First the technical aspects of this film. The acting was very well done. The cinematography and camera use,lighting, editing...all on Hollywood big budget level. The score/sound effects as well. The story , as others have already mentioned, very similar to "The Game" with Michael Douglas (Just happens to be one of my all time favorite thriller movies ever) So, the PREMISE is not new. But I don't hold it against a film. Was there plot holes? Yes. I tend to be analytical and notice things like that, but as I've grown older I have also learned to quiet my brain to suspend belief enough to enjoy what the point is, when it is presented. (I don't nit pik as much)What is NEW, compared to the movie "The Game", is this is a little more personal with less action. A little more in depth with the character facing his pre conceived ideas about himself and the world around him. In my opinion, that's always an interesting process to watch. I was also tickled to see the humor/satire injected into this movie, that "The Game" didn't have. The ending is super. And scared the crap outta me.

Let me just start off by saying REBIRTH is NOT a horror film (Honestly though I think it would've been better if it was a horror film). It's more like a really, really bad joke that a friend tells you, but then you realise that it's not actually a joke and that your friend just told you something that was disturbingly UNfunny. That's what the movie felt like for me. Also, I apologise if my review seems really convoluted or non-sequential, but I honestly cannot think straight after what I have just witnessed (ALSO, this is my first review and I'm petty enough to make an IMDb account JUST to bag out this movie). I tried watching the first 10 minutes or so with an open mind, but I already had suspicions of where the movie was heading towards. I wish I trusted my gut instinct because it just steadily declined from bad to worse... and then to SERIOUSLY WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING~feels. I don't want to spoil the movie for you if you did want to watch the movie, but I just want to say that the main guy's character is so freaking stupid. And I also feel idiotic for watching this movie. Very, very moronic (insert more words that describe stupidity here).

I've seen a movie like this before, maybe many movies, but I don't think they ended in blackmail. Mostly ended in the person being on stage and realizing it was a setup... This movie just took it a little further into blackmail.Points for the horror factor without any usual horror elements.Just blackmail... this is very common in cults, religions, retreats, etc. Pretty much every social event or gathering has a inkling of subtle harassment. Very nauseating stuff. Grow a spine and get out immediately.If you know that life is lies no one can dupe you into joining dangerous cults. Only live life as much as you have to. I don't believe in live life to the fullest. What does that mean? Nothing is what it seems. You drink too much you get a hangover. You get a pretty wife, she's a spoilt brat. You have a fortune you are a constant target of hatred and jealousy. The universe always balances things out. That's what you need to remember.

I thought it might be worthwhile watching. As it began, I thought it had potential to be, maybe not great, but an okay thriller. Stuck with it. Wanted to turn it off, but stuck with it (thought it had to get better, there must be some great surprise coming). Well, there's 1 hour, 40 minutes and 27 seconds I'll never get back. SO bad, so very very bad. There it is, right at the top of the Netflix screen, NETFLIX ORIGINAL. Sucked me in, tempted me to watch it--Netflix original, probably good, right? HA!Yes, it definitely is a nightmare--but there IS an escape. Don't start watching. If you do start to watch, and think it will get better, it won't. Turn it off. End the nightmare that is "Rebirth".