich fähiger Gegner für die Bande maskierter Mörder ist. Ein weiterer Pluspunkt ist das wahnsinnige Tempo und die Brutalität, die Wingard einem schenkt. Neben Bögen, Drähten und Äxten gibt es auch einen Mixer, der mit der blutigsten Szene des ganzen Films verbunden ist. Ein eigenes Kapitel bildet der unerwartete Humor, von dem es zwar nicht viel gibt, aber zum Beispiel am Ende etwas wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht wirkt. Glücklicherweise tritt er jedoch nur in Form von Sprüchen auf, sodass man sich keine Sorgen um andere Umstände oder Eskapaden machen muss. You're Next ist in erster Linie eine vollgepackte "Home Invasion" Geschichte, die im Vergleich zu ähnlichen Filmen der letzten Jahre konkurrenzlos ist. Und wenn es doch Konkurrenz gibt, verblasst sie vor Neid.
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Good horror film. In all those months that passed between the world première at the Toronto Film Festival (autumn 2011), where You're Next was labelled a future classic, and the moment when it finally made it to Czech viewers, the expectations reached such heights that it’s impossible not to be a little disappointed. If it had come out of nowhere, I would be fully satisfied; it’s a nimble, well made and fun film with a likeable protagonist. But hype’s a bitch. Home-invasion is one of my favourite sub-genres and what I like so much about it is the penetration of evil right into the living room, the oasis of homely comfort and safety, making the characters lose all certainty and become helpless and at the mercy of the dangerous intruders. That is also the case here for a while, but this film has several catches. To begin with, it doesn’t fully exploit the potential of the masked killers, Lamb, Tiger and Fox could have become iconic horror characters to some extent, but there is no major interaction between them and the heroes, the film doesn’t build any significant aura around them. Also, the film gradually becomes surprising, but in the slasher sub-genre, where the psychical pressure on the characters gets totally lost. This is when You’re Next becomes a fun and fairly bloody ride, but it no longer had a deeper effect on me. And then there are the almost surprisingly uneven performances, where, mostly in the third act, I had trouble believing what the characters are saying or doing. This is unfortunately clearest in the last important conversation, which ruins a little the thus far positive impression of the film. I’m not hiding my mild unease, I was expecting the best home-invasion far and wide, which didn’t really happen. But it’s still a fun, perfectly crafted horror flick that I won’t mind watching again. 8/10
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I may look at horror and all its subgenres a lot more strictly than I do, say, comedies (even given that horror's cutting edge is so narrow and unattainable), but this is a screenwriting dud. Home invasion horror is always basically about the same, but while last year's The Purge stirred up the waters with a novel idea and a relatively creative execution, You're Next has nothing that is worth talking about that can elevate the story above the level of bloody teenage bullshit. We've seen all the "shocking" deaths elsewhere, the atmosphere is better in every other found footage film, and I didn't find the inheritance plot believable at all. The only thing I really appreciate is the strong main character, who behaves in a way that was appropriate for the situation. 40%
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You're Next is clearly a film that stands out among current productions, but you shouldn't set your expectations too high. It's professionally made, not just another typical horror flick, but you get something different that exceeds its category. However, if we consider the horror genre as a whole, it's probably not a film that will impact you for the rest of your life, because similar pieces have already been done before. Maybe they weren’t as well-crafted, but you definitely won't feel like you're seeing something completely new.
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Finally, a slasher whose protagonist is not a silicone damsel running around in distress, but a hardened survivalist who is not the least bit afraid, and who dispatches home invaders with insidious traps with a similar zeal as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and with similar ingenuity as MacGyver himself (she only needs a kitchen blender to eliminate her opponent). It's not very horror, nor is it very comedic. It's more of a frantic adrenaline ride where everything happens terribly fast and unexpectedly. Fans of the genre will appreciate a lot of cool ideas, drawing attention to genre conventions. It's nothing revolutionary like, say, Scream, but in the flood of all those stereotypical slasher films, it's a pleasant surprise. You can just feel from the film that it was made by horror enthusiasts (there are funny cameos by horror directors Ti West and Joe Swanberg, who spends most of the film with an arrow stuck in his back).
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