The Pool (2018)

Having a social life and friends can save your life.

And with that I am convinced leads from this movie had none. I cannot believe they’ve been gone for days without anyone having any contact with them. Not one person who was concerned? All it would take was one person, it’s not like they were on some secret mission. People knew where they were seen the last time. They would be found on day 3 if just one person cared.

Putting the mindless set up aside, it was both decent and bad at the same time. I actually really like the idea of a person being trapped in a place with no contact and no way out. If just the execution was better. It would make the movie more tense and less frustrating.

The performances were fine. The production was fine. The pacing was fine. Nothing really stood out, be it positively nor negatively. The beast was not beasting a lot, mostly chilling in the corner. I don’t think the “no animal was hurt during filming” note at the beginning was necessary, since it was clearly visible when the dog was fake and when it was real.

Overall, I’m not mad about how bad it was, I was more bored. When I think about the plot of this movie, it is scary. But when I actually watched it, I felt nothing, but mild frustration.

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