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Movie Review - PLAYBACK

3/27/2015

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PLAYBACK is a movie that starts with a young man murdering his family and recording it on videotape. The young man Harlen, is supposedly killed by police. The movie then moves to modern time and starts with a young man making a movie based on the Harlen murders for a school report. The young man, Julian, asks his girlfriend and some of his friends to help him recreate the horror of the Harlen murders. Things take a disturbing turn when Quinn, a drugged up news worker who has been supplying Julian video equipment to use, finds a video taken by a news reporter and becomes one with the Harlen murders. Over a short period of time people die and secrets are exposed.

I'm not sure really what to say about this movie. It follows many other movies in the same venue with found footage and what happens to the people who has found the footage. It seemed a lot like V/H/S, SINISTER and a little like VIDEODROME (1983) one of the most awesome movies of all time. PLAYBACK doesn't have a whole lot of surprises.

The movie starts with the videotaping of Harlen murdering his family. After that everything else is almost predictable. I knew who was going to die, who was going to end up being the bad guy, who was the mysterious family member, and who was going to save the day. The end of the movie was also predictable. I wish there had been a tiny bit more suspense, although I will admit there were a few scares that startled me.

I can't say I would recommend this movie, but if you enjoy movies with found footage and lots of shaky camera angles then you will probably enjoy this movie. Personally I'm a little tired of movies with shaky camera angles that follow a group of people who eventually get killed on camera.
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