The worst thing you’ll see all week: Area 407

The premise of Area 407, yet another found footage movie, is that a bunch of actors who are really bad at improvisation do a lot of improvisation (i.e. screaming their dialogue) when their flight to LA crashes onto a secret government breeding ground for camera shy velociraptors. This movie is notable for having somehow secured the back half of a ruined airplane (pictured). That apparently ate into the budget that would have been spent on CG velociraptors.

I like how sky marshals are now a trope. According to Hollywood, every flight has a sky marshal, and therefore an easy way to introduce a gun. Just pick the most unlikely character on the airplane. That’s the sky marshal. In Bridesmaids, it was the nerdy guy sitting next to Melissa McCarthy. In Area 407, it’s the hot chick with the on-again/off-again Australian accent.

Area 407 is available on video on demand, but don’t bother. For a far better movie about plane crash survivors stalked by predators, check out The Grey or the first episode of Lost.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nicthaninja Nic Reynolds

    I will be watching this sometime this week. I have added some of the movies you actually recommend to my que already but this will be the first I watch.

  • tomchick

    Wait, wait, I don’t think I’ve gotten the point across very well…

    Seriously, there are far better found footage movies to watch. Check out Grave Encounters. Or if you want to see a moderately interesting take on airplane horror, see Quarantine 2: The Terminal. Or watch Lake Mungo if you haven’t seen it yet. But don’t make the same mistake as me by watching Area 407!

  • Markm

     Seriously if in reading your review of Area 407, Nic thinks you liked it and that he should watch it… well leave him to it. He’ll probably enjoy it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nicthaninja Nic Reynolds

     I know it’s not going to be good. It’s kinda the point sometimes.

  • Christien Murawski

    I love the term “camera shy velociraptors” so much.