13: Fear Is Real
13: Fear Is Real
| 07 January 2009 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Protraph Lack of good storyline.
    Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
    Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
    Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
    ana-filipa-g I have watched the two first episodes and I was impressed with the amount of clichés and bad acting. Yes, acting - I highly doubt that there are naive people signing in for something like that. The fear is obviously unreal, and all that screaming and crying just make the show even worse. I remember one of the girls being afraid of the dark (terrified, it seemed). However, in the middle of the night, she hears a noise, gets up, grabs a lantern and steps out, looking for what caused the noise. Alone. If she's terrified of the dark, how come she's so comfortable wandering around in the woods by herself? Oh, of course, she wasn't alone, there were guys holding cameras. The camera angles are kind of bad too, some tend to remember too much "The Blair Witch Project".Anyway, it's a reality show. Its purpose is merely entertainment. I guess they have reached that goal. Never related to fear, I must say. However, sometimes I giggled with the show.
    Kindred99 Imo, several actors are in this group of 13, you can see info online of past performance/involvement. Some are already hocking their wares. Those who think they were all regular people, get more reading in. I'd bet contracts were signed. The show had great potential, but it turned into a show to scare the kiddies, and maybe creep out some adults via snakes. So in that regard, it worked. The audience must be considered dummied-down by this show's standards. Too many producer friends stirring the same pot leaves little imagination for change. They need fresh input from someone outside their circle. The editing seemed purposefully vague, the acting was obvious in spots. Take a closer look at Melyssa. She may be more than we know. I think they'll bring it back to finish it up. Why have, two, FIR-MASTERMIND, and FIR posted here if they didn't already film the second? It was less dull in pace than Murder in Small Town X, which got lost and boring in the translation. The endless tumbling around in the dark with flashlights got old real quick, Yawn Factor. And some of the more stupid moves by 'contestants/actors', that was acting, who goes back for underwear? Oh, no don't go back for your underwear, give us a break. I do applaud the production being in Louisiana who is still in dire need of support, and funds. The production gave in that regard. Maybe that's what this show was all about.
    Myounka This series is ghastly, and not for it's super-violent competitions, but for it's horrible editing and poor camera work. The "execututions" were stereotypical, until the point they had someone drown in toilet water, at that point i knew they had only planned on having 7 episodes. This show was an embarrassment in my opinion, the "cast" consisted of the stereotypical unintelligible middle Americans. How stupid could you be, saying "oh god i almost died!!". It's a TV SHOW. At least on survivor they have enough of a budget to go to tropical places and have a decent prize(13:FiR gave out 66 grand). And when in the history of the USA did someone trap soldiers in a Louisiana fort and make them eat each other... the civil war never had a battle down there, and the Mexican American war(famous for the Alamo) never got that far east of Texas.In all, it was obviously phony, with poor writing, and a poor budget. It was a decent idea that wasn't executed in the slightest.
    futuramafan1 When i first watch the show i thought it wouldn't be that good and i was wrong. I'm actually really loving this show right now, i really enjoy the episodes. The execution's are pretty good and same with the things that they have to do in the episode. So its about these 13 people who have to face their deepest fears and the 2 (sometimes 3) people that lose the competitions have to compete in some execution's and the lose gets killed off, and the winner get $66,666. There is also the Death Box that someone can get and they get to become the killer. I think that you should give the show a try and see how you like it. The show airs Wednesdays at 7:00 on CW or you can watch it on CityTv at 8:00 if you do not have cable.Overall: 8.2/10