ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Ploydsge just watch it!

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

roger-212 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS (although not intentionally or explicitly): A clumsy horror film, treading the lines between spoof, self-aware and "oh my god it's not a film!" realms not very successfully. The main problem is tone - the writing is overly obvious and overdone: Lane is in no way a realistic character or human, easily committing 3 faux pas/insulting acts in the first 10 minutes that would have gotten him fired, no matter his "friend" is his supervisor.Casting your plot in a film equipment rental house is a potentially good idea to set up your "killer with a camera" idea but since this has been done a dozen times already (Shatter Studios, The Last Showing, Hollywood Kills, etc) one must do it smarter or better, not worse and more amateur-ish. I'm not talking about the low-budget look, I'm talking about the sloppy plotting and "motivation" of the characters. Rountree and Banks' script gets to "snuff" territory and stops thinking completely.Also, clearly, the 10-star reviews are ringers. Claiming "nuance" and "intelligence" and wondering why the hate, clearly they've been tasked with balancing the rating here on IMDb (and all from Feb 2015, it looks like). Very suspicious as this is no Scream, this is no Babadook, this is no Chronicle. Maybe the filmmakers and producers should have spent more time on their script and fleshing out their ideas, not gaming IMDb.This is junk.

jimmysmithx2 I watched this movie not really knowing what to expect. I checked some of the reviews which seem up and down, but there were several comments about the bad reviews were by those only watching for a little bit and not seeing it all the way through. This peeked my curiosity. I can see both sides as the first 30 minutes or so seemed to be just kind of following a journey without a clear cut path. It wasn't that it was bad, I just didn't know where it was going. I think that if I stopped there, I probably would not have liked it either. After seeing it all the way through, the path became clear and I see why it went that route.After the first death, the entire tone of the movie changes from a frat-boyish/bullying comedy to something much more dark and serious. I think this may be the problem with some people not liking this movie because they did not quite get this far in. It is a movie within a movie, but also seems to be a comedy that gets covered up by a dark drama. In the opening scene, there is a guy shown in the booth who we know is some kind of bad guy and then we see him drag someone off. As this happens, the voice over narrates about how a serial killer can be anyone and there are some great images of "death tools." After that, we sort of forget that part existed, which I think must have been intentional since it came back to play later. We learn what a jerk Lane is because he is violent and against all authority. I think the acting was pretty good. Maybe a bit over the top during a few moments early on, but still believable and well done. Lane likes to hear himself talk and doesn't care who he offends. We are meant to hate Lane and I think the actor does a good job of making that happen. "Brenda" from the original Hills Have Eyes is in it as herself, which is cool for the horror world, but I haven't seen the original film yet. The comments they make in the movie about that movie do make me want to see it though. The girls are all attractive and all do a pretty good job with the acting too. The locations are fairly simple so they probably didn't spend a lot of money but it doesn't scream low budget at all. Most everything seemed fairly appropriate. A few cool visual effects look pretty good too including one with a guy getting hit by a truck and Lane almost getting hit by a train. For me, this is where the movie started to pick up and really engage my interest. I wanted to see more of the deaths happen on screen, but figured they didn't show for budget reasons.Part of the film is wondering if karma would come back to get Lane, which plays into the twist at the end. I honestly did not think this film was going to be smart enough to have any kind of twist, which is why when it hit, I was caught off-guard (even though I had read there was one). The movie instantly became so much smarter than I ever imagined and everything made sense, including the way the deaths were filmed. I probably would have rated this film a 5, but the ending hit me so hard that it brought everything together and actually made me smile. If you are looking to see a straight up horror movie, it's not this one, but if you want to see something sneakily smarter, you may enjoy it. I give it a 7. Not a perfect movie, but a good one and worth a look.

OrganizedGal I watched this movie on VOD with my boyfriend and here are my honest female perspective thoughts, take them for what they are:Cut is a very good thriller (I rated an 8) that pays close attention to the detail in the story telling adventure. It is a very smart story that poses as something that seems overly generic at times in the beginning, but is, in actuality, far from it. Once we realize what is really going on, it all makes sense and I felt infantile and silly for not seeing it coming. The movie does not spoon feed the audience with the obvious and assumes there is a level of intelligence in the viewer, which I really appreciate.Yes, I wish a few of the ideas had been developed a bit more, but most movies have that flaw. And for a lower budget (I'm guessing under a million), the acting is solid and the stylistic imagery is well done. If you are looking for a true horror movie with excessive blood and guts, you may be disappointed, but I don't think that is what this movie is meant to be. When we get to the end, the choice of the visual style all makes sense and is rather brilliant.In response to some of the posts here and on other movies, it's quite sad how some people just have to say nasty things just to say them. Maybe it makes them feel important, not sure. Some get into a debate over silly things which have no foundational value at all, but these are probably the same people who were bullies in high school and now have nothing better to do.It seems that the bad reviews here all say similar things about only watching a few minutes then skipping around. It's quite a shame that you chose to judge something before seeing it all the way through, but maybe you were just looking for a gore fest of obligatory images of blood and boobs. Cut is very well done and definitely worth a watch, but you have to be smart enough to put it together.

AJ Taylor Excellent film, intelligent and entertaining. I enjoyed watching the thought processes of each character. David Banks was outstanding, and I was totally taken by the beauty and talent of Dahlia Salem, the entire cast worked hard to get the correct "feel" and it showed as this came across on the screen. David Roundtree's directing seems to allow the actors to explore their characters and they appeared to interact well on screen. I appreciated the tip of the hat to the past; with Suze Lanier-Bramlett from The Hills Have Eyes fame. I also appreciated the Hitchcock type filming where your mind is allowed to enhance the scenes. Overall a great mix of horror, and dark comedic moments that entertain and chill. Go see CUT!