Urban Explorer (2011) Reviews

• A smidgen above the usually humdrum slasher

  movieman_kev2013-06-19

  A group of people take in an underground tour of the tunnels beneath Berlin. All is going relatively well until their fairly enigmatic guide suffers an unfortunate accident. If being lost in these deep, dark, endless maze of tunnels weren't bad enough, they also happen upon a deranged nut-case/former border guard. I thought I was in for yet another low-budget, badly acted horror flick of little real value, but as the movie wore on, I found, much to my surprise, it to be fairly well done. Highly derivative, but well done nonetheless. I actually found myself caring if these characters survived or not, no small feat as most of these type of films have such one-dimensional cardboard characters that I usually can't be bothered. Which I guess is also true here to some extent, but I was drawn into the story regardless.

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• Much more Urban Explorer than Depraved.

  fxdx42014-01-03

  I think this could have been an engaging flick. It has some good character development and an interesting premise. The acting is acceptable, and the filming/directing is solid. With that said, this movie does suffer an identity crisis – even the title shows the problems in the movie. The Depraved – Urban Explorer says it all. The movie is not really either, but a poor cross of both. This is not the traditional slasher, gore fest circa Hostel or Turistas. Nor is it an adventure film with Nazis and underworld crime, rather it is a blend that does not succeed in either genre. The movie starts as a group of tourists is lead into an underground tunnel system under Berlin. There are plenty of interesting red herrings, and exciting action as they descend deeper and deeper under the city. This goes on successfully for nearly 2/3s of the movie, and I was engaged enough that I forgot that something 'depraved' was going to happen. It does, and when it does it is pretty lame. The movie then turns into a cliché horror with all the classic conventions – girl getting tortured, cell phones dying at the right (wrong) time, the 'is he dead?' bad guy. However, there is nothing overly interesting or unique about the depraved or the situation. I kept wishing they would get back to the interesting tunnel system to explore. As in all slasher movies, the ending is underwhelming, but by then I had pretty much tuned out. This movie could have been pretty entertaining, and starts off enjoyable, but can't decide what it wants to be. I would have been happy with just the Urban, keep the Depraved to yourself.

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• I don't know about yours, but mine had English subtitles.

  Christine_Plymouth_Fury19582012-04-05

  A lot of reviews said they gave it a lower rating than they would have because the movie did not have subtitles, but the one I watched did, so don't be put off from seeing it, since it's a film horror fans wouldn't want to miss. It reminds me a bit of Wolf Creek, except for the contrast in setting, obviously. The male protagonist of the story would irritate you to no end on the choices he makes, but you might find yourself rooting for him, all the same. One female, the one with the camera, will make you want to push her in a ravine on one scene, because their unfortunate circumstances started due to her utter stupidity. Just had to get that off my chest. Heh. I must say, you'd think, in the beginning of the film, that the villain would be different, but as the film progresses, it will prove you wrong. He actually surprised me by his evil-ness, although the torture scenes were not as bad as what I've seen in other gore-themed movies. And I actually liked that they toned it down a notch and didn't make it out to be like another Saw or Hostel movie. I'm not much of a fan of those, though I have seen my share. The characters will make you go bald from pulling your hair from its roots,because you're frustrated as **** with the choices they make. It won't make you stop from sitting at the edge of your seats though. You'll be able to watch this to the end, because it's the kind of movie that compels you to do so, even if you know it might not be categorized into the same level as some of the greats. Watch it. It's worth your time, especially for a true horror fan.

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• Good baddie

  kosmasp2012-03-04

  This movie isn't really that much different from some other "pycho" on the loose movies. Even if some try to tell you different. Though I am excited for you, if you really liked this movie, giving this the approval of "masterpiece" is more than a far stretch. You might think it's really good, but don't go around throwing big words like that, they never tend to stick and do more harm than good. Having said that, the movie isn't half bad (if you can overlook some bad OTT acting and some flaws in the screenplay). Also there are strands left in the dark (no pun intended), which shows that some scenes only made it into the movie for superficial reasons. The good thing though is that you have a really bad guy as "baddie" and this guy is good at what he does best! Some good effects round everything up. A nice little horror movie with a psycho touch.

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• Worth a watch! BUT you might find your self shouting at the T.V for 94 min's!

  schutzstaffelto19452014-10-21

  OK, Well I was really looking forward to watching this film based on the reviews I had read 'mainly on here, but i have to be honest I found my self sorely disappointed! For starters There's absolutely NO explanation as to why 4 complete strangers (only two of whom actually know each other, 'Lucia' played by Nathalie Kelley, & 'Denis' played by Nick Eversman, who are couple), led by a 5th person 'Kris' the guide played by Max Riemelt, would be meeting up in a dark car park outside of a dodgy Berlin night club in the middle of the night. To go "Urban Exploring" (Wearing there best clothes I might add, to trek through open sewers' & old deserted subways from the Third Reich. I assume it's because they'd planned to end the night in the club. Which I can only assume would end with every one in there giving them a wide berth. And who would blame them? After spending 3 hours walking through a dark, dirty, smelly rat infested subterranean maze, you have to assume you're going to smell a little funky! Secondly I really, really don't know why you wouldn't turn back after getting attacked in the first 5 min's down there by two pit bull wielding, probably "Neo Nazi" skinheads lurking about in the dark! ( I certainly wouldn't take my beautiful looking GF down there to get Gang raped, chopped up or both! (just saying! 'Warning signs.) If all that wasn't enough to make you wonder what sort of geniuses your watching, one of the girls decides the best time to take a photo of the only person down there that knows where he's going is right at the point he's walking across a , rather unsafe "bridge" (a bridge meaning a slim piece of steel girder slung across a wide gap, spanning a high drop) resulting, obviously to anyone with half an idea about human reactions, in him getting blinded /startled and falling in said gap with rather (again) obvious consequences. Jump forward about 20 min's and welcome to the fun house! we have a drugged and tied up BF, and a GF tied to a chair while being tortured by "A psycho" (cliché) now the said BF has to escape, over power the "psycho", free his GF, and hope he can find there way out of the deep, dark, hell that they have found there selves in. Should be easy right? Well not really, but it could of been a whole lot simpler if 'Lucia' (Nathalie Kelley) had chosen to go out with Ethan Hunt, or anyone with half a brain and a working set of balls between his legs! Which 'Denis' (Nick Eversman) clearly doesn't have. He could of,' I kid you not, walked out of there at least 3 times with nothing worse than a little cut to his GF ear, called the police and had the psycho locked away in a mental facility for the rest of his deranged little life! Instead he chose (which is lucky for us i guess, or really wouldn't be worth watching) to do everything you DON'T do in a horror film. You know like telling your mates I'll be right back or going back in to the house after you've just got out! Well needless to say I found my self shouting at the TV for most of the second half of the film! I never found out how or what exactly happened to the other two girls either. other than ending up part of the stew. I think they were just in the film for the lesbian kiss (actually more a lesbian peck on the lips) And please will some tell me how some one can be a psycho killer one minute and then don an apron and start mopping up floors & walls ,with a full cleaning trolley' in the middle of a open subway platforms the next! And right in the heart of Berlin (where's all the CCTV?) To many questions, not enough answers, not enough realism and far to many obvious wrong moves by the boy, unlike the killer who always seemed to be in the right place at the right time, even when one gets away and finds help after running for over a mile through tunnels and down holes!! worth a watch for the bloody bits not much else. 3/5

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