Choose or Die

Name: Choose or Die
Director: Toby Meakins
Genre: Horror, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2022
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Cast: Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Robert Englund, Ryan Gage, Eddie Marsan

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Horror
Drama

2022
Toby Meakins
85 mins
15

Summary

Tempted by a chance to win unclaimed prize money, two friends reboot a mysterious 1980s video game and step into a surreal world of next-level terror.

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Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Matt Glasby

Featuring a cursed 1980s video game voiced by Robert Englund, and a score by the Prodigy's Liam Howlett, Toby Meakins' feature debut aims for retro thrills, but ends up feeling years behind the curve. When they stumble upon CURS>R, an old game offering a $125,000 cash prize, down-on-her-luck teen Kayla (Iola Evans) and her techy friend Isaac (Asa Butterfield) try to figure out how to win - only the game has other ideas. So, too, should canny viewers. We've seen versions of this plot a hundred times before - most notably in Charlie Brooker's 2018 interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - and this one barely works on any level. The British cast speaks in American accents, London stands in for Austin, Texas, and the tone is all over the place. A concept this goofy should be fun but, as innocent characters eat glass and have their tongues cut out, it just leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

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4.8/10