Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
morrison-dylan-fan
Talking to a family friend about my dad getting the Spanish Horror Timecrimes,I got told about a very similar movie starring Melissa George called Triangle. While finding out details between the two,I spotted a film starring George which has not come out on UK DVD, that was about to leave Netflix UK,which led to me getting set to witness the betrayal.The plot:Driving to the airport to pick up her husband Kevin,Jamie and her son Michael get caught in a crash that knocks them out. Waking up,Jamie finds herself being held hostage in a secret location. Screaming out to ask the kidnappers what they want,Jamie soon learns that Kevin has betrayed her trust.View on the film:Held captive in one room, Melissa George gives a captivating performance as Jamie. Terrified over the hostage takers watching her every move,George subtly expresses the sharp determination that grips Jamie as the betrayal becomes clear. Speaking behind a door for the opening 30 minutes, Oded Fehr gives a wonderfully creepy performance as Alec/"The Voice",whose voice is given a calculating menace by Fehr.Initially looking like a "Torture Horror" flick,writer/director Amanda Gusack puts the saw down,and turns the screws to a psychological Thriller. Keeping Jamie in one room,the screenplay by Gusack brings to light brief flashback that delve into the things Kevin has kept out of Jamie's sight. Keeping the dialogue brittle, Gusack makes each revelation Alec makes one that coils Jamie's sense of betrayal. Locked in the room with Jamie,Gusack and cinematographer Roger Vernon cover the walls in a metallic grey cutting Jamie off from the world,as Jamie starts to plan her own betrayal.
labeebster
I usually don't talk about reviews by other users but a reviewer of this movie has said about another user that he could be the director's ex to review it just one star. Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Anyway, the movie wasn't that bad. The acting by almost everyone was very good. I just have the problem with the script. It wasn't badly written but I just found a few things stupid. Spoiler Alert: 1. The brick in the room comes off conveniently for her to check next room. 2. No huge twists. From the start of the movie we are told that the husband is a betrayer and after that, that fact never changes throughout the movie. When he finally talks to her, maybe we are supposed to think he wasn't wrong but he mentions the money way too early. 3. I may be confused but why won't Alec type the username & password himself instead of writing it to her? Maybe he didn't have enough time? 4. Transfer happens at the last minute: Things like these have been done so many times in the movies that they don't thrill me any more. 5. Then the site conveniently goes down for maintenance after all that: Awesome. 6. All that & she managed to change the password. 7. Everything (transfer & all) is done right before Falco arrives: Another "action done at the last minute" thing. 7. Alek tries to shoot Falco & it seems that she ducks to avoid a bullet although she's very close & if she got her arm shot, she gets up without even cringing? 8. Alec conveniently lives on after being shot so he could talk to Jamie in the end and/or is not shot again by Kevin even after opening his mouth.But other than those things the movie was very interesting & I didn't feel like turning it off. There were a few things I liked too, but I won't mention them.
tiijayoo7
Well the preceding review seems to have been written by the director's ex, because this is a really good movie. Excellent performance from all the cast, impressive dialogue and story keeps you guessing till the very end. Am just glad I trusted the video preview rather than their review and it's really sad to see efforts as good as this being panned so terribly. it really is unfair to the makers of the movie.Doesn't take itself too serious and it's kept me up through the middle of the night, believe me that's some feat. The last low budget (relatively) movie I saw that was as good as this is The Mist.If this is a one star out of ten for anyone then the Heavens will have to come down for any movie to be worth a two star for them. WATCH THIS MOVIE ASAP and you won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!
derekclaycombs
When I first stumbled upon The Betrayed I was drawn in by the premise of the movie. At first it reminded me of a Saw type movie without all the silly antics. I then logged on to IMDb, read some rather positive reviews, and proceeded to gain excitement for the unknown thriller.After watching I am utterly disappointed. The entire story didn't add up, the critical emotions and behavior that we should see was not there, and movie lacked any resemblance of depth. The writers, producers, and director should have saved this a couple more years, improved every aspect, and made a film that was at the very least watchable. The Betrayed failed to meet my lowest standards. Please stay far away from this one.
