Send Help

Wickedly lovable with the potential to be timeless, “Send Help” is controlled delirium microwaved on high heat.

A vicious, relentless dark comedy, the film takes the well-worn “unlikely duo forced to work together” premise and strips it down to the bone—then starts gnawing.

Send Help is a brilliant, startlingly gory dark comedy. Sam Raimi still has that old magic.

It’s a perfect bit of shlock.

This is an immensely effective tropical island-set chamber drama in which two characters see their gender and labor relations start to reverse in ways that eventually reveal surprising ambiguities.

Even though it gives away one twist/gag too easily and tends to pummel us in the finale, I have no notes. This is a damned funny riff on “Survivor” and the very idea that the dainty McAdams might have a little “Misery” era Kath Bates in her.

It’s a time-honoured and perfectly enjoyable setup, and the first act, when the new reality dawns on clueless Bradley, is watchable. But the plot twists are derivative and the action then becomes dependent on weird stabs of grisliness that are not convincing or consistent with the characterisation.

Wildly entertaining role reversal movie. Every single scene was inventive and perfectly crafted. Signature shots abound with extreme close-ups, gross out sight gags and surprising twists around every corner. One of the most satisfying narrative arcs I've ever had the pleasure of watching. An instant classic and arguably Sam Raimi's best movie ever.

I’m hoping that the cheap look and understated direction were intentional, meant to evoke the adventure classics of the 40s and 50s (films like *Island of Desire*). Otherwise, *Send Help* would just be a low-budget Raimi-esque flick that only occasionally breaks out of its routine thanks to a few energetic moments. That aspect worked for me, though. The screenplay, on the other hand, is just as poor in quality as everything else the two gentlemen have written (which isn't much). However, Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien really elevate the material with their performances, making the island adventure an enjoyable one in the end—even if it was a bit too tame and slightly too long.

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Great premise, that goes right off the rails into some cocaine bear Sharknado crap.. how do you take a great idea and just **** all over it... ?