The Executioners

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Finn W Apr 8, 2019 Oh, my gosh! So, these young women were enjoying some time at this lakeside cabin, right? They were, like, in the house, you know? And then! Guess what happened! Oh, jeez, you'll never guess. Okay, I'll just tell you. Are you ready? Some other people, you know, who didn't even know the women, right? And, no, it wasn't like the landlord or anything. These were total strangers, you know? Well... they came in the house! I was like, "Whaaaaaaat?? They don't even live there?!" but there they were! Inside the house. OMG, it was so crazy. Ah, the home invasion movie. The laziest of all horror sub-genres. Are the home invaders monsters? Are they unkillable supernatural murderers? Robots? No? So, they're just a bunch of guys who broke into a house? I see. Might as well make a movie about getting into a car accident or eating tainted shellfish down at the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack*. Nobody likes it when those things happen either. Alright, how about I stop ranting and start reviewing. Writer/director Giorgio Serafini's The Executioners tells a very thin story about four young women who drive out to a nice, lakeside house for a weekend getaway. The sun is shining and the house looks lovely as the women arrive, but right away we can tell something's wrong -- not as part of the story, but with the movie itself. While the production values are pretty high, problems with the film's pacing begin to show right from the start. The opening scene flows along nicely until our four characters gaze out over the lake for the first time. For a long time. Did they forget the camera was running? C'mon, people, we're burning daylight! Unfortunately, that's only the first sign that The Executioners suffers from the far too common ailment, Just A Bit Too Long Disease. The gaze out over the lake? Just a bit too long. The painfully contrived hey-look-we're-friends-having-a-nice-weekend intro? Just a bit too long. The protagonist's week-long sneak from one side of the basement to the other? You get the idea. With as much action as they were trying to show, the editing should have been a lot tighter. Using pacing to build up tension is one thing. It's something else entirely when viewers can use certain scenes to go refill their drinks without missing anything. Naturally, you can't have a home invasion movie without a home invasion. This time, our home invasion is provided by Mr. Black (Anthony Belevtsov; Triple 9 (2016)) and his colorful crue. Mr. Black, Mr. Blue, and Mr. Red -- who apparently each dunked their head in a can of paint to match their name -- break in and begin terrorizing the ladies. And, of course, since this movie also has a revenge angle to it, our home invaders had to cross The Line. The line that, when crossed, turns our protagonists into blood-thirsty seekers of vengeance. If the protagonists are male, it seems like that line can be almost anything: killing the guy's dog, owing the guy money, sending the guy to prison, etc. If the protagonists are female, that line is nearly always rape. So, here's where The Executioners takes a turn for the exploitative. Likely, Serafini was aiming for "shocking", but what he really landed on was "tacky". After that, the rest of the film falls apart at a steady pace. Jemma Dallender (I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)) and Natalie Burn (Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), The Expendables 3 (2014)) do a decent job as two of the weekend women, but they can't carry the whole thing by themselves. Director Giorgio even throws in a "twist" at the end hoping to salvage something from the wreckage, but it's not so much a twist as it is the cinematic equivalent of telling someone their shoes are untied when they're not. You don't get a gasp of surprise or jaw-dropping shock from that. You just get irritation and an eye roll. Robert Zilbauer https://scariesthings.com See more

Harry M Jun 18, 2018 Rented this for $1 off at Redbox and still feel like I wasted money.

Rey L May 5, 2018 The acting in the 1st five minutes is enough to make you want to turn it off immediately. Maybe I'll update my rating if it gets better... If not, then it didn't.... See more

Hagrid W Apr 24, 2018 you all should know what you're getting into here. omg! this alleged Horror movie was one of the worst horror movies I have seen in a long time from the redbox. not just saying. I'm telling !!I realize not all movies are worth watching but if paralyzing boredom is what you seek..look no further. I am no professional movie critic here people, but I would not recommend this movie to friend, or an enemy. my partner wanted "me" to pick a horror movie and to read the reviews before I did... oooopps! I "forgot"...and now he is still mad at me for this choice for our redbox night. ok, look besides this movie causing me to fight with my partner and losing my privilege to pick movies from redbox.. thanks a lot by the way!, well lets talk about it this mess. first off, it was not scary, at all. how could you call yourself a horror movie and give no real suspense, no horror, no scare, no head turning scenes where I may peak alil or even one jump scare? you get nothing. ugggg! to start all the three home invaders with painted faces lol (the executioners) or whatever you wanna call them could not act...at all! like embarrassing terrible!! which made it difficult for me and my partner to get into from the start. they probably ruined it for my partner as he kept joking about the blue man group. for me I thought maybe...just maybe the 5 chicks could redeem my interest, nope... a scene from the very beginning with the star or lead, whatever, gave the ending away with her overacting and total weirdness, so it was east to predict the whole ending. and it took forever to end...btw. boring and a waste of time.I will be contacting redbox next for my money back and the hour and half also i lost. See more

George W Apr 22, 2018 disappointing on many levels. where to begin ?? at the risk of losing credibility, I am baffled how this movie ended up inside the lionsgate universe. the execution(ers) isn't quite up to the movie's title and ambition, especially with an ineffective, film-Flashback structure, unnecessary nudity, cheesy low budget death scenes inside a long and painfully overdrawn narrative arc that gives its audience no thrill, predictable every step of the way. at no point during the film did I lose myself which was highly upsetting. this fact alone inspired me to pay it forward to the horror community to potentially save someone a dollar or 2 rental fee with this generous 1 star review. cinematography, editing, lighting, sound all had come issues along the way. as for the acting, lets not even go there. (low-rate) the executioners executed it's audience - not cool ! See more

Apr 8, 2018 good story line but terrible actors

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