Rating: 
Summary: suspenseful thriller
Review: Thora Birch leads this able cast in her portrayal of a young, twisted romantic teenager willing to kill for love. I thought the movie was paced perfectly and shot with just the right amount of tension and suspense. Nick Hamm did a brilliant job with all of the actors and Kiera Knightley's first film is a definite must see.
Rating: 
Summary: zero star
Review: What a sick sick sick movie, couldn't sleep after I watch it, super demonic man!
Rating: 
Summary: Really Boring!!!
Review: When you look at the cover of this film you think it's gonna be great! It's not. Definitely not!!!Four private school students sneak off for a couple days to an underground World War 2 bunker. When the holiday ends though they find out that they've been locked inside the bunker with hardly no food, no water and no means of communication to the outside world. But one of them is deceiving the others and is to blame for all of this! The film is just . . . well . . . TOO ENGLISH!!! I'm from England and I think that it's so rubbish! Most of the actors playing British people are American which could be an explanation. American people always make British people sound really snobby when they try and do the accent! People say that somehow this film explains the mystery of The Blair Witch Project. I have no idea how?! Anyway personally I think it's completely rubbish and feels more like a BBC special length drama rather than a movie!
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Summary: Thriller that thinks outside of the box
Review: While it has just recently been released on our shores, "The Hole" is actually a British film dating from 2001. I'm not sure why it took so long for this to be released here since it's actually quite an accessible picture and resembles many American suspense films in terms of its look and formula. One thing that might have to do with its sudden US release is due to the emergence of rising star Keira Knightley, who has appeared in such films as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "King Arthur". While having her face exclusively featured on the cover might be a bit misleading (her screen time clocks in at about 20 mns and Thora Birch is clearly the focus of the film) her fans will not be disappointed. She looks stunning of course and it's hard to believe she was only 16 when she appeared in this film.
"The Hole" starts off with a teenager named Liz (Thora Birch) limping her way back into civilization after having spent the last 18 days in an underground bunker. Liz is assigned to a doctor/sociologist and recounts the events that led to her and 3 of her friends being trapped into the bunker. As Liz's story unfolds, it becomes apparent to the doctor that certain things are being left out and that unmasking the identity of the person responsible for locking the kids in the bunker is more complex than originally thought...
More a thriller than a horror film, "The Hole" is loaded with twists and turns and red herrings. It has a non-linear structure and much of it takes place after the climactic events of the teenagers being trapped in the hole. What makes it an intriguing watch is that you never know who to trust as you're watching, and keep wondering whether Liz is a victim or a psychotic. Also, since it involves events being recalled in the past about a police case not yet closed, the film benefits of a double-mystery where the viewer is wondering what really happened in that bunker and what is about to happen next (who will get arrested, who died, etc.). The acting is excellent and the film does a great job of freaking out the viewer by creating a rising dread of claustrophobia and rapidly deteriorating living conditions.
So for the most part this film is very effective and highly watcheable. What bothered me a little bit was how dumb the concept really was: how stupid do you have to be to go down into a bunker and have someone close the lid on you and keep the key? And while this film is very entertaining upon first viewing, it pretty much dooms itself of any repeat value once the mystery is unveiled. So although "The Hole" is an entertaining film I would really consider it more as a rental due to the fact it won't likely stand well to repeat viewings. Unless you're a drooling Keira Knightley fan of course.
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