ATM (2012)

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• KJ P

  
  Coming fresh off of the well-crafted film Buried, writer unknown returns, in a severe downfall in his career. âATMâ? is about three young people who end up together for the dumbest reason possible, and because the druggie wants to stop at an ATM, fate them ensues. First let me say… More
  Coming fresh off of the well-crafted film Buried, writer unknown returns, in a severe downfall in his career. âATMâ? is about three young people who end up together for the dumbest reason possible, and because the druggie wants to stop at an ATM, fate them ensues. First let me say that when the killer arrives and begins to devise is random plan, many of the business workers can be suspected, but no, the outcome will just piss you off. There is absolutely nothing clever about this movie and it plays as a rehash of the film Frozen, almost recreating some of the dialogue. The only thing that held up after this film was Josh Peckâ(TM)s performance which I thoroughly enjoyed. He can act, which is a shame that he chooses film roles like this. The directing is very basic, the writing is dreadful, and the plot is preposterous. There really is nothing to like here unless you want to make fun of a bad film. âATMâ? is a mere 85 minutes in length, while still feeling too long. This film is a waste of time!

• Directors C

  
  [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] The film plays effectively as a homage to other claustrophobic thrillers such as Phone Booth and Vacancy in remarkable detail with it's fine direction and inspired story and yet it doesn't come… More
  [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] The film plays effectively as a homage to other claustrophobic thrillers such as Phone Booth and Vacancy in remarkable detail with it's fine direction and inspired story and yet it doesn't come together as anything that remarkable. Also, the acting is incredibly wooden with the exception of the great Josh Peck. But calling it bad is an overstatement entirely. The characters are likable enough, some moments are pretty tense, and overall it's decently constructed. It's biggest flaw is an entirely unfortunate lack of imagination and I think if it took a risk it could have been something decent. ATM is arguably unremarkable but not atrociously inadequate. I enjoyed it for the most part but I was sad because it could have done a lot more.

• Manu G

  
  On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man. Not bad! I very much enjoyed this movie. Like I said before and I'll say again and probably keep saying it about future movies, there's… More
  On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man. Not bad! I very much enjoyed this movie. Like I said before and I'll say again and probably keep saying it about future movies, there's just some movies that you just watch once in your life, you enjoy it and never see again and this was one of them. Yes it was thrilling for the moment but that's about it. After leaving their company Christmas Party together, David Hargrove and Emily Brandt's impromptu first date takes an unexpected turn when their coworker, Corey, asks them to make a late-night stop at an ATM. What should be a routine transaction turns into a desperate struggle for survival when an unknown man appears outside the vestibule. With the wintry temperatures dipping below freezing, and the morning sunrise still hours away, they have no choice but to play the man's deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

• Nani V

  
  I must admit it had me on edge a little bit, but still disappointed.

• Eric H

  
  First time director Brooks sets his debut in an ATM booth but the only withdrawal will be that of the viewer's patience. The horror genre has often reflected the fears of the times. Movies like Universal's "Dracula" and "The Mummy" exploited… More
  First time director Brooks sets his debut in an ATM booth but the only withdrawal will be that of the viewer's patience. The horror genre has often reflected the fears of the times. Movies like Universal's "Dracula" and "The Mummy" exploited America's fear of immigrants and European fascism in the thirties. During the Vietnam era the likes of "Deliverance" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" preyed on young men's anxiety of finding themselves out of their depth in an unknown and dangerous territory. If there's one overbearing fear in our current time it's the fear of poverty. Brooks and screenwriter Chris Sparling make a half-hearted attempt at commenting on the financial crisis. The three protagonists are employees of an investment firm and of course we have the setting of an ATM booth. Bad move. Financial workers have become the new traffic wardens, it's the most despised occupation there is now so if this is the job of your protagonists you better work hard to get the audience on their side. It doesn't help that these characters make such stupid decisions that you just want them to get offed as quickly as possible. Following a Christmas office party the three co-workers find themselves stopping off at an ATM booth in the middle of a large deserted parking lot. When a hooded figure kills a dog-walker outside the booth they are too scared to leave and spend the night being menaced by the mystery killer while trying to figure out an escape plan. Writing a contemporary horror movie is getting tougher as technology progresses. One of the key themes of horror is isolation but we live in a world where it's increasingly difficult to be isolated. Sparling really struggles with this challenge and ends up digging plotholes into his story. There are so many moments that will have you cringing, for example: a character forgets to take his mobile phone with him. another character's phone battery is dead. the third character leaves their phone in their handbag, inside an unlocked car. the car is parked as far away from the ATM as possible, for no apparent reason. the killer is often a considerable distance from the booth, giving them ample opportunity to make a break for it. at one point the antagonist traps them in the booth by jamming a car against it's door. Somehow nobody thinks to just pull it open. We know it opens inwards because we saw this when they entered first and it's repeated at the end in a montage of CCTV footage. With just a bit of thought and a closer analysis of the script this could have been a tight little thriller. As it is it's like checking your bank account, there's a lot less in it than you had hoped for.

• Christopher H

  
  Nothing new to the genre, the higher end performance from its three main leads (Alice Eve, Brian Geraghty, Josh Peck) brings ATM to a respectable level. Though with very little pay-off, there is an eerie-ness beyond that of most horror resolutions that brings this tight-knit, location… More
  Nothing new to the genre, the higher end performance from its three main leads (Alice Eve, Brian Geraghty, Josh Peck) brings ATM to a respectable level. Though with very little pay-off, there is an eerie-ness beyond that of most horror resolutions that brings this tight-knit, location thriller to a thought-provoking conclusion.

• Jim W

  
  After an office party, 3 co-workers find themselves stuck at an ATM in the middle of nowhere with a killer outside that won't let them leave. The film looked cool in the trailer but ATM is a road to nowhere and it doesn't even explain what the killers motive is. I was into… More
  After an office party, 3 co-workers find themselves stuck at an ATM in the middle of nowhere with a killer outside that won't let them leave. The film looked cool in the trailer but ATM is a road to nowhere and it doesn't even explain what the killers motive is. I was into it through-out but the end is disappointing and there's no payoff.

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