Black Site Delta (2017)

Black Site Delta: Directed by Jesse Gustafson. With Cam Gigandet, Teri Reeves, Benjamin Charles Watson, Sherri Eakin. A group of military prisoners must fight off a terrorist attack on their prison which, unbeknownst to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility.

“Did not expect much in the first place before watching u0026#39;Black Site Deltau0026#39;. It sounded interesting, but it did look like a not very well made, ridiculous and by the numbers film with not particularly good actors. Saw u0026#39;Black Site Deltau0026#39; anyway out of curiosity, being intrigued by the idea and having been a lot of low-budget films recently (most not very good to put it lightly). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026#39;Black Site Deltau0026#39; turned out to be more or less, make that exactly even, what was expected. Except worse. It started off pretty well, with a competently done and attention-grabbing opening sequence, giving off the sense that maybe the film wonu0026#39;t be bad and be better than it seemed. This didnu0026#39;t stay for long though and it is something of a shame. After the opening, the film went down south catastrophically very quickly and never recovered or improved. Actually got pretty much worse as it progressed. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn a visual level, u0026#39;Black Site Deltau0026#39; looked shoddy. Drab and simplistic, with haphazard editing and self-indulgent camera work that seemed too much in love with Cam Gigandet, for reasons that are a puzzlement because it only succeeds in betraying his lack of ability. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe sound/soundtrack are intrusive and obvious and the direction has no sense of atmosphere or pacing, nothing to be thrilled by and nothing much engaging.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eScript is awkward-sounding and ponderous, with lines that do make one cringe. A lot of it is gibberish and juvenile, with a stilted improvisatory feel that shouldnu0026#39;t have made it past draft stages. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn top of that, the story goes through the motions with no tension, suspense or thrills, a lot of intelligence-insulting ridiculousness and pacing so dull that it makes a reasonably short length much longer. The action-oriented scenes are more preposterous and by the numbers than they are thrilling or fun.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLess said about the acting the better, awful all round though in all fairness they have poor direction, an even poorer script and one-dimensional caricatures (that arenu0026#39;t interesting or endearing at all, the stupid and illogical decision making and behaviours making one frustrated) to work with. The biggest dishonourable mentions being Cam Gigandet, showing no acting ability let alone charisma whatsoever in the lead role, and Arash Moktar in far too over-the-top mode in a way that was painful to watch. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn summary, very poor and a must donu0026#39;t save. 2/10 Bethany Cox”