13/13/13 (2013)

Fantastic!

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Ever since I saw this movie I can't fight the headaches anymore. For days I've been suffering nausea and irritable bowel syndrome. I can't sleep because every time I think of this movie I vomit all over myself.Bad actors, stupid plot, The editing is awful and unnecessary scenes drag on forever for no particular reason while other scenes are so short they make no sense at all. On multiple occasions you can see the film crew, actors switch places between cuts, wounds appear from out of nowhere. Although... I almost feel like I could forgive all of the above if it were not for the simple fact that most of the blood that's in the movie looks like either diarrhea or strawberry jam. All I could see were walls painted with poop. I rate this movie 0/10.

The Mayan calendar did not have leap days, so we've been miscalculating. Anyway, the 13th month of the 13th year after the beginning of the third millennium is upon us (exact date, who knows?) It is to laugh.Quentin, Jack, Joe, and Trevor are out in the wild, doing some drinking. I'm not sure what else is going on for them to be out there. I did not see hunting gear, fishing gear, anything to eat, or hiking shoes. Jack, a former policeman, thinks one of the others has been fooling with his watch since the time is wrong. We get to see the military time 13:13:13 (1pm plus a bit) in the year 13 (short for 2013, I suppose) in Jack's watch.As they drive, the SUV's clock starts showing 13:13. Jack checks on his daughter Kendra. (Dad is African American, Mom is Anglo, their 'natural' daughter is Latina; go figure, it's set in LA). Kendra is non-responsive; Marcy is tearing all the skin off her left forearm. The hospital where they take Marcy is a madhouse of bad manners and incompetence. Kendra kills Trevor, which was unexpected. Joe and Quentin kill two people in Kendra's neighborhood by running them over. After failing to kill Jack, Marcy jumps out the third floor window to her death. Quentin stabs Joe, and both of them think it's funny as they play with the blood.At the hospital, the walls are covered with blood. Jack finds Candace, who is also not infected. Candace and Jack were both born on February 29th; Candace figures that is why both of them were not affected. Jack decides to go back to check on Kendra. Candace objects, but Jack goes through with it. She does convince him to make a plan. I did not see his accomplishing that. They decide to fight their way out to get to where Kendra is, and perhaps any other non-crazy people. This works for a while, but neither of them got there in a car to get to Kendra. They make it to the car park with keys, but have to match some keys with a car. They encounter large, still healthy bullies intent on killing them. They emerge OK, and head for Jack's home.Quentin and Joe have armed themselves with Jack's guns and ammo. They get in each other's road, of course, but decide to kill off the other crazies first. They survive for a bit, but Joe starts to bleed out. Jack and Candace join them, but the house is under siege.The emergency radio says the outbreak has affected all 50 states.Will anyone get out alive? ------Scores------Cinematography: 7/10 Daylight scenes should be sharp and good to look at. The film starts in washed out, low contrast mode. I felt like I was watching VHS output from a tape player with dirty heads. Color contrast was low as well.Sound: 5/10 Too much maniacal laughter. Some of the incidental music is poor.Acting: 0/10 Some of the worst I have ever seen. Enough fake laughing to last twenty years.Screenplay: 2/10 Stupid dialog plus terminally stupid dialog. Very little in the way of natural motivation.SFX: 2/10 Poor.

"13/13/13" is James Cullen Bressack's breakaway from his traditional horror concepts of home invasion, homicidal lovers and "HATE CRIME" (that was one hell of a movie!). Now "13/13/13" stars some pretty indie and amateur talent, Trae Ireland, Erin Coker, Jody Barton, Calico Cooper, Tiffany Martinez, Jared Cohn and Bill Voorhees. The story is one that plays on a legend of demonic inheritance of the earth on a specific date. I have never heard of this before but it is a pretty sweet and horrific notion. For millennia, calendars have added an extra day every four years. In doing so, they violated the ancient Mayan calendar. Now we are in the 13th month of the 13th year of the new millennium, and the few who survive will battle a world of demons. So I was intrigued by the synopsis and how Bressack would approach this concept-By the way kudos on The Asylum picking up your talent Bressack!Now just to get it out of the way, the things that I didn't like about the film. "13/13/13" is a pretty low budget film with some pretty low budget acting. Some of the dialog driven scenes in the film where a bit too amateurish, forcing uncomfortable breaks in the flow of the story. The acting at times was over exaggerated by a couple of actors and some of the dialog may have been more than the cast could convincingly convey. That is it, aside from that bit of failed execution from this production, I enjoyed the other aspects of "13/13/13". What really hooked me with this film is Bressack's ability to fuse his distinct style and vision of pushing the comfort level of the viewer. This film showed that same disturbing atmosphere that Bressack has become known for in such films as "Hate Crime" (again, a killer film) and "To Jennifer", both films where like watching real life crimes taking place that just happened to be on video. That is why I love James Cullen Bressack's work. Some of that intense and chilling vibe was visible in this film as well. All be it, not as much as I would like, but it was enough to make me want to follow through with this film. The story just kicks off in the situation, no intro or set up for what is going to happen. I liked that, a lot of people want but I enjoy that about these movies because it is kind of like life. We are not gonna get an intro packet in the mail saying what will take place in times of tragedy or horror, so why should that be the way films are introduced to us? Kudos for being a truly individual director Bressack. You make us pay attention and learn as we watch. The effects in "13/13/13" are 50/50, when it works it works great and when corners were cut-it showed. Still the fact that the camera found inventive ways of showing the grue and kill moments in this supernatural horror story, is entertaining. Plus the fact that Bressack didn't shy away from getting in there and shooting the full on effects of the killing or brutality is note-worthy. He doesn't leave it to the imagination, instead he sears it into our brain visually. "13/13/13" is not gonna be for everyone because of the ultra low budget feel of the film but I did. Let me explain, this film has a cool concept, plenty of action and gore. Straight on gruesome moments that remind us of spaghetti thrillers. Yeah the quality is ultra low indie horror and the acting is bad but I found enough moments within this film that entertained me so I cant' give it a bad review. Just know that not every one is find this movie enjoyable and go into it with caution- it isn't at the stellar level of "Hate Crime" and "To Jennifer" but it is standard quality that The Asylum distributes. What can I say I am a fan of Bressack's talent and works for life. I like his style.

To be honest this is the first ever review I have ever written, and I am only doing it in the hope that I can stop a few people wasting a couple of hours of there life and few quid, this movie isn't even worth a pirate download.From the moment I started watching this movie I was inclined to switch it off but as I had just paid for it I thought I may as well continue in the hope that something might happen, even one or two minutes of fun would have helped here but I got nothing.The acting was some of the worst I have seen in my life, I mean I can't imagine any of them getting paid to be in this pile of rubbish and the ones who was in here must have been so desperate for work to accept in the first place, the only thing that was good here was the front of the DVD case, which was what made me pick it up, so don't ever judge a book by it's cover LOL.The directing was absolute garbage, there was so many goofs that i couldn't even start to count them up so I guess they didn't even edit this at all. The music was tacky.I won't really bother saying much more here as I have only really posted this in the hope that I might be able to save a few of you from wasting your money and intellect.To sum this up if I could give a zero here I would. There is not one thing that can be written here to give it any sort of credit, so the person who wrote the review with full stars must work for Asylum or somewhere he will be making money, as there is no possible way that anyone could find this entertaining.Please please please stay away from this at all costs, or if you are tempted please come back to me after so I can say "I told you so" LOLYou have been warned.