Please Hold (2020) Movie Review

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What drew me to this movie was the poster. Clearly there is a maze on the floor of the hallway the person is in and I wanted to see why. Well after watching this short film I understand. In a near future, drones do police work and prison is automated, run by a corporation. One day our main character is self-arrested by a drone and taken to prison. He does not know why and cannot find a human to speak to about his case. Things get very Black Mirror in this short, because everything you see happen is not far off from where we could be in a few years. This film has a great premise and is wonderfully made. I suggest you find it and watch it !

The maze ? Well that represents the bureaucracy of the situation.

I give it a 7.6/10.

Follow Me (2020) Movie Review

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This movie is also known as No Escape depending on the website you are on. An up and coming social media personality travels to Russia with friends to get some new content. They meet up with a wealthy Russian fan of his who offers them a chance to go into an extreme escape room. When they get there and the events starts (streamed online of course) the puzzles are deadly. One of those puzzles involves one of the characters strapped into an electric chair while the friends need to solve a metal maze (that looks like a labyrinth). They must move an object through the maze without touching the sides or she is shocked much like the game Operation. Things go sideways from there as people start dying and escape appears impossible. Everything else I could describe would give away the ending. It’s a fun horror movie that fits today’s culture.

I give it a 6/10.