This movie had so much potential with a great premise - yet it completely misses the mark.
The concept of lucid dreaming is that one has control in their dreams. Think INCEPTION. Think Nightmare on Elm Street Dream Warriors.
Other than turning around and jumping off of something, these characters spend more time running away from their nightmares than they do trying to control their dreams in anyway.
On occasion there are some great dream visuals that, had the script been better, might have helped to make this movie worthwhile. Sadly, they were not enough to prop this story up.
The story feels rushed. It seems that the script writers chose to move the story along quickly by providing zero character development and jumping right into the action. The end result is something that feels too predictable and falls into place in a too far-fetched or convenient way.
One example of far-fetched would be Silver choloroforming one of her classmates - IN CLASS and no one sees or says anything. This is just one of many examples.
The dialog is also weak, which in addition to a flagging story, portrays all of the characters as one dimensional.
To be fair, I think most of the cast does an admirable job trying to give great performances in spite of the poorly written script.
While the ending clearly was written to leave "the door" open for a sequel - let's hope they realize the error of their ways and do not put us through a second nightmare.
The concept of lucid dreaming is that one has control in their dreams. Think INCEPTION. Think Nightmare on Elm Street Dream Warriors.
Other than turning around and jumping off of something, these characters spend more time running away from their nightmares than they do trying to control their dreams in anyway.
On occasion there are some great dream visuals that, had the script been better, might have helped to make this movie worthwhile. Sadly, they were not enough to prop this story up.
The story feels rushed. It seems that the script writers chose to move the story along quickly by providing zero character development and jumping right into the action. The end result is something that feels too predictable and falls into place in a too far-fetched or convenient way.
One example of far-fetched would be Silver choloroforming one of her classmates - IN CLASS and no one sees or says anything. This is just one of many examples.
The dialog is also weak, which in addition to a flagging story, portrays all of the characters as one dimensional.
To be fair, I think most of the cast does an admirable job trying to give great performances in spite of the poorly written script.
While the ending clearly was written to leave "the door" open for a sequel - let's hope they realize the error of their ways and do not put us through a second nightmare.