Circle (2010)

Really Surprised!

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

The plot: A crazy serial killer believes that he can harness the power of his victim's souls through ritual murder.Circle had a premise that, in capable hands, could rise to become an above-average genre movie, perhaps memorable for its outlandish ideas or graphic violence. In the hands of this inept crew, however, it turns into a horrible, boring, tedious, and stupid movie. I can not stress how boring and uneventful this movie is. Insipid dialogue, delivered without conviction or interest, takes up roughly half the runtime, while ridiculous filler takes up the remaining half. It's mind-numbingly boring. In the last few minutes, there's finally some action, but it happens so late in the movie, you'll probably be asleep. And then the movie abruptly ends. Now, I'm not saying that I wanted the movie to go on any longer, but the ending seems to serve as nothing but an open-ended cop-out, leaving open the possibility of a sequel. I can only hope that nobody is stupid enough to finance a sequel to this crap.There's a bit of sex, violence, and nudity, but it's so inept that you'd be better off looking for fan-made films on YouTube. I can't see any reason at all to watch this.

I saw the cover with a completely misleading point of the movie, it really lacked creativity, it was not to well done with the kind of budget they were working with... I saw it had America Olivo in it and was also on the front cover, usually I like her movies but, they had her do a thick accent and she had probably the least air time of the entire cast, it really did not make a whole lot of sense, why some of the characters were even there, the story line was really bad, just not done well, as it being a horror movie, there was little to any gore or violent part shown on screen... It's like they could not even afford the fake blood... Of course there is a bit of some nice T&A, but not much... No captions, so good luck understanding all of what is said... Trust me, don't waste your time on this one unless you just have to see America Olivo's bare chest for a minute...

-simply just can't show any special effects on screen - doesn't matter""Circle": My god, avoid it like the plague: it's disappointing from start to finish. It wants to be a serial killer/slasher movie but it's just plain bad. The cast is not that terrible, but the story is. There's no tension, no excitement and certainly no surprises. A group of students spent the night in the house of an escaped murderer (Halloween: Resurrection anyone ?) and the killer returns that night. Meanwhile, the police is trying to figure out what his next move is. "Circle" has a couple of attractive girls who show their breasts (trust me, nothing to be too exciting about) but fails on every other level: it's boring, stupid and just doesn't deliver. The killer is best known for his role in the popular TV series "Prison Break" (as "Haywire" so kind of the same character)He's not interesting at all and is supposed to be scary because of the 'albino' looking eyes. (come on..) The worst problem is the total lack of any effects or gore. The killings happen mostly off-screen or are simply hardly seen at all. That's right: this is a horror-slasher without a special-effects team (How is that possible ?) and besides a couple of shots of blood you don't see anything at all ! To conclude with the "surprising"-ending: what the hell ? They already discussed this in the movie: As a viewer you know what will happen at the end. And it's once again a major disappointment. But hey, it's finally over and you can totally forget about this garbage. No idea why they still make junk like this. It really gives the genre a bad name. Just watch something good for the second time instead of this turkey..

I am shocked that this wannabe horror/thriller movie, that is far from thrilling and just plain horrible rated a 5.6 out of 10 across 25 votes. Although it has elements that are very common to the genre, such as: large-breasted eye candy, a group of clueless and hare-brained young adults, it really struggles to put these elements together to form something worthwhile. While the acting is not terrible, it's far from good. The plot is mediocre at best and does little in terms of pulling the viewer into the experience. I found it hard to sympathize with the characters; partly due to their stupidity. I was also extremely disappointed with the ending as this whole movie built up to a very non-climactic resolution. Thumbs down all around.