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In Los Angeles liefert sich die Polizei eine rasante Verfolgungsjagd mit einem Eiswagen, die für viel Aufsehen sorgt. Etliche Jugendliche säumen die Straßen und filmen mit Videokameras und Handys das Geschehen, um durch spektakuläre Aufnahmen vielleicht den nächsten viralen Video-Hit einzufangen. Dies bildet die Rahmenhandlung für drei weitere innovative und effektreiche Horrorepisoden im Found Footage-Stil. (Drop-Out Cinema)
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Until the last moment I didn’t believe it was as bad as Filmbooster was saying (32%), but it is, it really is. I can’t understand how they allowed this decent anthology series to be run so much to the ground – though the list of directors, a much lower class than in the previous one, should have been a warning. But the saddest thing perhaps is that they stopped giving a fuck and abandoned even the original concept of a found VHS, replacing it with some utter nonsense about a mysterious ice-cream truck (really, I don’t get the what and how about it), while the stories themselves are no longer the classic found-footage format – the first one is in part some sort of documentary with captions and in part something shot with a normal camera. The only story worthy of attention is Parallel Monsters, by the the Spaniard Nacho Gigalondo. It would be average if we put it against the stories from last year and the year before, but in Viral is way better than the rest, and the rest is so bad that I don’t want to write any more about it.
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Absolut unaufhaltsames Durcheinander ohne Ordnung und Konzept, aber mit einer beispiellosen Courage, so etwas in den Vertrieb zu bringen. Es ist nicht anders zu erklären, als dass die Schöpfer uns lächerlich gemacht haben. Dieses Scheißdreck hat für Fans der ersten Teile überhaupt nichts zu bieten, höchstens eine gewisse Körnung und Rauschen, schnelle Schnitte und Bildausfälle. Da steht Viral wirklich drauf, jawohl. Ansonsten ist die einzige Geschichte, die es zumindest erwähnenswert macht, "Parallel Monsters", aber was nützt das schon, wenn die gesamte Anthologie von einem absurden Mist um einen Eiswagen eingerahmt wird! Ich scheiß’ darauf, ich werde mich nicht ärgern. Schade um Worte und Energie.
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After V/H/S: Viral ended, I immediately turned on my antivirus to check if I had caught any of this shit. It's made me sick!! I was only interested in the short story with the magician, which at least had an idea and was entertaining, but the rest was a disgrace of the deepest grain. 20%
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Neither the story trying to capture something great nor the one from the skatepark stand out, and the film would work even better without them, perhaps even improved. I don't think it's that big of a problem; it's just that those films overall simply don't stand out. There's no standout gem that would blow you away; everything is rather average to below-average. And the film is in this spirit as a whole, where you are just not captivated.
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