The Task

2011 "The Audience Isn't The Only One Watching."
The Task
4.3| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 28 January 2011 Released
Producted By: After Dark Films
Country: United States of America
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Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task" a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.

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atinder I was excepting this movie to be really poor.I found the start a little odd, people are being kidnapped, only to be told they going to be spending the day in abandoned prison.They did not seem to care that were kidnapped expect for one of them, who soon leaves.I found move really entertaining and did not find it boring at all, nothing much really happens and people in this movie did not annoy me at all.There also had just hint of descent atmosphere, if they tried a little hard, it could have made this movie creepy.As this movie was not scary or creepy and it wasn't even that bloody, yet I still enjoyed it!I was shocked with that twist, , I had no idea that would happen, I think it worked really well with the rest of the movie. after that twist. it's easy to predict what happens for rest of the movie.I going to give this movie 5 out of 10 descent horror movie
Kieran Ventola (keeronv) The Task is like Halloween : Resurrection but ten times better and the film is on a low budget where as Halloween : Resurrection had $15,000,000 (estimated) budget. I was really surprised by how good the ending was.!!I agree with most of the reviews, this films has a good concept and good ideas, but not executed as well as they could of been, yet saying this I still enjoyed the film.Its not the best film I've seen but its worth the watch and I suggest horror fans to watch this,put it this way its like Halloween xIts not as corny as you would expect, this film could of been a lot better by editing certain parts of the film and editing some dialogue and removing it out of the film to make it less corny.Overall I think it is worth the watch, some films I watch for 15 minutes and turn straight off, if this movie wasn't worth watching i would of turned it off lol..And I give the film extra credit for been on a low budget..Peace From The U.K
bstewart80 LOVED THE IDEA! Yes I know its been done before, but as a horror fan I live in hope a movie will deliver the jumps and scares like they used to when I was growing up in the 80's! This movie is without a doubt the worst 'attempted' horror I have seen in a long time. The acting is wooden, and thats being polite, the 'jump' factor is nil, and the general gore and story line? NON EXISTENT. Horror fans will love the idea of it, but believe me u will be disappointed. I am amazed that someone made this, looked back on it and though "Wow what a great horror film." Like many horror fans it takes a lot nowadays to scare people, this film wouldn't scare my 7 year old nephew.
Kamyk Jastor As some other reviewers have said already, this movie actually has a fairly original plot idea. The basic premise is that a group of people signed up for a reality game show, and are "kidnapped", and then taken to a deserted prison with a nasty history. If they stay the night and complete the tasks given to them by the show producers, they walk away with $20,000 each. The way the idea is portrayed, it actually would make a good "reality" TV show.Strange things begin to happen, of course, but are they supernatural, or part of the show? Seems like it would be pretty predictable, but it has a few unexpected twists.Basically this movie uses tension and atmosphere to drive it for the most part, although there is some occasional blood. As for that, let me just say that in some cases there is a lot of gore, in others there is not. The reason for this becomes clear later in the movie. At least to anyone who paid attention. I have to say it surprises me how many people will crap on a decent horror movie just because it doesn't have tons of blood and violence happening every ten minutes. This movie is not a gorror movie, nor is it designed to make you jump. As I said above, it is mostly about tension and atmosphere. To be fair, I have to say the cover for the DVD is very misleading.It also has decent acting. No Oscar winners here, but neither would any of them get razzie awards. The characters are believable, and I disagree that any of the dialogue was stupid - in the sense that it is perfectly believable dialogue you would expect from the types of characters portrayed. Your average reality show contestant isn't exactly a shakespearean player or professional speaker you know. They say exactly the sorts of things you would expect your average person to say.On the flip side I will say that there are a few things about it that are kind of lame, but I think some of them fit. The game show uses a clown video to deliver the tasks to the participants, and its pretty stupid, but hey blame that on the game show producers, not on the movie. It isn't intended to be scary, it's just the type of lame crap a reality game show would use. Some of the tasks are kind of stupid too, but again just what you'd expect from a reality game show. I also do have to say that some of the characters in this movie do seem kind of dumb, although that's par for the course for most horror movies. The story could have been a bit more detailed, and more history given on the characters, particularly the antagonist. Finally, I agree that the ending wasn't very satisfying.In summary, if you are looking for a horror movie with lots of gore and/or jumps, this is not it. If you are looking for a story where everything gets explained, and you learn all about the characters to the point where you know their family history (exaggeration), this isn't it either.But if you are looking for a movie with a decent plot, and some tension and atmosphere, don't let the negative reviews put you off. This movie isn't terrible, it just isn't great either.