I like the concept of a hopeless situation as a statement, this is effective in that sense, it's just not very fulfilling to watch for the ideas. There's never any question the antagonists might not win. Malik's mental state makes him unreliable from the start. Even if the hopelessness is the point, as the coda suggests- hope for change in the face of certain defeat and ruin- there was never any dangling carrot of hope. in that he's either losing his mind or the ending is going to be a cruel one. Not only does no one believe him, but the threat is so powerful and coordinated that you know about 30 min. Malik is the only person who has any suspicion something is amiss. this is a different bummer.Ībout 2/3 of the way into Spiral, I knew the protagonist was doomed. That movie pissed me off, and since I literally just finished Spiral my feelings may soften as they did then, but.

I think of Eden Lake, where the ending works because you aren't really prepared for it in any way. I don't mind movies that fuck with the viewer and leave us with a nasty taste in our mouths. Even with the glimmer of hope at the end, if you want to call it that, the commentary doesn't justify what is too transparently a severe bummer.

Shudder zoom horror movie