Brian Carter has inherited his estranged mother’s rehabilitation center. Unwilling to visit the sanctuary, several other friends convince him to go there. Finding out that the treatment facility was a former monastery, Brian also discovers that his mother had successfully created a drug induced cure for addiction, but while exploring the halls and rooms a sinister force begins hunting and killing Brian and his friends.
Hidden was filmed with intentions of the audience enjoying a 3D experience. I’m sure director Antoine Thomas also filmed it with intentions of the audience enjoying a movie.
Kinda fell short on .....everything.
Watching the movie in regular 2D, the atmosphere, the visuals all appeared to be influenced by late night gaming on the XBOXs and Playstations. The 3D visuals and computer graphics were a distraction instead of an enhancement. The story was flaccid and full of holes with no help from the actors to make it better. How a centuries old, unseen sub-layer has outlets in the wall and florescent lighting is beyond me. And the movie drags; not that it’s slow, but that was the only way these menacing supernatural entities could kill anyone - drag them for ten feet and kill them off screen. No blood, no gore, no characters to give two tugs about.
Hidden was a big disappointment. It had great elements that could have made for a unique tale, but the crew just couldn’t pull it off.
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