This lady could've really benefitted from having her auto-correct turned on for her texting. Or maybe even try texting people earlier at ANY POINT (using that not looking trick her daughter showed her) since the bad guy could only see what she pointed her hat at.
She makes almost zero effort to signal for help at any moment; no hand signs, no mouthing words, no darting her eyes, not even when she draws "H-E-L-P" in the sand does she nudge the guy next to her to look down.
And I don't know if this is a fault of the lead actress or of the direction from the writer/director but why does she not ever display any tears or anguish when being forced to say things she doesn't mean? She was far too compliant with no struggle or resistance to be believable. The director could have at the very least spritzed her face to make it look like she was having trouble with her forced words.
*edit: Having just seen the ending with her "last confession" video it doesn't appear that the actress can actually cry so... I guess that explains that.
...... MY RATING SCALE ......
- 1. Reserved for Poorly Produced/Amateur Video Junk
- 2. Utterly Terrible -- 3. Really Bad -- 4. Mediocre --
- 5. Just Okay/Average -- 6. Surprisingly Entertaining (with Shortcomings) --
- 7. Very Entertaining/Good -- 8. Incredibly Good -- 9. Exceptional/Great --
- 10. Reserved for my own Personal Favorites.