Ah, homophobia, victim blaming, tossing around slurs - the title of 'Triggered' must have multiple meanings.

This movie started off not too bad, I was excited about the premise and how it was going to play out - and then they threw out a very distasteful Johnny Depp/Amber Heard reference quite early in the movie and I nearly gave up right then.

> "Well if he is (cheating,) you need to be Amber Heard to his Johnny Depp and leave his ass."

Nevermind the fact that Amber abused Johnny. But yes, lets continue spreading false information and demonizing Johnny Depp.

The whole friend group in this movie really just seems to be made up of dude bros who couldn't care less about anyone but themselves. I suppose that's the entire premise and why they would be willing to kill each other to save themselves, but it doesn't exactly make the viewers care about any of the characters. It just makes it more satisfying when you no longer have to listen to them spout crap about each other.

[spoiler]Another early scene that nearly made me quit watching was when one of the characters came out as gay. He said he was 'gay sometimes' and then said he was 'bisexual' - comments soon followed from the 'friends' about being 'part-time gay.' Many of them seemed to be grossed out about the entire discussion. It was all very unnecessary and homophobic, definitely biphobic. [/spoiler]

Not really sure what the point was in writing all of the characters to be assholes and then blowing them up. Seemed more like an action/thriller than a horror movie. I would argue that the point of horror is that you make the characters likable and relatable so that their deaths or the possibility of their deaths is terrifying. Characters drive the story, but these characters sucked.

The ending 'twist' was also very predictable. I knew from the minute they started 'investigating' exactly how it was going to end.

I would be wary to watch another movie by these writers.

**An Inclusive At The Cutting Table**

This movie has a great cast, good looking people who can act. The campfire scene in the beginning sets up characters nicely, with understandable dialogue and the viewer quickly gets to know the protagonists sufficiently. Unfortunately that's everything the film has going for it. First of all it's simply too hard to watch with the constantly shaking and zooming camera. The editing is so erratic, immersion can never happen for the audience. I was looking forward to see how they solved the logistical and continuity problems that would arise from the preposterous premise, bomb vests which transfer remaining time to anyone who kills the wearer, since I am a big fan of the Saw franchise. But given the bad camera work I'd rather read the story than watch this.

7 November 2020

I am migrating my reviews from a different site which has become simply garbage. TMDB looks awesome and I look forward to be a part of it.