znegative I'm running low on my watch list. It seems everything I want to see now is not available for streaming on Amazon or Netflix, and thus, I have started settling for movies that to be quite frank, I would never watch, had I something better to do, or a general purpose in life. Similarly my quest for frightening movies has ended, as it seems that I've seen them all. After watching Grave Encounters last night and suffering not even a flinch, I have replaced the idea of 'scary' with 'entertaining'. If I can watch a movie the whole way through these days, it's an aberration from the norm. To the movie 'Evidence's' credit, it was entertaining, and I'm glad I stuck through till the ending.The plot circles around a horrific crime scene in which multiple people are murdered and mutilated beyond recognition. We learn from the beginning that there are some survivors, though we are not informed of their identities. Luckily for the police, a tape that documents that groups nightmare is recovered, which (of course) the police must review in order to try and solve the crime.For fear of spoiling the movie, I'm not going to go more in-depth in regards to it's plot. This is the kind of movie where the less you know, the better. It's a typical 'who dun nit?', and it truly does keep you guessing until the end. I have to admit that about 3/4 into the film, I was starting to get bored. "Here we go again, another ridiculous serial killer movie", I thought to myself. I'm glad I followed through with it though because the plot twist and ending is so outrageous that it actually redeems the rest of the film which was mediocre at best.Evidence is kind of a hybrid of 'Found-Footage' and conventional cinematography, which I liked. It's definitely one of the best looking in the sub-genre, comparable to 'As Above/So Below' in terms of cinematography. Sure there is some shaky camera moments, but overall the film is shot rather beautifully, which we attribute to the fact that one of the lead characters had conveniently been shooting a documentary before the havoc ensued.Overall, this is not a great movie, and like I said earlier, if I had something better to do, I probably wouldn't have wasted my time with it. That aside, if you're running low on entertainment, and find yourself sitting around on a rainy day wanting to watch a movie, 'Evidence' does the trick. It's a mystery that for once keeps the viewer guessing until the climactic finale, and it's definitely a fun watch. I'll give it five stars because it exceeded my expectations by a long shot, but at the same time was nothing new or ground breaking.

David Roggenkamp What starts out as a crime scene investigation quickly turns into a sub-genre as police investigate lost footage. That's right, the movie is a lost footage flick with a twist. The police investigation is the main meat of the movie, with the lost footage only serving as the filler. This makes sense as lost footage films are normally full of filler and lots of screaming anyway. Only this time it is police chasing a madman through a film and an audience observing the police instead.The killer in question does something unique – he uses a torch cutter to dismember his victims and light them on fire. The killer also does something unique to strand his victims – barbed wire underneath the bus that is transporting the targets. Not unique is the fact there is a gas station in the middle of the desert; also not unique is the fact it is young college students en route to a trip of fun (Vegas) and they soon find themselves taking a detour and stranded.I will not spoil the surprise, but the movie uses several genres to play it out and does so in a way that was both entertaining and very surprising. The movie takes several clichés and mixes them for something new. I recommend the movie.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=8027).

mecheart 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.

suite92 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.