The Wake tells the story of a group of friends attending the wake of a young boy. The boy in question was run over and killed by a drunk driver who is one of the friends and the family know and understand! Immediately I was overcome with disbelief, this concept immediately was ridiculous to me.Anyway before you know it they are all waking up tied to chairs and fighting off masked intruders before the movie gradually builds to a rather surprising but not all that interesting finale.I was actually enjoying it for the first 30 minutes odd, I was very curious to see where it was going but as soon as its direction became apparent my interest waned.Not the worst horror out there, simply not very well done.The Good: Couple of nice ideas The Bad: A drunken driver child killer is the protagonist, really!? Poorly written Things I Learnt From This Movie: If a drunk driver runs your child over it makes perfect sense to invite them to the wake The best place to keep your spare car key is locked in your car

This movie doesn't make one lick of sense. It makes for a frustrating watching experience.5 friends show up at a wake for a child they killed. They obviously fled the scene after running him over with their car. Why aren't they in jail, and why are they going to the wake (since none of them seem to care about the life they ended), and why doesn't the family question them about who the hell they are (the 3 family members are the only other attendees) since the kid was only 11 years old? But wait, now they all wake up, bound, in the house, and facing a masked killer. Who could it be, and what do they want? I say who cares. They're all horrible people (and actors) and deserve to die.

Another "group of friends" slasher that has all the incompetent types making the typical bad decisions.....really becoming sick of all these, makes it too easy to build the body count because every victim is too stupid to pick up a weapon, or keep one once they have used it, never ensure that the killer is really dead, never take the opportunity to escape that often presents itself. I have considered that horror movie directors put these elements in because they know most horror film fans get frustrated with them, and are not the type to not follow through, as so many of the victims are the kind to fail to do so. Even when Mrs. Stevens was tied up, and later stabbed, I knew she was behind it, so no surprises at all. It is actually disappointing that any of them live. No creative deaths, good dialogue or interesting story-line, nothing redeeming the film at all.

Reminds me of I Know What You Did Last Summer- from the drunken driving, to Freddie Prinze Jr.'s lookalike as the lead to a low-rent Jennifer Love Hewitt (big nose and boobies included), to the blonde Sarah Michelle Gellar doppleganger w/ her the handsome yet drunken (& possibly violent!) BF- this seems a little familiar. The acting is so terrible that I don't know whether or not to laugh (is this a horror-comedy?) or to just shake my head. To be fair though, I had thought the role of the killer was transparent before I pressed play yet I kept guessing throughout the film. Don't walk into this movie w/ high expectations... OH and I also kept wondering- where the hell is the mom's other kid and why isn't she more worried about her only living child????? We never find out about that little blonde girl. Why did they even include that scene in there?