Unfriended: Dark Web
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Consequence of SoundRandall ColburnMar 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
80
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJul 19, 2018
What’s striking in this movie, apart from an ostentatiously glitchy screen distortion that occurs whenever a denizen of the “dark web” appears on one of the screens within screens, is how credibly its extreme trolling plays. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJul 19, 2018
Nasty in its narrative and nifty in its aesthetic, Stephen Susco’s new film is a solid argument against doing anything remotely illicit online. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.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
75
Slant MagazineHenry StewartJul 14, 2018
The film is preposterously conceived, but writer-director Stephen Susco so tightly, excitingly executes it that you hardly notice. Read full review
70
Vanity FairK. Austin CollinsJul 19, 2018
The pleasure and terror of Dark Web is, as it turns out, its unpredictability. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleJul 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
67
The PlaylistKimber MyersJul 16, 2018
This horror film lacks the freshness of its predecessor, but its bleak view on humanity and technology, as well as some truly unsettling ideas and visuals, still set it apart from most of its fellow studio genre fare. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnMar 10, 2018
The script lacks bite, save some wry meta-commentary on the movie’s existence (including a passing reference to “horror transmedia”). Nevertheless, Susco follows the well-worn path of using the horror/thriller genre to explore the eerie ambiguities of modern times. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 20, 2018
Dark Web is a sequel only in that it mimics its predecessor’s style. The story and characters are new and, because the supernatural element has been eliminated, the movie adds a dash more suspense to go along with a heap of misanthropic nihilism. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshJul 19, 2018
Perhaps it's no fun because it's just too real. There's never a moment of wondering what is going on. Read full review
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