STAG NIGHT

Review:

Stag Night tell the story of four friends celebrating their buddies last nights as a bachelor in NYC. The movie begins, with the four men leaving one strip club to make their way uptown to another bar. There choice of transportation being the subway. Entering the train, run into two strippers from the club they just left. Not wasting time, two of the men proceed to get friendly with girls. One welcomes the advance the other does not. Resulting in her attempt to make her point spraying mace in his face. This results in group forcing the doors of the train open to get air. Unfortunately, doing so at a station long since abandoned. Before they have a chance to realize what they have done the train, pulls away. Leaving the group, trapped in the station. From there the terror ensues, as the group fights to make it out of the subway tunnels alive.

Having lived in NYC for many years. I have to admit, the premises of the movie is not that far fetched. I have seen and can attest some homeless men, do indeed look like this that live in the tunnels. The shanty town do or at least did exists. The inhabitants of these underground villages have indeed, found ways to get electricity and running water, in certain cases. Yes, the chickens and the dogs are accurate. There are abandoned stations, on all the lines.

Unfortunately, as strong as the premises is and the amount of material the director had to make this into above average horror movie. It just never quite brings it home.

Although, entertaining, with most of the elements of a good horror movie. It still falls short. Leaving you with a moan rather than a scream! The special effects and gore do deliver and are well done. However, the camera work is annoying and distracting. The acting is mediocre. Over all the movie lacks the tension and suspense needed to hold your interest and really get involved. In my opinion the movie Creep, a earlier horror flick set in the London's subway system. Was much more effective in this aspect.
The fact the movie never actually climaxes, it seems stumble along. The end result resembles a big long, "run on sentence"!

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