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- 2013
- Not Rated
- Image Entertainment
- 1 h 34 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Image Entertainment
- 1 h 34 m
Summary A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.
Directed By: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Written By: John Swetnam
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Image Entertainment
- 1 h 34 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Image Entertainment
- 1 h 34 m
Evidence
14
4.9
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Summary A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.
Directed By: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Written By: John Swetnam
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
88% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
14
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
88% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Given that the camera always seems to fall or get knocked into the perfect position to capture the craziness at hand, any vérité pretenses soon prove ridiculous. But it’s no more ridiculous than the plot, which incessantly wastes time trying to flesh out its characters, but barely bothers with building suspense.
One wishes it had spared us the remedial theorizing on media culture and artistic representation and license and less apologetically acted the part of a straight-up horror film.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
4.9
38% Positive
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31% Mixed
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31% Negative
4 Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
4.9
38% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
31% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
31% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
In the desert of Nevada, police uncover one of the most brutal crime scenes they've ever seen. There are a ton of bodies that are so badly mutilated, that they can't even tell if their victims are male or female. There is also an overwhelming lack of evidence, that is except for one small mini-cam found amongst the ruble. Evidence was one of those films that wasn't great, but wasn't terrible either. There is enough going on that you will keep watching it and you will be glad you did! Watching as many movies as I do, I tend to figure things out pretty quickly, and I was sure I had this film figured out early on. As I got to the end of the film, I was sure I knew what happened, and I was somewhat disappointed at the predictable story. Then, the writers throw a huge twist into the plot that you will never see coming and it really makes the whole film. Evidence quickly becomes one of those films that will keep you thinking about it long after the credits role, and too me, that is the best kind of movie. No one of name really stars in this film and there really aren't any stand out performances, it's just one of those movies that stands on a strong story. I usually hate these cheaply made, found footage films. The plots are lazy and they rely on cheap scares and effects to make people jump, but Evidence wasn't like that. The film starts off really slowly, but gets better and better leading up to an ending that no one will ever see coming. If you like a good mystery with that amazing twist in the end, Evidence will delivery exactly what you're looking for.
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Whatever suspense that might have been generated by the violently gory goings-on is dissipated by the sheer visual incomprehensibility.
The film isn't as smart as it thinks it is, and its characters are painfully generic.
There have been a lot of shoddy found-footage flicks over the past few years, but maybe none quite so shoddy as this.
The movie itself is conclusive proof that the found-footage horror cycle sparked by “The Blair Witch Project” and mined successfully by the “Paranormal Activity” series has finally reached its low ebb.
Neither suspenseful nor even comprehensible, John Swetnam’s dashed-off script (carelessly directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi) throws up plenty of red herrings — and a stupendously idiotic ending — but not a single character worth caring about.
It's awful. It's unwatchable and not scary. Do not ever try to watch it because you will not like it!!! It's not a thriller, it's not a horror. It's only horrible!!!
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