Death of Me | Film Review

 

I hadn't heard a single thing about this film before watching it, but the premise looked really interesting, so I thought I'd give it a go.

A couple on holiday in Thailand wake up one morning to discover a video of one of them killing the other, but can they discover the truth behind the video before it's too late?  

Now, for me, the film has a really interesting premise. It could have gone in so many different directions, with so many different explanations.

Our main characters, Christine (Maggie Q) and Neil (Luke Hemsworth) feel realistic. This is both nice and unusual for a story that's so unrealistic and over-the-top.

Speaking of the story, it gets more unrealistic and confusing the more you watch. It's the kind of film that throws things at the audience for shock factor without explaining them. However, even when things are confusing, you're still interested to see how it ends. We want that explanation.

There were many ways that a concept like this could have worked really well, but it needed more time, more development, and more coherent writing.

The film doesn't do a great job of making you care about the characters. Particularly with the character of Neil, who I cared about less and less as time went on.

There's a point in the film when the plot just takes a nosedive into full-on confusion, so much that I stopped trying to work out what was going on, or what the explanation would be. Each plot twist is just an additional level of confusion.

And then come the explanations. The film makes these grand explanations of the events of the story, but then does nothing to explain them. Everything comes down to opinion, superstition and beliefs, and none of it is tangible enough to explain the film's events.

The ending just makes everything feel pointless, and again, there are a variety of ways that it could have been done.

Overall, I was interested in the story even when it became too far-fetched, but when you have to ask yourself what's going on too many times, the film isn't doing a great job. 

3.5/10