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A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a college.A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a college.A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a college.
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- 6 wins & 1 nomination
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- Mary Matthews
- (as Tahyna Tozzi)
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- TriviaAlyson Walker's debut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stitching it Together: The Making of 'Needle' (2011)
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Needle: Would have benefited from a more engaging cast and a more competent writer
Plot
A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a college.
Cast
Travis "Vikings/Warcraft Movie" Fimmel and John "Wolf Creek" Jarratt star.
Verdict
It wasn't long after this that Australia began knocking it out of the park, great movie after great movie and then it ended as swiftly as it began. My Top 10 Australian movies list is quite impressive and I knew going in that Needle would be unlikely to get on it, and I was right.
It has an interesting enough premise, a remote method of killing such as Death Note but using an antiquated machine. As you can imagine it's your standard formula of introduce the 20 somethings, pick them off one by one and reveal the "Whodunnit" at the end. The trouble is the journey isn't fantastic, it's rather uninspired, it's boring and certain elements left me scratching my head as they made little sense and the rules of the box were a tad inconsistent.
I've seen worse Australian films, but this is one that's highly forgettable which is a shame as the potential was certainly there.
Rants
I've mentioned Death Note so of course have to say it. The Japanese delivered us the Death Note anime and it was a masterpiece, then they hit us with a live action television series of it and it surprisingly really good! Then they gave us 5 live action movies and they varied from very good to excellent. What happened next? That's right boys and girls the Americans came along and decided to give it a go and as is often the case it's as if the writer was given a 10 second presentation on what Death Note is and made a movie off the back of that. It's one of those "It didn't happen" movies which I try and deny the existence of such as the upcoming The Crow remake or Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). For shame Netflix, for shame!
The Good
Premise isn't awful Some visuals are quite good
The Bad
Totally forgettable Bland cast Inconsistent rules of the box Doesn't exactly flow.
A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a college.
Cast
Travis "Vikings/Warcraft Movie" Fimmel and John "Wolf Creek" Jarratt star.
Verdict
It wasn't long after this that Australia began knocking it out of the park, great movie after great movie and then it ended as swiftly as it began. My Top 10 Australian movies list is quite impressive and I knew going in that Needle would be unlikely to get on it, and I was right.
It has an interesting enough premise, a remote method of killing such as Death Note but using an antiquated machine. As you can imagine it's your standard formula of introduce the 20 somethings, pick them off one by one and reveal the "Whodunnit" at the end. The trouble is the journey isn't fantastic, it's rather uninspired, it's boring and certain elements left me scratching my head as they made little sense and the rules of the box were a tad inconsistent.
I've seen worse Australian films, but this is one that's highly forgettable which is a shame as the potential was certainly there.
Rants
I've mentioned Death Note so of course have to say it. The Japanese delivered us the Death Note anime and it was a masterpiece, then they hit us with a live action television series of it and it surprisingly really good! Then they gave us 5 live action movies and they varied from very good to excellent. What happened next? That's right boys and girls the Americans came along and decided to give it a go and as is often the case it's as if the writer was given a 10 second presentation on what Death Note is and made a movie off the back of that. It's one of those "It didn't happen" movies which I try and deny the existence of such as the upcoming The Crow remake or Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). For shame Netflix, for shame!
The Good
Premise isn't awful Some visuals are quite good
The Bad
Totally forgettable Bland cast Inconsistent rules of the box Doesn't exactly flow.
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- Budget
- $2,100,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $259,185
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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