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Summary: No surprises in this one
Review: Anyone who paid attention to the clues given during the movie could solve this "mystery" way before they wanted to enlighten us. This movie was supposed to be an intelligent thriller, but it isn't much more than a slasher movie in disguise.
Still, it's a fun watch if you're having a horror movie bash.
Rating: 
Summary: Stupid, Nasty, Homophobic, Offensive! Horrible Movie.
Review: Deserves no stars! The cover gives off a Cruel Intentions/Teens sex out of control look but its really a stupid ,pathetic murder motive jelousey movie thats homophobic and just plain offensive on so many levels. Avoid this garbage at all coasts. Shame on Nick Stahl!
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Summary: You gotta be kidding, right?
Review: I watched this one because I was intrigued on how they might work a real gay character into a mainstream "teen" film. After having watched it, I realized they had not, in fact, managed to do accomplish that. I'm not about to proclaim "Homophobe", however because *none* of the characters were particularly developed with perhaps the exception of Amber Benson's portrayal as the group drunk. The plot is very predictable, special effects non-existent and the acting is rather wooden. Because these are all gifted actors and actresses, I am going to assume it's because of the sadly lacking script. I am going to give this film one star for two reasons: because there isn't a "no-star" rating and because the film's set is stellar. In fact, on a technical level, the lights, sound, etc, the film was quite good. Unfortunately that is not enough of a sell to give it any kind of recommendation.
Rating:
Summary: You gotta be kidding, right?
Review: I watched this one because I was intrigued on how they might work a real gay character into a mainstream "teen" film. After having watched it, I realized they had not, in fact, managed to do accomplish that. I'm not about to proclaim "Homophobe", however because *none* of the characters were particularly developed with perhaps the exception of Amber Benson's portrayal as the group drunk. The plot is very predictable, special effects non-existent and the acting is rather wooden. Because these are all gifted actors and actresses, I am going to assume it's because of the sadly lacking script. I am going to give this film one star for two reasons: because there isn't a "no-star" rating and because the film's set is stellar. In fact, on a technical level, the lights, sound, etc, the film was quite good. Unfortunately that is not enough of a sell to give it any kind of recommendation.
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Summary: Okay, I'll be honest.....
Review: I'm a big Amber Benson fan and only bought this because she was in it. The story sounded like standard stalker fare but I was game. Although the pacing is a bit slow, I must say I found the movie very enjoyable. The twists just kept coming and I liked that I was using my mind to try to keep up instead of just vegging out.
The actors are good and again my only complaints were slow pacing and not fleshing out the wonderful characters they had.
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Summary: Okay, I'll be honest.....
Review: I'm a big Amber Benson fan and only bought this because she was in it. The story sounded like standard stalker fare but I was game. Although the pacing is a bit slow, I must say I found the movie very enjoyable. The twists just kept coming and I liked that I was using my mind to try to keep up instead of just vegging out.
The actors are good and again my only complaints were slow pacing and not fleshing out the wonderful characters they had.
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Summary: Oh it could have been sublime.
Review: It starts off with a generaly good premice. 6 kids alone all night in a huge house, forced to reminice about a game that they had played exactly one year ago. A game that, in the year since, had ruined lifes and caused blackmail ext...we don't know what exactly happened between these kids, all we have are their charecterizations to figure it out. And that is precisly where the movie goes wrong. The charecters are lame and unoriginal. The drunk, the rich witch, the spoiled right wing jerk, the loud-mouthed un-PC friend, in fact the only charecter that had any layers to them was the charecter that other reviewers have shunned. Jannuary Jones, with her silent, unemotional eyes, holds the most mystery to her charecter. There is no way of knowing what is going on in her head.
Technicly the film is great. Wonderful shots and an interesting pace. Obvioulsly the film was inspired by April Fools Day, much of the way that Scream was inspired by Happy Birthday to me. But what Taboo lacks is a sharp sence of humor. For subject matter this dark, the humor needs to be dark as well, no slapstick will suffice.
All an all not a total waste of time, but the strait to video aspect is understandable.
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Summary: Oh it could have been sublime.
Review: It starts off with a generaly good premice. 6 kids alone all night in a huge house, forced to reminice about a game that they had played exactly one year ago. A game that, in the year since, had ruined lifes and caused blackmail ext...we don't know what exactly happened between these kids, all we have are their charecterizations to figure it out. And that is precisly where the movie goes wrong. The charecters are lame and unoriginal. The drunk, the rich witch, the spoiled right wing jerk, the loud-mouthed un-PC friend, in fact the only charecter that had any layers to them was the charecter that other reviewers have shunned. Jannuary Jones, with her silent, unemotional eyes, holds the most mystery to her charecter. There is no way of knowing what is going on in her head.
Technicly the film is great. Wonderful shots and an interesting pace. Obvioulsly the film was inspired by April Fools Day, much of the way that Scream was inspired by Happy Birthday to me. But what Taboo lacks is a sharp sence of humor. For subject matter this dark, the humor needs to be dark as well, no slapstick will suffice.
All an all not a total waste of time, but the strait to video aspect is understandable.
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Summary: Worst movie
Review: One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Bad acting. Rampant cliches. Crazy logical inconsistencies. Moronic storyline. Annoying music. Really bad acting. This movie puts the horror in horrible.The actors are relatively good-looking, though.
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Summary: Alot of Fun
Review: Taboo is a very fun, nicely done little thriller starring Laurie Heuring and Eddie Kaye Thomas. It is about this game that six friends all played, concerning different sins that they had commited. One year later, at their one year reunion get-together, cards are delivered to the house, all containing a certain word describing each person's sin (Rapist, Prostitute, etc.). Soon people start to die one by one, with a nice twist near the end. A bit funny at times, very entertaining, and excellently acted. The plot needs a few more complications, but, in the end, pulls through. I would highly recommend it to anyone that is fans of the actors or actresses, or liked movies such as "Cruel Intentions," "The Incrowd"(also starring L
aurie Heuring.), and other sexual thrillers. This movie is a tad bit different than most of it's type. The violence is kept at a fair minimum, the sex is mostly kept in dialouge, and there isn't much adult or disturbing content meant to jolt the audience. Overall, this movie is alot of fun to watch, worth buying. ~SCORE~
OVERALL: 88/100
PLOT: 17/20 B
DIRECTING: 17/20 B
CAST: 18/20 A-
SPECIAL FX: 18/20 A-
FUN: 19/20 A ~CONTENT~
Rated "R" for Language including sexual dialouge, violence, and some sexual situations. VIOLENCE: 5
SEX: 5
LANGUAGE: 6
DRUGS: 2
ADULT THEMES: 5
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