Trick

Posted by private acc

The first half of this movie is decently good relative to the budget. The quality in the second half of the movie drops off exponentially as it runs. The movie then commits suicide by dragging the ending out to ridiculous lengths. Half way through the movie - 6 3/4 way through the movie - 5 Interminable ending - 3 All considered, this movie is a ~4

Violent movie, but with an interesting history, if you like horror movies go for it.

This movie follows the stories of several police, who often forget they have firearms, radios, and are really bad at chasing teenagers 5 to 15 feet away from them. One of the biggest complaints constantly lobbied at horror films is stupid main characters, and this point is only made more frustrating when the main characters are trained law enforcement officers. There are countless scenes where the movies eponymous villain taps his knife taunting the officers, who are all armed, and they don't shoot him. There is a scene where the cops don't call for back up or a hospital, stating instead, it will be faster if they drive... If you didn't want your main villain to just be shot and have it ended to early... than maybe have him face less armed foe like teenagers instead. Otherwise, the acting was mostly fine, the camera work was fair.. Just a very dumb film.

This movie was awesome...Its not going to win any acting awards, but man it was a lot of fun...If you love horror movies like I do, you should enjoy it as well.. It was however really ridiculous that a certain black character should have died multiple times but didn't...I mean getting shot 4 times is usually enough for anyone, but not this dude lol...give me a break Still, its going to be a yearly tradition to watch this around Halloween for me..Check it out!

No detective or police force in history is this Dumb & clueless! Terrible directional & writing incompetence at it's highest! Even for a slasher movie the viewers intellectual property was compromised!

This man was responsible for the better than average remake of My Bloody Valentine!! WTF happened?? The production values of a made for TV movie. Why are they doing a police likeness of a killer they already know?!? Plot holes galore. CG blood effects, you know the drill... this is not a great movie!!! Hope you return to form soon, this isn't it!

Ok, so the kills were done quite well and Omar Epps is always good for the money. However the camera, editing and direction are woeful, angles, interaction and the rest of the cast are terrible. It must have been on an experimental day/week etc.

First off, I do find Patrick Lussier to be a talented guy. This was the fourth film I've seen of his, after Dracula 2000, My Bloody Valentine, and Drive Angry. I would rank Trick last out of those as I was a bit turned off by this film. The movie opens with a Halloween party that gets gruesome after a kid named Trick starts slaughtering his acquaintances only to meet his match at the hospital at the hands of a detective played by Omar Epps, only the killer disappears, Michael Myers style. In each of the following Halloween's, the murders pop up again. Is it Trick, or is it a copycat? Only Epps believes that his nemesis Trick is continuing the onslaught. My biggest problem with this film is the villain, and his continuous battles with Epps and his police cohorts. Trick wears a mask and paints his face and wears a hoodie. He looks more like a punk than a monster, and his constant twirling of a knife becomes bothersome. He also has a knack to run away from those pursuing him and their gunfire. He can slip out of their grasp like a fish. Trick does have its moments and features plenty of blood for horror fans. Omar Epps is good in the lead and Tom Atkins is always welcome in a genre that he is no stranger to. Trick ran in a whopping 1 theater here in Detroit and has not shown up in box office reports.

I was forced to watch it. In it's entirety, much to my protestations. The worst possible scripting, acting and story. Absolutely nothing made sense. A stupid killer with even dumber victims standing around to get killed. Seriously...please...do NOT waste your time. Anyone giving this more than one star is totally clueless or just having a good joke on you.