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Walled In (2009) Review

Review: Walled In (2009): Reviewed by Bryan Schuessler

This film, the story of a demolitions expert whose first job is to level an infamous architect’s extremely unique building with a very unusual past, was a stinker! This film bored the crap out of me! Sometimes you just have to call a boring pile of stinking shit exactly what it is-a boring pile of stinking shit! Oh, but wait, this film actually had a decent budget and was able to suck Mischa Barton into its web of droning boredom. The film primarily focuses on the few remaining tenants of the near-desolate building and the tedious plot moves along exactly at the pace one would expect with hardly anyone or action to be filmed.

There were quite a few “atmospheric” shots where a wee bit of suspense is built up, but no pay-off! It was not a particularly scary film. There was next to nothing in the gore department. Barton never showed-off any of her quite attractive body. The film could have played off as a ghost story or evil spirit film, but it never went in that direction either. The ending really made no sense and was just as dull as the rest of the film. Well, at least the director was consistently awful. The whole plot was “walled-in” and never went anywhere. The title was the only thing that really worked for this mess. I don’t recommend watching this film. The countless remakes of original classics would prove to be a better view than this piece of crap.

I blame the writers for not writing anything remotely entertaining. Based off of a novel by Serge Brussolo and written by Rudolphe Tissot, Olivier Volpi, Sylvain White, and Gilles Paquet- Brenner. I wonder if the novel is as dull as the film that based itself off of it. Most movies never give the novels they adapt from any justice at all. The funny thing is that 3 or 4 people wrote the screenplay and story which still sucked! Unbelievable! Maybe that saying of having too many hands in the basket or whatever that saying is…

There really did not seem to be any actors or actresses that I recognized in this excuse for wasting around 90 minutes of my life. This film had nothing to offer but poor acting, boring plot, and a bit of confusion at the end.

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  1. "Sometimes you just have to call a boring pile of stinking shit exactly what it is-a boring pile of stinking shit!"

    HAHA!!

    Very True sometimes!

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