I watched The Recruit last night. Reasonable enough, the first half was pretty good, but the second half lost my interest a bit. As the plot unfolded the 'twist' ending was spottable a mile off.

My copy should be coming Thursday or Friday. By the time I preordered it everywhere had sold out so I'm getting mine when the second batch arrives later this week   

It looks immense, I can't wait for this. What's the release date again?

Hmmm don't really have one. I always loved Payback when I was younger though.

Well you hit the nail on the head with cliche James. Horror movies stop being scary when you feel like you've seen it before and the description for this film incorporates ideas from every horror film I've seen in the last 5 years.

That's probably no use to your friend but the next great horror film is going to have to break the mould again, not copy every other recent horror film. I'm not saying I know how that'll be done it isn't my job but ripping off every other film isn't going to do it. This film wants to be new and fresh nad it's just the opposite.

9 friends go camping, one goes missing etc, deaths ensue.....it's all been done quite literally to death. I don't expect you to give them this advise James but I'd say scrap it and start again. At least make it less cliche, the factory setting sounds good, lots of potential, but why not make it a family camping trip, just mess things up a bit, what's going to get people grabbing the edges of their seats a family trapped in some factory of horrors with children potentially victims or some nameless 'teens' half of whom you want to see get pulped cos they're so damn annoying anyway. Much more emotion to play on if it's a family caught up in it rather than your run of the mill 'Hank' who hates 'Wayne' cos he fucked 'Crystal' when they were still together etc.

Also horror movies rely too much on gore these days, it's a useful tool but on it's own gore doesn't make a good horror film, a good script and good actors are still required.