Unfriended: Dark Web

Name: Unfriended: Dark Web
Genre: Horror
Released: July 20, 2018
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Alexa Mansour, Andrew Lees, Ashton Smiley, Betty Gabriel, Bryan Adrian

2018

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexa Mansour, Andrew Lees, Ashton Smiley, Betty Gabriel, Bryan Adrian, Chelsea Alden, Colin Woodell, Connor Del Rio, Douglas Tait, Kiara Beltran, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Rob Welsh, Savira Windyani, Stephanie Nogueras

Summary: When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.

Director: Stephen Susco

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Randall Colburn

Mar 10, 2018

It is impressive, though, the way the movie works to incorporate new online phenomenons, from Bitcoin to swatting. The latter bit, especially, resonates as one of the film’s most unsettling elements, if only because it feels so depressingly possible. Truly, it’s surprising just how soul-crushing Dark Web becomes after luring us in with so many intriguing mysteries, but, hey, this is the internet we’re talking about. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Jul 19, 2018

It’s a patently ludicrous story. The storytelling, though, remains clever and grippingly singular, again finding creative ways to progress the narrative without cheating the locked-vantage format. Read full review

Matthew Monagle

Jul 18, 2018

Now, four years later, Blumhouse Productions has released an anthology sequel that follows in its footsteps. The kicker? It’s even better than the first. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Mar 15, 2018

"Dark Web” skates by on saturated nastiness, one terrific kill, and the audience’s engagement in seeing if the filmmakers can pull off the stunt. Barely, but it’s fun to watch them try. Read full review

Emily Yoshida

Jul 20, 2018

In Dark Web, the threat is wholly of this world, which makes the sequel feel as though it comes from another universe entirely. It is scary, but it isn’t much fun. Read full review

April Wolfe

Jul 18, 2018

For all its inventive and impressive technique, the film lacks fun; a lot of folks, myself included, need very little reminding that the Internet is a threat and that terrible men are actively out there abducting and terrorizing girls and women for lulz. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Jul 16, 2018

The scares are ridiculous, the plot makes no sense, and you’ll probably spend the whole running time wishing someone would spill a drink on their keyboard and erase the movie's hard drive. Read full review

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Milkovr

Jul 19, 2020

Unexpected good twists, well executed and very interesting. I did not know anything about this movie before I found it on Netflix. Pleasantly surprised by this gem

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Critics2017

Jan 30, 2019

I really liked that part. In the second part, even the idea of the film is more real than in the first part.
This time I liked the acting.Some of the characters are really cute. And the idea of a "DarkNet" is good.

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GinaK

Jul 24, 2018

I thought this film was very interesting, complex, and suspenseful, but don’t see it in a megaplex if you can avoid it. The big problem is that you cannot read the screens properly, and sometimes you have to. I had on my driving glasses, which allow me to see everything clearly at aI thought this film was very interesting, complex, and suspenseful, but don’t see it in a megaplex if you can avoid it. The big problem is that you cannot read the screens properly, and sometimes you have to. I had on my driving glasses, which allow me to see everything clearly at a distance, and although I could make the words out (more or less) on the computer screens, it was too much effort and too much of a distraction. I also go to a small theater where they show more serious films and foreign films, and I think this film would have worked better if shown there. Sadly, the producers had a good idea and fairly good execution, but decided to go after big audiences in big theaters, and this film is not enjoyable without exceptionally good prints and/or projection. You don't have to read every word, but sometimes being able to make out the text is critical.… Expand

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LuciusMcGibbon

Oct 20, 2018

First off, I was pleasantly surprised by the change in antagonists. It's obvious now that the hallmark of the Unfriended movies is not so much a supernatural bent (like the 1st one,) but simply that the whole story is told from the POV of a computer screen. Which is good, because this movieFirst off, I was pleasantly surprised by the change in antagonists. It's obvious now that the hallmark of the Unfriended movies is not so much a supernatural bent (like the 1st one,) but simply that the whole story is told from the POV of a computer screen. Which is good, because this movie gets to go off on its own tangent instead of rehashing the first movie's ghostly plot.

The first act is always a bit of a bore, trying to establish the characters and set the scene with limited narrative resources... but once again, when the story picks up steam, the watchability goes way up. This one is all real-world shadow cult type stuff, and it does manage to tell a serviceable story. Most of it boils down to existing "they know who/where we are" fare, but there is some stuff in there that stands out. AJ's death was a nice, spicy meatball. The big finish was a bit of a cop-out, but it does wrap up the movie.

I didn't absolutely love it, but I do think it has its place. It wasn't bad for what it is, and as long as the inevitable next Unfriended movie is as anthological as the first two, I'm okay with these. It's just that this new screen-capture horror subgenre isn't for everybody, hence the bad reviews.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Sep 15, 2018

While the narrative method of the previous film remains, at least they changed the story and its semantics and gave it a realistic, rather than supernatural touch, but at times you cannot help but laugh at the improbability of a lot of the situations depicted on screen.

It doesn't reinventWhile the narrative method of the previous film remains, at least they changed the story and its semantics and gave it a realistic, rather than supernatural touch, but at times you cannot help but laugh at the improbability of a lot of the situations depicted on screen.

It doesn't reinvent anything but for me it was a significant improvement over the first one. Just as a comment, they should stop here. This does not need to be a franchise.… Expand

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DirigiblePulp

Jul 21, 2018

The format that shouldn’t work still kind of does with this anthology-esque sequel. Being locked to a computer screen creates a sense of unknown and claustrophobia even if it isn’t visually exciting. But the rest...

The characters are annoying and the dialogue cringe inducing at times.The format that shouldn’t work still kind of does with this anthology-esque sequel. Being locked to a computer screen creates a sense of unknown and claustrophobia even if it isn’t visually exciting. But the rest...

The characters are annoying and the dialogue cringe inducing at times. Story tries to be a bit too twisted and clever for its own good. It’s ok.… Expand

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bobostein

May 14, 2019

This movie is doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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