Landmine Goes Click (2015)

Friends Daniel, Alicia, and Chris go on a hiking trip to (European) Georgia before Daniel and Alicia get married. Chris, Daniel's "Best Man", confesses that he slept with Alicia. Unknown to Chris and Alicia, Daniel arranges for Chris to end up standing on a landmine while they are posing for a photograph. Daniel departs, and Chris and Alicia are left to fend for themselves, Chris believing he is unable to move from his standing position over the landmine. Georgia resident Ilya comes along and offers to help, but harasses the two and rapes Alicia. Alicia is accidentally shot and dies.

The first half of the movie is rather slow and on the boring side. Ilya's creepy and sociopathic-like behavior is disturbing, and the viewer may be tempted to stop watching the "garbage" movie. However, if the viewer can stay with the movie, the second half is well worth waiting for - it pertains to how Chris deals with the situation after he finds out he was not truly stuck on the landmine (which was predictable). His retaliation has a surprising - and explosive - ending. Viewers may get a thrill out of or a sense of satisfaction over Chris getting revenge... until the end. Viewers should already know "the lesson", but it hits hard.

First half of the movie is <2 stars out of 5. Second half is 4+, for an overall rating of 3.

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