Killer Countdown - 1BR (2019)

Streaming Service: Amazon Prime
Movie Name/Year: 1BR (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Length: 1h 30min
Rating: TV-MA
Director: David Marmor
Writer: David Marmor
Actors: Nicole Brydon Bloom, Giles Matthey, Taylor Nichols
 
Blurb from IMDb: After moving to Los Angeles, a young woman discovers her seemingly friendly apartment complex is actually home to a dangerous cult.
 

Selina’s Point of View:
The biggest reaction I had to 1BR was falling asleep.
 
I don’t dislike films with a cult at the center of them. Some of them are quite good. Midsommar (2019) comes to mind – a movie I though was fine but got better the longer I sat with it. That’s what a good cult flick should do. It should make you question everything. It should be subtle until it’s not. Oddly enough, Hot Fuzz (2007) also does the cult subject justice.
 

1BR didn’t have the same kind of subtle storytelling. I never questioned myself. I never even questioned her. Everything was so overt and yet exceptionally slow.
 
The ending wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t enough to save the hour and a half of drooping eyelids.
 

Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 89%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 52%
Metascore – 56%
Metacritic User Score – 6.3
IMDB Score – 5.8/10
 
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 2/5
 
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