Review of Paranoid

Paranoid (I) (2000)
4/10
I know lots of people say "don't waste your money on this"...
14 March 2003
Warning: Spoilers
I really don't know what this movie was trying to do... I've noticed in most films, they either try to get by on some statement that the director/writer wants to make or if not that, are good for their entertainment value... but this movie has neither.

What this movie DOES have is Jessica Alba (she was the reason I bought the DVD in the first place... hey, 'twas only 7 bucks)... but even that proved to be not worth it... first of all, I want to mention that the DVD is... lifeless. It doesn't even have chapter selection, just plays the movie from start to finish (and being as it's low budget, that's forgiveable)... but anyway

So even if you've come to watch the movie for Jess, there's really not much to see.... **SPOILERS** she's got a bubble bath scene, some... back "nudity", and a skimpy outfit or two (all of which contribute virtually nothing to the movie and seem like a cheap excuse to get some PG-rated sensuality in so the teenage boys get something to drool about at night)... also, the flashes of real nudity in the opening credits are also pretty useless... anyway, I think the only "new" thing I've seen is this movie is to hear Jess Alba curse a bit (which I haven't heard anywhere but bloopers before)

**More Spoilers** So anyhow, Jess is a model and the only person in the movie NOT to speak with an Australian accent... like all models, she's got at least one stalker who keeps harassing her by calling several times a day.... To get away from it all, she goes with this guy she barely knows to stay at a cabin with him and his friends for the weekend. What she doesn't know is that the guy leaves the next day and she's now stranded with a whole bunch of people who include this creepy Irish-Australian (who resembles a scary Conan O'Brien and writes real crappy music) and this skinny black-haired guy who looks like he could be one of the Wiggles. She wakes up the next day wondering if she got raped and videotaped (because that seems to be how these particular Australians get their kicks) and before she knows it, she's handcuffed to a bed (ooh baby) in their basement... The only people who can save her now are the original stalker and a 9-year-old deaf girl...

The ending was boring... I don't know why I'm writing anymore of this really... I know lots of people say "don't waste your money on this" but I'm not even kidding here... you buy it, and you literally throw away some good money for nothing... I have it now obviously, but I seriously doubt I'll ever feel bored enough to watch it again
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