The set-up is straightforward - a group of largely-obnoxious rich young twentysomethings meet up at an isolated mansion, a big storm and drink-and-drugs ensue, lights and phones fail - but after a routine first act things liven up when a game of Murder leads to one of the group actually being found dead, relationships rapidly disintegrate and the bodies start to pile up. The film is shot with an uneasy mix of naturalistic and conventional styles that do not quite gel, and a lot of the interactions seem unnaturally hysterical - although the characters themselves admit that they are 'coked-up' - and lack a sense of real antipathy. Occasionally a sharp line of dialogue cuts through, but overall the film feels a little too uncontrolled in the writing and delivery to really have impact. The final reveal - signalled quite early in the film - will probably raise a smile, however.
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