Sublime (2007)

Family man George Grieves (Tom Cavanagh of TV's Ed and Love Monkey) checks into Mt. Abadon Hospital for a routine procedure. When he awakens from his anesthesia something is terribly wrong...with George...with the hospital...and especially with the shuttered East Ward an eerie lair of secrets sex and surgical terrors. Raw Feed presents the fear-drenched psychological thriller Sublime directed by Tony Krantz (executive producer of 24) from a screenplay by Emmy Award winner Erik Jendresen (Band of Brothers). In the tradition of cinema's classic tales of suspense Sublime will keep you guessing as its puzzle pieces fall into place and leave you stunned by its astounding conclusion. Graphic bold sexual and utterly horrifying Sublime explores what happens when what you fear becomes real.Running Time: 115 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 012569838161 Manufacturer No: 83816 Product Description

Horror- not so much; HILARIOUSLY BAD- YES

Okay- spoiler alert -if you should even care. You shouldn't though. I would give this negative 5 stars if that was possible. This was one of the worst movies ever made by anyone. It was soooo slow, predictable, racist, sexist, and basically just not interesting. We really tried to watch it but ultimately just fast forwarded through. And the only reason we did that instead of turning it off was b/c while we were watching we read a funny review on the internet and so we had to see the final scene and how the guy was ultimately put out of his misery. AND, we HAD to keep watching so we could see and laugh at Freddie Boom Boom Washington's (actor from Welcome Back Kotter) silly gore attempted scenes. Freddie was fine, it was his material that was so bad.

I can't believe this movie was labeled science fiction...NOT- and a really stupid horror attempt. I think they threw the horror aspect in there at the last minute when they realized the sci-fi theme wasn't really working. The Amazon reviewer who says he was involved with this movie seems to somewhat sheepishly defend this movie. He talks about subtle points they tried to make. Well, guess what...they missed. No one got any of those points and no one watching could care a less either. Also, why give away what is happening so early? Don't assume your audience is stupid. And, PLEASE- has anyone that was involved with the movie even been to a hospital lately? I don't recall seeing nurses wearing short white dresses, high heels and stockings... It would have been scarier if they had tried to make his experience in the hospital SOMEWHAT realistic. If the sexy nurse is absolutely necessary to the plot (??) then only show the ultimate male fantasy nurse when he was delusional and comatose; that could have been the subtle hint that it was all part of his wakeful dream. The writer and director completely failed with the points they tried to make regarding mistrust of the health care system and they failed to create any tension after the main character wakes up from common medical procedure to find a major malpractice issue. Perhaps an hour interview with a real nurse could have helped the writer? A little internet research?? Instead we get this movie- predictable and boring. YAWN.

Instead of sitting on the edge of our seats in horror and anticipation, my husband and I laughed as we fast forwarded. The Amazon reviewer I mentioned compares his movie to Jacob's Ladder and other classics, but I say don't try to copy Jacob's Ladder if you don't have the skill or guts to really do something different and surprise the audience. So what if you only had 1.5 million budget b/c it was an "experiment"? Whatever!! That is not the audience's problem unless they were unfortunate and bought or rented this movie. Anyone who sits through this movie will be comatose, I kid you not. August 9, 2008

Good effort, but so-so execution

"Sublime" is a modern look at the horrors of being in a hospital. The movie tries to explore too many themes, and succeeds on some and fails on others. It is fairly good as an "atmospheric" horror film and not so good as an in-your face horror film.

It is not in the "Saw" or "Hostel" vein - if you want that, look elsewhere. July 28, 2008

Slow, depressing and even racist

I saw this movie because someone had recommended it from a review for the thriller "Awake" and for those of you who are going to watch it for the same reason please do not make the mistake of renting this movie. There is hardly any comparison between the two except for a thin similarity of the out of body experience. Of course one also has to realize that unlike "Awake", a complete Hollywood production, "Sublime" isn't. It is one of those side projects of Warner Brothers where the movie directly ends up on the DVD.

The movie is slow and poorly colored. Most of the brownish tone gets all the more depressing making it look as though it was made in the 70's. Probably that was the idea but it doesn't really make an impression. The small four or five worded quick inaudible conversations from the protagonist, early on in the movie was irritating after a point. The nudity is acceptable but the obscene language went a bit too far and even unecessary for a horror movie. The psycological analysis of the main character and trying to show the white man's fear of the black man swearing profusely and doing all the killing and mutilation also felt racist. They even mention that in the movie.

The only two pluses are the soundtrack and the role of Dan Gerrity as the bald man who reminded me of the head nurse in "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest". A film not worth your precious time. July 11, 2008

Please do not waste any time or money on this terrible movie

Things I would rather do than watch this movie again.
The entire world's tax returns
Collect walrus stool samples
Receive 32 consecutive root canals
Drink an obese man's armpit sweat
Listen to every Kidz Bop albums on repeat
Be repeatedly kicked in the groin with steel toed boots
You get the idea, terrible. Utterly without point or value this "psychological thriller" will only scare you into never taking a chance on an indie "horror" film again. The people trying to find symbolism in this snoozefest are grasping at straws. I would like to be a millionaire just so I could use my money to keep this writer or director (whoever is responsible for this travesty) from ever working in film again. May 11, 2008

slow

not worth watching, there is a saying that if you fall in your dream and that you land, you die. The guy ends up in a coma and decides to kill himself by throwing himself off the hospital window and he succeeds. April 29, 2008

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