200 Degrees (2017)

200 Degrees: Directed by Giorgio Serafini. With Eric Balfour, Larry Wade Carrell, LaDon Drummond, Joe Grisaffi. Ryan Hinds awakes inside a sealed industrial kiln. He is sent challenges by a voice with no face, pushed to the limits of human endurance as the temperature within the kiln begins to rise.

“Ryan, (Eric Balfour) plays a man trapped in a steel room with large heat lamps and an intercom to communicate with him. He does not know how he got there or why he is trapped inside.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA voice starts to communicate with him demanding $1,000,000 be transferred into an account and he has two hours to do so. If not, the consequences are dire. This is the general premise of the film. I will not give away any more information to spoil it for potential viewers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe General concept has been used many times over, and this film, albeit somewhat different, could have been much better. Throughout 90% of the film, the viewer has no idea who is doing this (or why) it is happening to Ryan. However, as much as there is an somewhat interesting twist at the end, if one pays close attention to detail, you can get a pretty good grasp of what is happening.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnother run-of-the-mill kidnap/torture film that attempts to keep you guessing the whyu0026#39;s and howu0026#39;s. Balfour is pretty convincing as the victim but by no means is this one of his better performances. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe ending, as mentioned had a somewhat interesting twist but was not very good at all. If fact, it was bad! All to neat and tidy in its wrap-up and quite contrived.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI gave this film a generous u0026quot;6u0026quot; rating just because it kept my attention to the films end but donu0026#39;t expect a heart pounding thriller here. If you have 91 minutes to spare, you could do worse things with your time.”