Honestly, I thought this movie had potential, but fell short in one to many areas for me.The idea of the movie is to have several people trapped in a hole with plenty of water, but no food. It turns into a fight for survival as the group must decide what they are going to do to survive. Considering what they are given in the beginning of the movie, it's not to hard to guess what.I honestly liked the main villains motivation for experimenting on the people was good enough to work. The main idea of the movie is pretty interesting as well, dealing with a big fear of mine; an inevitable ending.Now for the things I didn't like. The characters were HORRIBLE! I said the main villain had a decent motive, but I still hated him. About half way through, I just wanted all the characters to be killed. The acting, logic, and ending were really disappointing, leaving me feeling unsatisfied.4/10

I read this was compared to saw, and basically it's similar but I wouldn't call it a clone. Hehe none of the saw games used cannibalism did they now? I do understand that Saw has inspired a whole slew of knockoffs, if you want to call this movie that, then at least agree it was one of the good ones. When I started watching I had a feeling that this movie was going to suck. Literally I thought they were going to shoot it all as a dark scene I'm glad I was wrong.Plot, very interesting as it does lead one to question how far would you go? The personality traits sure made easy for me to choose the "innocent" one that hadn't killed anyone to be the first one eaten, I was wrong but I did get the he's going to end up being the creepiest right. While not the ending I was hoping for, it was satisfactory.Acting, the lead did a great job and her supporting cast was just as good. I did get attached to the characters save maybe the crazy one or the first one to go violent. Kept wishing he would be the first to get eaten but that's just how good he played his role. Did want to see the "dad" survive oh well.The gore was not too graphic but I don't know what effect that would've had if they showed more. I think they got it just right. 1 sex scene which actually fits in with the whole craziness of the situation.For it's budget don't expect anything too fancy in the way of special effects, but the actors did a great job with what they were given. I did only rate it an 8 because its budget shows. Another review mentioned the fake looking walls and they did seem kinda off. I love sequels and all but I'm glad this movie wrapped up the story tight, no antagonist no part 2. All in all I recommend this movie even to people who aren't into the genre.

Awakening to find themselves trapped in an underground bunker with no way out, a group of people find themselves subjected to an experiment in food deprivation to determine the effects of hunger on a person, and begin slowly loosing their humanity.A pretty dismal and really uneven entry, this one doesn't have all that much going for it. Beyond the initial appearance and trappings of a torture film, the particular area of study conducted by the madman dictates that hardly anything at all even happens in this one as they sit around talking to each other or attempting escapes while they're being watched over, letting the film seemingly go on forever with absolutely nothing happening or even getting any kinds of answers to questions since the lead psycho never utters a word and all of the notes undertaken don't come off legibly. While it does have some grisly, realistic violence and gore shown here, the fact that this is more of a human psyche study than an out-and-out carving up of the human body, it's not as suspenseful, chilling or even creepy as it stands and really only serves those looking for the deeper meanings while those looking for more traditional efforts will be utterly bored and disappointed.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Day 1. Pitch black. One voice. Desperate. Weak. Confused.Alone.1 becomes 2.In the darkness *somewhere* another comes to. Also confused. No longer alone.2 becomes 3.Another is located. All in the same space. No-one knows how or why they came to be here. Wherever 'here' is… Still pitch black.3 becomes 4.All a little calmer now – just a bit – start to rationalise their situation. Realise another is in the room. Inanimate.4 becomes 5.The lights come on… a large empty room leading to a small passageway. A large, wooden door at the end of the passage leading to a small room with makeshift toilet facilities and three large drums of water. Above is a shaft but no ladder, and the door/lid is closed shut.A 24 hour timer on the wall running backwards from 30 to one ticks over to… Day 2. The true natures of the various 'inmates' become evident. We have younger Mr Volatile, slightly older Mr Practical and Mr Quiet, Ms Determined and Ms Fragile. They spend the day cautiously hypothesising and pondering, occasionally interspersed with short bouts of rational irrationality.While 'elsewhere" someone watches on hidden cameras.Day 3. A discovery is made. A kinship of sorts. A reason for many of the 5 to be in their predicament. (For some reason this clumsy device is never revisited.) Day 4. The five-some realise that they're all in it for the long haul –dial a pizza ain't coming. They make two discoveries; a knife purpose built for carving flesh. And the remains of the previous inmates… Days becomes weeks.Tummy rumbles turn to true hunger, which leads to mistrust and anger. Resentment. Rationally irrational thoughts.5 become 4… The time doesn't seem to allow the guys to grow a beard or any more than a 5 o'clock shadow. The gals maintain immaculately crafted eyelashes and hairstyles and aside from carefully positioned dirt smudges don't seem to appear worse for wear.The film moves slow for a long while, but once it revs up things move rapidly. And once the blood starts trickling it isn't long before it commences gushing.Hunger is truly low budget. In a film with basically one main set you would have thought that they would've spent a few bucks to make the walls look less fake? Hunger is a nasty piece of work with little entertainment value. But I can't say it doesn't work. The tale of one silent guy's personal macabre ant farm has some effective sequences and unexpected developments along the way, along with the gore and gross out stuff that the post-Saw crowd yearn for. In the main I found this as tasteful as Martyrs, but better made and more impactful.Final Rating – 6 / 10. I didn't like Hunger but it worked. This low budget morbid Survivor via Saw clone has genuinely chilling elements that almost make you forgive the lack of logic in the last half hour.