ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Glimmerubro
It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Paynbob
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
rosemarygod2000
My husband found a list of the top 20 horror movies on netflix and this was at number 14 on the list. Lord only knows why. OK, so the movie as alright acting. The plot is obvious. You never find out who it is that does the killing. The only thing you know is they wear hoodies and can jump around like freaking monkeys. They kill several people and then for some reason the movie ends. There is no conclusion. There are still killers in the school. There are still dead cops in the school. There are still people who are alive in the school but it ends. WTF kind of movie just ends??? I"ll tell you what kind. The kind of movie that just pisses me off. That is what kind.
toll-8
We've all been there haven't we? When we were at school we would fall out with a teacher over talking in class or getting a bad grade and all we could think about was murdering them in cold blood. Controversial? I suppose that was, especially for those teachers out there who will now be worrying about falling out with a student. Well F is about teachers vs. students but not in the classroom but on the battlefield. If you're a teacher maybe this film isn't for you.F opens with a scene we have all seen before. A teacher grading a pupil as a 'F' and the student fighting back, however in this case the student fights back physically and breaks the teacher's nose. Within this class is the teacher's daughter, who rushes to her father's aid as the culprit runs from the premises. This teacher is Robert Anderson (David Schofield) and his daughter Kate (Eliza Bennett). With the summer term soon approaching, the school board choose to not expel the student and instead kindly ask Mr Anderson to take a leave of absence until the student leaves anyway. An unfair compromise you may say and Mr Anderson certainly agrees. Six months later and he finds himself back at school, only now he is frightened of every student, separated from his wife and an embarrassment to his daughter. Things couldn't go much worse for him but in true movie logic they do when he finds himself locked in his school by a gang of murderous kids. What fails to work for the story is that the premise is rather high concept and if given a large budget it could have made a rather good slasher film. Unfortunately for director Johannes Roberts he has failed to receive the budget that would have raised his script a level or two. The film feels very low budget British and not even a handful of well known actors can ultimately save it. This can be seen as quite a shame as Roberts draws some decent performances from his crew, especially Eliza Bennett, and adds a creepy atmosphere to proceedings. However the budget and some rather odd decisions to the story really let it down.An issue with the film is that there is never any explanation to why these 'children' are killing the people trapped in the school. We never see their face, we never know their motives and they appear to be like spider-men running and jumping along walls. What are they supposed to be? If the film established them as children who were fighting back against the teachers who poorly graded their work than this might be understandable but the film loses a level by leaving any reasoning as a mystery. The film should have been more psychological and raised empathy for these students who only want to do better but don't know any other way to do that than through violence. This way it would have raised contemporary themes of under-privileged children and their risk of unemployment. If the film went this way, or in fact as an out and out slasher, than a more enjoyable flick could have emerged but instead it feels like the filmmakers got themselves lost in-between both of these and instead delivered a film that could have been a short film. This is made obvious by the short running time, the low-budget production and the hollow location.Roberts does manage to deliver some tense moments. The antagonists, with their hoods up and awesome free running skills, are creepy and bring an eerie presence to their existence, whilst the film brings a large amount of gore to the forefront with jaws being ripped off and men being burnt alive in wheelie bins. Unfortunately for Roberts though these decent moments fail to save the story.Overall it will remain in the bargain bin of DVD rental stores. It boasts a strong cast for its low budget, including former Hollyoaks actress Roxanne McKee, and has done extremely well to achieve a theatrical release, however looking back when the credits roll you will wonder how it managed to secure these two elements. Rating: 1.5 / 5Directing: Roberts has some nice ideas but the budget holds him back. Acting: Some of the cast have done bigger and better things, however it doesn't always show.Script: Slightly generic in places, with some clichéd dialogue.Cinematography: The best it could be on the budget given. Score: Nothing out of the ordinary and used to deliver jumps.Editing: Keeps the pace alive and mirrors the unusual movements of the antagonists. Overall: Not one to remember despite its best efforts.
BA_Harrison
I know that there is no golden rule saying that all characters in a scary film must be likable, but I think that it really helps one's overall enjoyment of a horror if there are at least a few people to identify with or root for; similarly, there's nothing to say that indiscriminate on-screen carnage needs to be justified, but it's quite nice to be given a motive for such behaviour.F, from director Johannes Roberts, features almost no-one worth caring about and offers little explanation for its random killings, making it a very frustrating watch—a shame, because the basic set up has plenty of potential and Roberts shows a lot of promise with his handling of the visuals, making great use of his surprisingly creepy setting, a secondary school after hours.Things go wrong almost immediately with the introduction of the film's central character, teacher Robert Anderson (David Schofield), who loses the viewer's sympathy with his insensitive and very unprofessional classroom manner, belittling his less able students in front of the whole class (and quite deservedly getting a head-butt for his troubles). We then get to meet Anderson's bitchy superior Sarah (Ruth Gemmell), his wayward daughter Kate (Eliza Bennett) and her douche of a boyfriend Jake (Max Fowler), and the world's most useless security guard, James (Finlay Robertson). So many horrible people in one building...The killers in this film—faceless 'hoodies' who understandably have issues with Anderson, but who for some reason also vent their rage on less deserving members of staff and their own peers—prowl the corridors of the school like wild animals, quite literally at times, silently scaling furniture and shelving to pounce on their quarry; I understand that Roberts wanted his killers to appear predatory, but he takes it just a bit too far—I've seen ninjas less stealthy than these kids. It's all a bit hard to take seriously at times.The dark locale does allow for quite a bit of tension, the odd shock, and some occasional gore, with the death of F's only really amiable character, hot teacher Nicky (Roxanne McKee), being particularly nasty, but as a whole it is a very flawed film, the inconclusive and unsatisfying ending being the final straw.
utkhan79
This was so bad I was compelled to write against this pathetic attempt at horror. Firstly something about fake favourable reviews.... They are transparent to most but are however misleading. If the film is rubbish it just is, haven't you heard about the turd and polish. Now the film; I'm no film buff nor pretend to be one but it made me hate the film. The film carries the same air of suspense which for 5 mins is good then gets seriously tiresome as nothing happens to the end... Really. I didn't even hate the hoodies, mainly as I didn't know who they were or why was this happening. Then there was no killing or gore nor was there any father daughter story developed. In short this had promise for 5 minutes at best. An utter waste of time. The director has absolutely zero skill.
