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2.0 out of 5 stars
Looked promising but was generally disappointing, 21 Jul 2009
HUSH is a British horror/thriller where a young couple are driving up the M1 on a stormy night putting up posters in the toilets at the service stations. Along the way they quickly see a girl who is being held captive in the back of a lorry. They try to help her but due to dirt on the number plate and wanting to get their poster job finished, it's not quite as easy as just phoning the police. Before they know it, the hooded lorry driver has them in pursuit.
When I'd read about this, I thought it was going to be a British remake or re-imagining of Steven Spielberg's classic DUEL (one of my favourite films) and the more recent and very enjoyable ROADKILL, so I was quite looking forward to seeing this. Although the story is very similar and is quite tense for a majority of the film and very atmospheric, this really was so inferior to the other two films I mentioned before, mainly because of bad plot decisions and possibly the dumbest lead character I have ever came across that was also terribly irritating. It was also very predictable with lots of clichéd scenes that we've all seen in tonnes of similar films before it. The acting was fairly decent though and the heated arguments between the two lead characters was very believable, but this wasn't enough to save it from being a below average horror that I am not surprised for a second it's not more known about.
I'm glad I only rented this as it would have been a waste of a tenner or so, so overall I'd give this a miss and watch DUEL or ROADKILL instead as they are both much better films in every way.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
best 5.1 blu ray for sound, 19 Nov 2009
If you wish to blow up your sub woofer,this is the movie for you,fantastic deep bass soundtrack,pity film not as good,ok thriller,but we have seen it all before,ending straight out of 1990`s cop thriller,mind the running time,my blu ray could barely reach 80mins,let alone 88mins on box cover,just wish film makers would try a new subject for horror films,try 1970`s duel by steven speilberg,much better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Short, Sharp, Sweet and Shocking- The best brit flick of the year!, 28 Jul 2009
Well, contray to the other viewer who obviously wasn't watching the same film, I thought Hush was a very effective thriller and worked wonders with an incredibly limited budget. It's an entertaining, low-budget thriller in the vain of The Hitcher. The acting although not brilliant at times, befits the films tone and improves as the action unfolds. Starts interesting, then explodes into action as the film progresses and keeps you on the edge of your seat, despite an incredibly predicatble ending. I mean, what other film has the gran from benidorm as a terrified pensioner!
All in all, good fun and well worth a watch!
P.s- I won't be visiting any service stations on the M1 any time soon!
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