Barricade (2012)

Memorable, crazy movie

Excellent, a Must See

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

"Barricade" is a well produced, atmospheric chiller with excellent acting, human characters, good cinematography, some creepy Kubrickian moments, a great location and an engaging premise. The only thing I didn't like was the plot reveal which felt like a major letdown after all the above.But who knows, you might like it. Or at least, you might have a good time waiting to see if it's really as bad as everyone says. Note: that's the last I'll say about the ending because I don't want to ruin it (unlike the current top 2 reviews which spoil it in the first sentence. Seriously? How is spoiling a movie helpful?).This is the first time I've seen Eric McCormick who plays the father, and I thought he was fantastic. He bears a striking resemblance, as well as a similar likable quality, to Sam Rockwell, and in fact I kept thinking maybe it was his twin brother or something. If you like Sam Rockwell flicks (like "Moon") you'll enjoy McCormick's delivery. He plays a good lead here: a father of 2 young kids forced to protect them from creepy happenings in a remote corner of the world. Despite losing his grip of reality as events unfold, he remains more or less smart and resourceful.The two kids were excellent as well, and their fear added to the mood without being melodramatic as young actors sometimes are (I'm thinking mainly of my own attempts at making "horror movies" when I was 12, you don't want to know).The atmosphere is very chilly, figuratively as well as literally. Filmed over the course of 4 days in the snowy wilderness near Vancouver, the filmmakers did an excellent job of conveying a claustrophobic feeling of terror despite being in the wide open north.Really, this is a very well made movie except for the actual story driving it. Oh, there's one other thing I didn't care for: all the false scares in the first half hour. Some were effective, and I actually jumped once, but after being tricked a few too many times I started disconnecting from the action."Barricade" is one of those creepy films where you don't know what the threat is until the end, and this puts it in line with some excellent films like "The Others", "The Changeling", "Moscow Zero", or the mack daddy of twist endings, "The Sixth Sense". But in this case the story didn't have a corkscrew twist so much as it had a itty bitty bend.

My husband watched the movie earlier today and said it was pretty good so I thought I'd give it a shot.Good movie, it had me on my toes the whole time and I was pretty curious throughout the whole movie. However I am completely lost and really couldn't tell you what the movie was about.In the beginning I remember the wife talking about going to the cabin, however I got lost right after that. One year later, I see the father driving in the mountains with his kids, they go to this cabin, the kid starts to cough, the father believe they are all sick and bam the movie goes in another direction. I feel that some unleft answers could've been answered in the movie, What happened to wife, what was all the scare from and what the heck was the ending about. I was left with questions which I don't like in any movie,but overall it was a good movie, it could've been a little better. I believe it needed a bit more of a twist with all the creepy things that kept happening. I would like to say thumbs up to the three main characters in this movie, excellent acting. In my opinion, it's your thought about the movie, I liked it and would probably watch again.

What the hell was that ? I thought I knew what was going on (father taking the drugs, hallucinating and all whacked out on drugs) then it jumped all over the place without explanation AT&T all. Why this? Why that ? Couldn't follow this movie from the start. It was building up for the grand finally and fell far short of thrilling. "He will get what's coming to him"... And they let him go to the Hospital with his kids after he kidnapped and almost killed a man while on drugs ? Don't want to live near these police.. All and all. Very disappointing movie that had potential but didn't take advantage of the money spent on it. What a shame I wanted an hour and change on this one..

I downloaded this film from a torrent, and I am glad I did now! I like my horrors as does my fiancée but this was a disappointment. I suppose I was expecting a cross between House (2008) and the Grudge 1 (2004) but alas this film lacks the storyline. Surprised to see it was created by the WWF??? I haven't watched that stuff since the days of the nWo.The film was a bit short (75 mins) say compared to Hellweek (2010) at 95.This film centres around a man who has become a widower and takes his kids for a holiday in a remote location (cliche?). He suffers from delusions. I have had a fever before and NEVER suffered from delusions. Probably the medication! lol The end is, in my opinion, terrible.