Miss- Starring Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry
A troubled married couple become stranded at an isolated motel where they find hidden video cameras in their room. The couple then realizes that they need to escape from the motel or they will be the next victims of a snuff film.
“Oh how I love cliche, let me count the ways…” Only, I don’t love cliche. In fact this whole movie was just one giant montage of cliche. Let’s count down the ways of the cliche:
1. Car breaks down for no apparent reason
2. Cell phone out of range (hello- get Verizon- the most “reliable” network)
3. Troubled relationship due to the death of a young child
4. No way out
5. Killers in masks and jumpsuits
6. Gratuitous Boobs
7. Being stranded
8. Getting help from a killer
9. Creepy hotel with no other guests
10. Candy glass shattering windows (there’s no way that guy could “dive” through the sunroof of the car- I would have liked it if he just cracked his head open from being an idiot and trying to dive through the sunroof)
11. Liberal fear of hicks
12. Bumbling county sheriff gets killed and co-workers don’t seem to notice
The list goes on, but the movie does not. This movie is just as good as the recent remake “House of Wax.” And that is saying that this movie bites the big one.
Bottom Line: The theaters for this movie should remain vacant.
Horror
Rated R for brutal violence and terror, brief nudity and language.
Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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