Urge (2016) Reviews

• Thoroughly surprising and enjoyable

  clairehorse2017-03-31

  Although almost turned off by negative reviews at first, I am glad I stuck through with this one. The beginning is humorous, but slowly gets darker and darker. It was interesting, had me on the edge of my seat, and seemed to provide a parallel to the realities of drug use. Character performances were for the most part skillful. Enjoyed it!

• Is it God or the Devil?

  cahidi2016-08-30

  This review might contain a mild spoiler. Read it at your own risk. It's a decent thriller. Not that terrifying, yet not boring enough to make me fall asleep. The acting is quite natural if you ask me. The plot is rather predictable. The gore is plenty, yet not hardcore. The sex scenes are what I can only describe as striptease only. Zero excitement on this part. The only downside that I felt is the lack of explanation of who Pierce Brosnan's character was supposed to be. God or the Devil? I mean I get that this movie is about the 7 deadly sins and how they can bring humans to their grave end. But if he (Pierce) was meant to play God, then this movie is one hell of a sick and twisted interpretation of God. I can only make assumptions of my own. I think I'll go with him as the Devil.

• Impressed by its ability to be strange and horrifying at the same time

  subxerogravity2016-06-10

  It's a weird one, but a cool one. Pierce Brosnan plays a unique pusher man who gives a group of young people a drug that will let you know what it feels like to live without the boundaries of society holding you back for one night only. Danny Masterson plays a man who is part of the one percent and wants to supply his friends with the drug for more than one night. The problem is when you take a drug more than once it gives you total freedom to do whatever you feel like with no regrets and to have a world with no boundaries is a dangerous one. The beauty of the film is how messed up these people got. It was well acted when these people just started doing what they wanted. Best way to watch it, is to cling to the person in the film you most relate too (their was this one girl who after taking the drug twice wondered what it would be like to smash a Kim Kardashian type's head into a window for being annoying, so she did) Also giving mad points to the great music in the film that really set the tone and was super impressive, making up for the not so great cinematography. Urge you to see it.

• OK...so this was crap

  idontdodrugs2016-06-06

  The movie revolves around a group of friends taking a drug that evaporates all inhibitions. So far so good. This interesting premise and some artsy scenes are pretty much all there is to this flick. The whole rest, nearly all of its runtime is just wasted time - sadly to say at least. The rather well known actors seem like caricatures - there is overacting and underacting - never consistent, never convincing. The only one that seems to enjoy his role is Pierce Brosnan, actually I would consider his performance one of the highlights in this movie. The personalities of the characters are plainly sketched and clichés of group dynamics are just thrown in your face. Interesting deeper relationships or conflicts are strangely lacking. Direction is uninspired - the proclaimed outrageousness that the premise promises is not found in the movie - instead you get minutes of quite uninteresting party scenes that do not even convey the party vibe and even lack the uneasiness it should deliver as it foreshadows the very foreseeable events. Even if you want to watch this expecting to see some raunchy scenes like a good B-movie might offer you - you will be disappointed. Sadly this movie is actually a time waster. Granted with an interesting premise and some nice Pierce Bronsnan scenes and even a couple of art-house scenes - but very underwhelming as such.

• OK movie, lots of hidden clues, made it fun

  Bockus-264-3779162016-07-05

  I thought this was an OK movie I actually came out with two different scenarios in my head after watching this. Some of the acting was great and some of it is bad. The group of friends the movie is about all despise each other and "urge" brings it out in them. It brings out all the bad things people think about each other and makes them real. That made me love this movie. This all happens because the group couldn't control their greed in the first place and abide by the one rule. This movie to me was an examination of the human mind. Then again the whole thing could be just an imagination of Jasons mind. After all he is the the 1st person to take urge twice after it didn't work the first time and then all the people and hallucinations afterward make you question if anything is real after the club party. I thought it was pretty good.