EVIDENCE is a found footage slasher film with a few twists that make it look nothing like its genre. It starts off with an elaborate post-disaster set-piece in which it appears a bomb has gone off or some such; the camera circles in a giant freeze frame of the aftermath in shots that reminded me of SWORDFISH and THE KINGDOM. Before long, a couple of investigators (a tough Radha Mitchell and a dishevelled Stephen Moyer) show up and discover that events leading up to the incident were recorded so they sit back and watch them play out.When it comes down to it, EVIDENCE is fairly straightforward slasher movie. I've always enjoyed found footage films but the actual presentation of the footage is quite poor here, with an overwhelming reliance on 'damaged' footage effects leading to lots of loud crackling, some of which is presented as jump-in-your-seat scares. However, the death sequences are extremely horrifying without ever being 100% graphic, a good example of how horror isn't just about gore.The material with Mitchell and Moyer feels somewhat extraneous, like it's just been included to pad out the plot, but I did like the resolution of the story and the hunt for the killer angle is quite interesting. There's a twist ending which feels pretty silly rather than believable, although former NEIGHBOURS actress Caitlin Stasey and Torrey DeVitto are both pretty good in their parts.

i thought this movie was REALLY good! it kept me guessing the entire time and i didn't expect the killer to be that person. it was a very entertaining movie that will keep you on the edge of your tail. i suggest you don't eat during this movie is it is easy for you to loose your appetite. i personally really like movies about serial killers and i think this is one of my favorites. i am surprised this movie doesn't have more stars. since you don't know who the killer is it will keep you wondering the entire time and just when you think you know who the killer is you will be proved wrong. i was very close to guessing who the killer was, but it didn't fit correctly at first. there are so many close calls to finding out who the killer was, but right when it was about to be solved the killer changed. there were so many things going on that it was impossible to be bored. when i saw the ending i was shocked and i praised the killer for being so smart. i loved it! i was just looking for an okay movie to watch on Netflix, but i found a movie much better than okay. it was beyond good! i jumped a couple of times as well. i hope you can enjoy this movie as much as i did. if you do love it as much as i did than leave a comment please and give it a good rating!

It's a found footage slasher movie with an ending twist toward the most unlikely possibility, which, these days is actually expected. Thus the plot outsmarts itself. It's also a another "girl power" power trip film. Haven't we just about worn out that plot device? This film will cause viewers to literally become ill. In many scenes the camera spins around the police video analysis room so quickly most viewers will either have to look away or get sick. But that's not all! Strange camera effects kick the film off with several minutes of paused video not unlike a video game where the player can stop world time and all movement. I nearly stopped watching 'Evidence' about five minutes in; it's a shame I failed to do that. Character wise we've got an annoying British accented female with a camera (what found footage film doesn't have an annoying individual on a camera?), an annoying up-and-coming actress who from her first appearance is very obviously in love with herself, her whiny, annoying boyfriend, an annoying Russian dancer with thankfully just a few heavily accented lines, a grungy looking army wife who does little more than scowl (annoyingly), and a grumpy bus driver who ought to be able to kick some serial killer butt, but never does, of course. Oh yeah, there's an oriental teen who seemed like he could be comic relief but he dies right away. Yes, I did attempt to make the above paragraph as annoying as possible to read in order to convey the spirit of the effect 'Evidence' will have on you. What happens? Cops analyze found footage in hopes of solving a string of brutal murders in the Nevada desert. Most of the film involves the viewer watching this found footage from various victims' video recording devices which amounts to--when pieced together--a low budget slasher movie. This is yet another movie where a group of stranded (fill in the blank) take shelter in a run down structure middle of nowhere and rather than even consider fighting back, cower together after the first murder. The way these "characters" were written to behave suggests some kind of horrifying supernatural thing on the loose. Instead of something cool like that, we end the film with ... frankly ... the stupidest possible solution to the watered down mystery posed by its so called plot. Please, do yourself a favor and avoid this one. Otherwise, the only entertainment to be had (the camera spin will still make you sick), is to make fun of 'Evidence' by staging your own episode of Mystery Science Theater.

The film opens to an overview of a crime scene. The visuals are impressive, in a way; that is, a lot of effort was taken to produce an amateurish result. In this director's approach, good visuals have to be accompanied by plodding boredom, while shaky cam, cell phone footage, and pixelated, blurred images are where the action and interest should be kept.We segue to a police department, where the evidence has been collected and sorted to a degree. The personnel to evaluate the evidence gets picked.The investigatory group consists of Detectives Reese and Burquez, Officer Jensen, and AV specialist Gabe Wright. They set about analysing the 'found film' from Rachel's camera, plus the visuals recorded by cell phones, plus the overviews from the beginning of the film. Close consideration yields some clues for the Detectives to pursue.Amateur director Rachel likes to film 'incredibly uncomfortable things.' Indeed. Leanne is in a troubled relationship with Tyler Norris, who is a mediocre singer and less than good guitar player. Rachel decides to film Leanne 'before she was a big star.' We also have the badness of hand-held cameras. This includes horrible framing, rotten sound leveling, extraneous sounds, and large time gaps.Rachel, Leanne, Tyler, Vicki, and a young entertainer are scheduled to take a trip to Las Vegas. Though not on the passenger manifest, Katrina gets on the tour bus as well. She has a huge amount of cash on her, and might be a fugitive. When Tyler and Rachel notice that they are on a side road, Rachel goes to talk to the driver. Things go decidedly bad after that, including the bus crashing.The film progresses to the retelling of the deaths and the unveiling of the perpetrators. How does that play out? -----Scores-----Cinematography: 4/10 Shaky camera work. Stupid framing angles. Dropped frames, severe pixelation. Insufficient light, heat-damaged memory chipsSound: 4/10 Speech is mostly comprehensible, but there is plenty of raw microphone noise, such as when cell phones are dragged on the floor while recording.Acting: 2/10 Stephen Moyer had a couple of good moments in this film; Harry Lennix is his usual reliable self.Screenplay: 0/10 After watching this, I will avoid properties directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, or written by John Swetman. For a better film about lesbian criminals, see Breaking the Girls (2013), Monster (2003), or Bound (1996). The 'twist' at the end is cliché, done before and done better.