Soul Survivors: The Killer Cut

Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku. Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Pretty standard fare, but tried to be a Mind-F movie, what with the "is this all a dream?" scenarios and the flashbacks to the operating table. However, all movies that strive for this while using such techniques invariably are compared to (in my mind at least) the pinnacle of that style, Jacob's Ladder.

And, of course, this movie falls short of that - so I should base it on its own merits and not compare it to something else. So I will . . .

college students. Car wreck. Nightmarish dreams . . . or are they real? Friend dead, guilt-ridden blonde. Crazy ravers jumping out of shadows.

Like I said. Pretty standard stuff.


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