I really enjoyed this movie. How idea of playing a "game" to win $$ is normal, right? WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!What begins as a seemingly fraternity-like challenge of eating a fly slowly escalates. As Elliott becomes more and more engrossed with getting paid, he loses his moral self, and starts doing more and more erratic spontaneous acts to cover up for what he was initially required to do. Child abuse, desecrating a corpse, urinating on the food/destroying his own marriage rehearsal dinner, all lead up to the Grand Finale/Winning Prize...but....to collect any/all he must complete the last of the 13 challenge of...you guessed it...MURDER. And not just any ole body....a FAMILY MEMBER must die...!I thought it was going to be his fiance, beautiful Rutina Wesley, who woulg get targeted, but turns out his mentally challenged brother was not so mentally challenged after all. The street scene with the bike riders getting massacred by driving through an unseen steel cable that little bro rests after Elliott releases it attests to that! And my boy Ron Perlman was delivering his usual swag as always!If you like gore, check this one out, you won't be disappointed.

I was not surprised when I saw that this movie was kind of a remake from an Asian movie that was released in 2006. Only Japanese horror movies can get as gore as this. I liked the idea a lot, when everything is falling apart, you will take whatever is put in front of you. The ending was special with a very good plot twist like a cherry on the top. The gore scenes were pretty well made, altho there were some flaws with the police acting like the police in GTA, as stupid as it can be, but still, a pretty good movie. Scary and entertanining. 7/10

I really liked this film for a few reasons. The constant escalation is fantastic. The clever script is so good I couldn't poke any holes in the logic. The psychology involved and the chain of events chosen to move the story along were completely believable.The way the Puppet-Master laid the trap was quite brilliant. Finding a desperate man. The no-risk easy money. The initial threat of losing the winnings to prevent the contestant from dropping out. The willingness of the contestant to step outside their behavioral norms. Taking away the contestants free-will as they are forced to continue on despite knowing the repercussions of their actions.The unlimited resources of the ultra-rich, ultra-powerful, (ultra- borer?) Game Watchers have a god-like presence throughout the movie. At first I guessed it must be the Devil. Some might argue it is.The paranoid guy was probably not necessary but the scenes did add to the story. Nice twists at the end with, dad, brother, wife and the cop.A really good, low-budget film.

A desperate salesman in need of money to support his family agrees to take part in a series of challenges to gain money. The set up is pretty clumsy but the fun of this film is seeing what the challenges are and how the salesman completes them. The challenges start simple but quickly get more and more sinister. The film is greatly helped by a good and likable performance from the lead Mark Webber as the everyman put in situations he doesn't want to be in. Good, solid support is provided from the rest of the cast including Ron Perlman. The film is fast paced and there is a great air of tension built up as the tasks escalate and the web closes in. It does become a little SAW like and at times it does become a bit hard to watch. However it does always manage to keep your attention.This is a film not to think too much about but just to enjoy and on that score this film delivered for me.