Till Death

The screenplay has an excessive number of naïve coincidences in favour of the main character, but with a decent build-up and rising tension. The movie is also well crafted. Only the non-actress Megan... Jeez! She's nice to look at, but portraying any inner feelings is beyond her abilities. (18.09.2021)

In terms of the believability of the premise, Till Death is easy to criticise because it's largely absurd, but it’s shot and directed with style and purpose, so you can enjoy it if you want to. The only thing that bothered me a bit was why the heroine, who otherwise behaves quite reasonably, didn't try to break the thumb of the corpse she was attached to right at the beginning. She wouldn't have needed any tools and she would have got rid of the handcuffs (at least I think so, I've never tried to take the handcuffs off like that lol). Films like this are usually an opportunity for an actor's one man/woman show, but I felt like Megan Fox was only being herself and looking pretty, and not acting. Ironically, I don’t think it affected the result much. (24.07.2021)

I had the film sitting on my disc for a long time and out of necessity I committed it, and it's surprisingly better than I had hoped. Megan Fox is gorgeous but she is a very had actress (sort of like Chris Rock in the recent Spiral: From the Book of Saw), but I can get over it. It's got a pretty nice original premise. Megan Fox is chained to her dead husband as part of an interesting revenge, in the middle of nowhere in winter, with 2 hitmen after her. It's nicely shot, quite suspenseful, with a stifling atmosphere, a few minor surprises, and there was a bit of gore, so probably more than I expected. Not enough for a higher rating, as it doesn't really stand out on either level, but for a solid average. Till Death is entertaining thriller for a fine evening. Story 3/5, Action 3/5, Humour 0/5, Violence 3/5, Fun 4/5 Music 4/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 3/5. 6/10. (13.08.2021)