The Condemned (2012) User Reviews

Just plain horrible

[edsteven347 · 2/10 · 25 April 2014]

Felt like I was watching a bad B rated horror movie, made for 90s. Half way into the movie, I had to stop, and took long breaks in between. The music effects, were so bad, which clearly took you away from the scene. At moments the music effect, reflected similar tunes to the movie Psycho.

The plot was so slow paced and dull. The actors performance was not horrible but shallow.

Spoiler: In one scene, invitations were given to the Rosales villagers door to door, an old man grabbed the invitation and placed it on his assuming wife's lap, took his gun and blew his brains off, while his wife continued rocking on her rocking chair. Okay, you have my attention but WHY...lead from here, and build your story, and don't kill us with needless details.

The most wonderful film I have ever seen.

[LolaMontesDeOca · 10/10 · 22 December 2014]

I started watching this expecting a train wreck, and boy was I in for a pleasant surprise. A painful chapter in Puerto Rican history is laid out for all to see in this exciting, fast-paced, completely logical, spectacularly well-acted gem. I got to see a side of Puerto Rico that I had never seen before, and my life is so much better because of it. Daisy Granados was astounding, Dolores Pedro was unforgettable, and the late Axel Anderson was robbed of posthumous glory for his performance. I love to be challenged and confused when I am watching a movie, and if you love that too, this will most definitely be right up your alley. Splurge to your heart's content - you will not be disappointed.

Chilling with a Terrifying Twist

[zmedina41 · 8/10 · 4 December 2014]

The movie is set in small town of Rosales in Puerto Rico. The town seems suspended in time where the homes are weather worn and the sky is perpetually gray. Ana is the young daughter of Dr Michael Puttnam, a cancer research scientist in Rosales, PR in 1965. Dr. Puttnam made breakthroughs with radiation as an effective treatment and cure for cancer in children. Ana comes to the time battered town to turn the old Puttnam cancer research facility in a museum to honor her father and his accomplishments. She invites the citizens of Rosales to a dinner party announcing the opening of the museum. The citizens include a handful of elderly, who seem to be the only inhabitants of Rosales. From the beginning we get a sense of loss and heartache that resonates from all the citizens especially a blind old woman who is against Ana and the museum from the start. This movie is about the choices that they made, the actions and consequences of these choices and lifelong regrets. What appeared to be salvation for many became hell on earth for others. Through flashbacks and the eventual shocking realizations of Ana and the inhabitants, we then begin to realize that what happened in Rosales was nothing to be honored or celebrated. Great acting and haunting music make this a movie you'll want to see more than once. I loved this movie.