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Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over. |
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Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!This oft-told tale is co-written by Max Landis and Josh Trank, with Trank as the director.
The movie starts out with Andrew (Dane DeHaan) videotaping himself to chronicle his life. For a few moments I was afraid I'd drifted into "Blair Witch" territory, but the self-taping was the only similarity. We meet the likable Matt (Alex Russell), Andrew's cousin. Matt is smarter than the average kid and shows it. Then we meet the third of our trio of heroes, Steve (Michael B. Jordan). Steve is the most popular kid in high school, a shoo-in for class president.
At a party, Andrew is lured by Steve and Matt out into the woods where they've found a mysterious hole which the fall or jump in. In the depths of the cavern they find a mysterious glowing thing that gives them powers.
I had read a review that made the movie sound great, and saw previews that made me expect a semi-comedy. The thrust seemed to be that high school boys get super powers and explore them as only the insane, immature boys in their teens could. I was misled.
It's another coming-of-age movie. Andrew is a nerd, he's bullied at school, he's bullied at home, and he's got no girls. His self-taping may be a way to distance himself from himself, dissociation it's called. "This isn't happening to me, it's that guy on the monitor there."
The movie drags till they get super powers and explore them. It's mildly amusing watching the teens learn to move things (they make a tower of legos), learn to levitate, and then move on to using a leaf blower and blow girls' skirts up. Childish stuff. But Andrew is abused at home, and his powers take a dark turn. He gets in the school talent show and pretends to be a ma...
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reviewed by philip (Filmaster.com) on the 21st of February 2012
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