The orphan Mandy Lane is a beautiful virgin and pure teenager raised by her aunt desired by her schoolmates and a close friend of the outcast Emmet. After the death of their high school mate in a pool party Mandy befriends Chloe Marlin Red Bird and Jake. Red invites the group for a weekend party in the isolated ranch of his family with all the boys disputing who would succeed in having sex with Mandy Lane. They meet the henchman Garth that takes care of the ranch and he asks the group to go easy on the drugs and booze. In the middle of the night a stranger wearing a hood attacks Marlin in the barn when Jake seeks her out he faces the killer beginning a night of bloodshed and terror.
Review
I saw the trailers of this movie and found the cinematography and what was presented interesting. I saw the IMDb rating and 6.8 confirmed it to be an above average movie. Thus went to see it.
The story is about Mandy Lane (Amber Heard) – a beautiful girl in high school who is a subject of male sexual desire. Mandy's friend Emmet's (Michael Welch) provocation to another fellow student to show his love for Mandy leaves the fellow student drunk and jump down to death. Nine months pass and Mandy is invited for a summer weekend to a secluded ranch by her teenager friends – three girls and three boys go there! There is a security guard Garth (Anson Mount) who works at the ranch. During the first night itself the killings take place – one by one the members of the group are killed. Who is behind the killings I wont tell here to spoil sports… Did I like the movie NO. After usual interesting opening – the movie takes a downward turn with every unfolding of event. By halftime when the killer is revealed one looses all interest in the remaining proceedings. There is a last twist in the tale to shock viewers but rather it made me shake the head in disbelief and laugh! All this for suspense Huh…! Amber Heard acts and plays her role well as a shy and conscious girl – who is aware of her beauty and men's desire for her. The remaining cast are usual – nothing to say about. There are so many movies made of teenager boys and girls going to a secluded place and slowly someone killing them one by one – that it does not interest me anymore.
Director Jonathan Levine tries hard to make the movie interesting by using contemporary chat talks of teenagers loaded with sexual overtones but does not allow the movie to rise above the mundane.
The only and the most appealing saving grace of the movie is its cinematography by Darren Genet – who captures beautiful picture perfect images! (Stars 3 out of 10)