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“There are no multiple choices.”

It’s about time that someone did a good job of making a horror movie version of Revenge Of The Nerds. This is the first movie for director Joey Stewart. He’s done a lot of second unit stuff, mostly for television in the past. It’s like the third effort for writer Jason Kabolati, but together I think they just might be on to something here. The Final plays on both our desire for a good blood and guts horror movie and our satisfaction of seeing those picked-on socially awkward kids get the upper hand on their bullies
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“The story of a man in a mountain climbing accident who cut his own friends off the rope to save himself. Convicted of second degree manslaughter, that’s compelling stuff.”

Well… technically he took a plea bargain. This is actually pretty frightening stuff in the very real world that we live in. It’s a moral question that each of us would like to believe they would make a certain way. But, the truth is, one can never really be sure. It’s a circumstance that no one wants to actually find out what they would do. But, it does pose a very interesting question, doesn’t it?
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“In December 2005 a tragic accident began a series of extraordinary events that thrust a grieving family and the small Victorian town of Ararat into the media spotlight. This film is a record of those events.”

How many movies over the last 10 years have started with that line? It scares me right from the jump, but not in a good way, when I realize I’m about to watch another “found footage” or “real event” film.
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