Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

willywilly This is actually a very innovative little production and comprises a solid manifesto of one way to execute an action film. The 'making of' is a gift to filmmakers, particularly the examination of the camera rigs.Unfortunately all this skill and cleverness wasn't applied to a good story. For all that I liked about it, I couldn't endure the duration of the movie and wound up fast forwarding to the few cool bits, my favourite being the guy scaling the telegraph tower then crawling like a spider across thin air.Also well worth it just for the extras.

adradster This Film was innovative in it's approach, anyone who knows anything about making films should be impressed with the quality of this film especially in accordance to it's budget. Regardless it was well crafted, the tension was clearly evident and the camera work was second to none. The NZ Film Industry needs more films and Directors with a fresh vision and skill as displayed by this project. There were some magic moments, one of them is up a tree, very interesting, good acting, good writing. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys the Thriller genre or anyone who likes to be surprised by what someone can achieve independently.

Sausage_Demon Hidden is a classic example of what happens when someone makes a short film idea last for 90mins. With the odd piece of dialogue here and there we mostly get footage of people playing hide and seek, most of which is people running, people over reacting to being found you know the classic things that happen when there is no clear or actual narrative.Some of the camera work was OK, however the over bright white effect got annoying quick as did the Shaky cam.Now on to the misleading part, the cover art is hugely misleading, one it makes it look like a horror film, it isn't it is an alternative art house film, from the red eyed person on the front you would think it is something similar to Blair witch and the Ring. The only similarity is they all suck.The ending twist was remarkably predictable, lets see, people in an unrealistic situation, acting very oddly, well clearly something about them all is off, so either they are Aliens, Monsters, or dead. Considering how the film is shot in the over white effect, the answer was clearly they are all dead...perhaps the oldest "twist" in the book next to "it turns out it's man!".If it was a 15 minute film I would give it a good rating, but clearly it shows the director is unable to tell if a story can actually play out for that length of time. The characters are bland, with very little dialogue, in fact, there is really only an escalation of dialogue after the 40minute mark, till then it is pretty much people running, but don't worry after the 40min mark, people still run for the majority of the film.Dull as dishwater.

painimmitupela-1 I really enjoyed Hidden for what it was - a no budget digital feature made on the back of writer/director and stuntman Tim McLachlan (who is one of New Zealands best stunt men and a Director with a bright future).You have to admit it's got some mean stunts! And I don't think a 13 year old could get those performances out of the actors! There was some choice acting by Hayley Halliday (played Brooke), Kiel McNaughton (played Mark) and Luke Peary (played Carl) and all the other actors were really easy to watch and likable.I'm curious as to weather people know just how hard it is to write a film, shoot it, edit it, and do post production all on your own because you have no budget?!Hidden won 4 awards at over seas festivals and was nominated for an award at the 2006 New Zealand Film Awards. And I can see why but I guess its a matter of taste - can't please everyone! I highly recommend renting it!