They stopped the movie trying to correct it after a quick scene went by sans subs, but then a lengthy section of the film (involving the film’s villain) played almost entirely in German, still without the subs. Speaking of the German, inadvertently adding to the experience was the aforementioned snafu – the subtitles wouldn’t work. He speaks German, he fights back when necessary, etc – in other words, he’s not a schmuck who goes out of his way to make the situation worse for the group, like some of his fictional peers. For starters, the group is quite likable – one guy does something that you will probably cause some groans early on, but ultimately he becomes the only one not directly responsible for the bad things that happen. There’s nothing too surprising about the chain of events if you’ve seen movies like The Descent (or Raw Meat/Creep, given the tunnel setting), but that doesn’t make it any less valid a survival thriller.
#Urban explorer 2011 movie plus#
The title refers to an activity in which thrill-seekers go under the grounds of Germany and explore its vast tunnel system that houses (amongst other things) Nazi bunkers where experiments were conducted, plus shooting galleries, giant murals, and even a room with a piano that ties into some of Hitler’s more batshit plans involving outer space.Īs you can expect, our group of five college-age youths run into trouble one is hurt, the group splits in order to send for help while others tend to the wounded… and then things get worse. Even with a technical snafu resulting in us watching about 5 minutes of the movie over again (a perfect excuse to “rest my eyes”), I never once dozed, thanks in part to the film’s quite successful emphasis on suspense and exploring its unique setting over the sort of generic chase/kill scenes that you know will come eventually (and even those are pretty good). Luckily I managed to stay awake! I know, I’m as shocked as you. You all know I fall asleep all the time watching movies, but just a few hours before I had posted an article on Badass Digest about lame, thoughtless Q&A questions, and thus I might have ended up asking some myself if I fell asleep and didn’t have anything else to go with. As I seemingly had a psychological need that makes me go out of my way to look for ways to stick my foot in my mouth, I agreed to do a Q&A for the movie Urban Explorer after its late (10:30) screening at Screamfest.
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