House of Nine

There is a certain concept that I love seeing within movies, when a group of people wake up in unfamiliar territory and have to participate in some dangerous activity such as a game. Obviously the SAW franchise comes under this category, the Cube movies and the brilliant Circle (2015) and The Human Race (2013). This is one of those and I was immediatly thrilled upon realising. I just love the idea I find it fascinating, how people react, the different personalities and the ruthlessness of people. House of 9 see's a group of people locked inside a house together unable to escape. Upon awaking the instructions are announced, only one can leave and they'll win five million pounds. Inevitably it doesn't take long before things to fall apart and the way it happens sadly could be better, but is still entertaining. This British made thriller stars Kelly Brook, Dennis Hopper and the last Doctor Who Peter Capaldi. Despite it's flaws I enjoyed this and was very impressed with the movies closing scene. Though it doesn't match the dizzying heights of the other examples of this concept it's still a passable movie. The Good: Great idea Fantastic finale The Bad: Questionable execution Hoppers accent is horrific Things I Learnt From This Movie: Guns in movies are magic and have unlimited ammo Kelly Brook can act without showing boobage

I knew I shouldn't rent anything with Kelly Brook above the title, but it was 3 for 2 at the video shop (honestly, would anyone take this out deliberately?). The premise isn't actually too bad ('Big Brother'with added death, I suppose), but with Brook gurning away and Hopper muttering in a ludicrous 'Irish' brogue, I soon wished I'd left the damn thing in the shop. That I watched it to the end (when there's a fairly predictable twist) was largely due to the bizarre spectacle of Hippolyte Girardot, a fine French actor (remember 'Un Monde Sans Pitie'?) slumming it in such thunderous tosh - for that alone it deserves a few marks. That said, avoid.

It is painfully obvious that this is an attempt to create a cube movie. The writers did their homework on movies like the for-mentioned cube, my little eye and basically every other movie that has a bunch of people in a confined space together. This European attempt to add yet another flick to this sub genre falls short on almost every level. Like I said before in other reviews one of the basics to get any viewer involved is to flesh the characters given in the movie. If they stand shallow no one cares who dies and who lives. If you secretly try to rip other movies off at least try to keep either the gore or the excitement of the originals on par or top it in the gore department. If you don't you will get the equivalent of a tasteless fast food treat; it fills but it is nothing special. Spoilers ahead: This movie starts promising though, while following the beaten track of the in this case 9 strangers put together the makers produce a classy setting. A cemented shut building with only 1 door. This setting is made very well, shot on location in Romania it provides stylish furniture, marble floors.. all black and white. The first few moments after the unseen watcher has delivered his message "9 go in one comes out with 5 million dollars" are the best of the film. The victims try franticly to escape which gives the movie its few engaging moments. However after 15 minutes they give up and the makers have got some padding to do. This amounts in nothing happening the next hour or so and then the makers suddenly realize there are still around 8 people left that have to go..this proves to be a bit steep in the remaining 24 minutes or so. Especially since there are no traps inside the location but only the uninteresting people to work with. The premise is good, people cant get out except if they kill the others but since the moron level is so high you couldn't care less after watching people rap(not kidding.. it is the token black guy in a training suit and gold chains), dance, drink and eat for an hour. The ending is nice ish but predictable. They should have credited the accent of poor Dennis Hopper as an extra, it comes and goes and provides the only source of entertainment for most of the movie. Skippable fare.

i don't want to spoil this movie so i wont go into detail in the beginning i thought what a strange and pity full movie but wow i was proved wrong...a very nice and unexpected ending as well, 2 thumbs up for this one. as always Dennis hopper played great again, a small role and using a typical English accent. the strength of the movie lays in the unexpected events that follow. Funny that someone who found this movie not great told us that he hated the french guy...just a typical example of good acting (he played an obnoxious guy) OK you love or hate this movie..i loved it cause when there is good acting and a surprising unexpected plot 9 out of 10 times it is a great movie (and let me tell you..i saw a lot!!) along with saw one of the best movies this year

The story is unique,the characters ordinary and the end unbelievable. A true movie with a true value , u gotta see it.....As the title says , add a house, add 9 people , remove almost all of the special effects and there u have a great movie that keeps u running true out the movie. A true thriller that deserve your attention , a great movie, which you cannot compare with no another because it's unique , and breath taking right trough the end . It deserves a "TO BE Continued...." even though i do not accept the idea that they ever could make a better one :)) but then again what could they make to keep your interest right into the end of the movie (and especially another end like the one hat i've just saw), and if someone gonna do another ""House of 9" i hope will be 10 times better then this one .

I can't even begin to describe how bad this movie is. Even Dennis Hopper sucks here. The writing is full of clichés and lacks any good or solid storyline, the direction is sloppy and amateur, the acting (by ALL actors) is simply crappy, they look like it's their first time in front of the camera (for some of them this is probably true, for some I hope it will also be the last), the camera work is over-dramatic and very non-original. The stereotypes are unsurprisingly boring (a clothing designer? he's gay! a black young man? he's a rapper! a french man? he's arrogant! how original!), the music is bombastic and inappropriate, and worst of all - nothing here is scary, frightening or even thrilling. Hell, nothing here is even INTERESTING. They should show this movie at film schools to tech you how NOT to make a film. oh but the editing is quite alright.

OK, here we go! This movie isn't worthy of academy awards for stellar acting and the plot is a little frivolous (a la most teenage-aimed horror movies) BUT the cast are likable and the acting is decent enough. Kelly Brook and Asher D both put in admirable performances and Dennis Hopper although a little disappointing for a actor of his calibre is more than adequate. The plot isn't great as i mentioned and can easily be scrutinised BUT if you take the film for what it is and with a pinch of salt, it really is quite enjoyable. The scenes in the house are quite stylish and although in places it is predictable it is by no means all the way through...which i found was quite refreshing as in my opinion horror movies generally are so blatantly obvious! To conclude, this is worth buying in my opinion! Give it a go!

Nine strangers – a priest; a dancer; a designer; an aspirant rapper; a former tennis pro; a woman on probation; an unsuccessful composer and his wife; and a detective – are randomly abducted, drugged and locked in a house by a wealthy maniac. They are informed through a public address system that there are seventy-five cameras following them, and only one will survive and win US$ 5,000,000.00 to keep quiet. The psychological game begins, with fear and greed affecting the participants. "House of 9" is an opportunist story and rip-off of the storyline of 1997 "Cube" and using psychological elements of 2001 "Das Experiment". The story is also very similar to 2005 "Saws 2", but it is difficult to say which one is the rip-off of the other since they were released in the same year. Dennis Hopper, the famous name of the cast, never convinces as a priest, and it seems that time for his retirement has arrived. The unpredictable and surprising end saves this forgettable movie from a lower rating. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): "Aprisionados" ("Imprisoned")

Well this is something. I enjoyed every moment of this movie. It is very sad, that people accuse this kind of movie which has no big time advertisement of being a crap movie and a fact that there is no well known actors (except Hopper), that then acting is bad. Well we can't say that acting is the best but that is not the hole point. If we look today what kind of crap is Hollywood shooting with no new ideas and that is why they look back and remake classics, this movie really deserve to take a look at. For me the story was tense all the time and we can see what a man greed can do. Also the ending was amazing and open for sequel, i mean who would expect this kind of ending, it was great ending that could follow this movie story. I think ending couldn't be better. Let's get this straight... story is amazing, acting is average and the final product is well above today's average movies.

I'll get right to the point... The movie sucked. Bigtime. Not one of the actors made the movie watchable. Not even Dennis Hopper. At no point in this movie I felt like "ohh whats gonna happen now" or "ohh how exciting it is"... It was more like "only 45 minutes in to the movie...come ooon, FFW please". Every attempt from the director to make it exciting fails. Miserably. The only thing he makes u do is wonder how this movie even got past the cutting table. Without spoiling anything for u thats gonna see it anyway, just be prepared for bad acting, bad story and bad script. The ending was...well...you will just have to see it or read some spoilers somewhere. I might even go so far to say that the Swedish edition of Big Brother made this look really bad. This gets 1 star only because that is the lowest vote i can give. If there had been a cross or a skull I'd put that instead.