What got me the most about Backrooms wasn’t even the monster, but the constant feeling of discomfort. The endless hallways, the yellow lighting, the weird silence… it feels like a place that shouldn’t exist. And the beginning of the movie captures that feeling really well.
What makes it work is that it doesn’t try too hard at first. There are scenes where almost nothing happens, but you still feel tense because the environment itself is already unsettling enough.
But as…
I went to watch this movie really hoping I’d be wrong and end up liking it, but in the end it feels like one of those sequels nobody actually asked for. It’s not a total disaster, it just never gives you a real reason to exist.
The biggest problem is how the characters were handled. People who already had growth in the first movie come back feeling more insecure, less mature, and kind of lost. Instead of moving forward, the…
Man, this movie was a joke. The “dystopian world” looked like it was designed on a middle school PowerPoint project. World-building? Please, they didn’t even bother. And the dialogue? Bro, I’ve heard ten year olds roasting each other on Xbox Live with more depth and better cussing. Every time they tried to be dark or edgy I couldn’t help but laugh it felt like a parody of itself. Maybe the book had something real, but this movie? Pure cringe in HD
I liked the movie, but I went in with pretty high expectations mainly because of Zendaya so that might’ve affected my experience a bit. Still, her and Robert both did a really good job. Their performances definitely carry the movie in a lot of moments.
The beginning actually hooks you, especially with the shooting twistt it hits at first. But after that, it kinda feels like the movie doesn’t go as far as it could’ve. You’re left with that “okay……
