Unfortunately the 3 characters that the story revolves around couldn't act to save their lives with the possible exception of the young lady, played by Hannah. She showed some real emotion and is very pretty, but the two guys were so bland and talentless that they couldn't push the narrative beyond mundane. Too many impossible coincidences and silly plot holes to convey any sense of concern or danger to the viewer. Cheap movie gags for a quick scare felt contrived. Just too much to overlook. Even the dumbest most adventure seeking teenagers wouldn't conceive a plan so dumb and destined to end in disaster as these kids did. The directing was a hideous sham. Even at 5.6 this has twice the rating it should. I've seen some excellent TV series and movies from Australia, but this certainly belongs with the slime at the bottom of the barrel. The gore effects were okay but the scenarios leading up to them were just so ridiculous it didn't matter. An example of the putrid nature of this film. Guy kidnaps girl and is driving with her and one of the boys in the back. Threatens to kill her and such then just lets her out of the truck. So she knows the vehicle description and everything but hey it's okay I'm just gonna keep driving and go kill kill kill. Dumber than snot. No more time to waste on this.....
Review of Acolytes
