7 Below – 2012 – Val Kilmer is credible when drinking whiskey…
7 Below is a rather standardized tale of a family murdered by their adopted son. A hundred years pass and the house is once again filled with a bunch of people. Each of them are meeting a dreadful fate. One by one. Val Kilmer is featured and manages to look credible, especially when drinking whiskey. You can smell my sarcasm here, can’t you? Fortunately, his involvement in 7 Below is not particularly long. What happened to him? He used to be in good films! At least films with higher production values than this one!
The people gathered have just experienced a car accident. They are invited to stay by the friendly Jack, played by Ving Rhames. By the way, he tears his shirt apart in front of the rest of the crew without doing anything. It’s not a catastrophic film altogether, but it doesn’t seem like any of the actors react significantly to death at any point. That seems kinda off to me. One might expect a genuine couple to be affected when the other one dies, perhaps? But, it’s not a particularly happy marriage being portrayed.
It’s safe to say that this is a trivial film you can watch if you have nothing better to do, as long as you don’t have high expectations. If you’re especially hungover, this film might fit the bill…
