FPS: First Person Shooter

I had no idea what to expect from a movie called First Person Shooter, so I went in with no expectation, simply waiting to see a cheap movie and nothing more.

Was it cheap? Yep. Was it bad? Well, define bad. The camera work was quite good for what it meant to be, the lines, most of them, borrowed from other movies, but used properly. Had a gag there. The story? Typical zombie flick. The intro of the movie, laughed out loud, the rest, exactly like an old school horror game that maybe, moves too slowly sometimes.

Many good references to other movies and games, will put a smile on your face for sure, of course, not as a horror movie but as a indie little project that worked alright in the end. It really did act like a game, considering this is what it aimed for, I think it managed to hit the mark.

Thus, First Person Shooter is simply a project, a beginning for someone's career and from this alone, my opinion is that we could expect great things.

Cheers!

FPS is a movie inspired by fast paced 90s shooters but with the slow pacing of horror games. Watch Hardcore Henry if you want to see this concept done right.

... or at least seen in parts.

Movies shot in first person need more than a hand holding a gun and lots of bad animated blood. They need some more action than a protagonist sneaking through a location and having "fights" with some cheap looking monsters.

Don't get me wrong: cheap must not equal bad. But this time it does.

For me the movie lacked some speed, some action (blood and gore is not action), and a bit more of a "plot" would not have hurt. I got so bored watching this piece of wasted time, I fast forwarded through only to find out that it goes on and on and on like it started until the end. Impossible to spoil it.

This is the first movie I could not finish, and usually I watch movies from start to end, no matter how bad they were.

I liked all the old Games a lot, this movie had a lot of references i liked. The German voice of the main character was appealing. It was much like a small System Shock. The Camera work was nice and well done, i liked every bit of it, not a bad B-Movie, compared to Boll this is genius production. It keeps all the promises it makes, and really, i was very entertained. The old hospital was a great location which was very well modified to resemble a apocalyptic scenario. Compliment to Mask, Camera Man, Editor and Production Crew who made a very well movie out of a tight budged. For fans of old games and fans of zombie movies only the combination of both will enjoy this greatly, but i did and therefore i should give 7/10.

This movie can actually be summarized with a single word: no!

Actually I will be gracious here and give it three words: no, just no!

Well, let's be fair and honest, "FPS: First Person Shooter" didn't really have the odds in its favor, now did it? I mean, a movie made like a First Person Shooter styled game, just how thrilling and entertaining can that be? Well, it might have had a chance if it wasn't so ridiculously laughable.

First of all, you have to suffer through the worst graphics ever in that abysmal intro. Why did they even bother with that? Was it meant as a joke? It was just painful to watch, especially since even the dialogue was equally bad.

Then the movie finally started, and it just slumped to an even lower place. I actually turned it off after this point. I just managed to watch like a couple of minutes of the actual live action movie, after having suffered through that grievous animated intro.

Everything about this movie was just abysmal. The acting, the cinematography, the plot, the concept. Probably even the special effects, but to be honest I don't know, because I gave up on the movie before it got to a point where they used special effects.

"FPS: First Person Shooter" will be quickly forgotten, like a dirty, shameful secret. And I have no intentions of returning to watch the rest of it, because it just lacked anything that even remotely resembled entertainment or appeal.

A bottom-scraping one out of ten stars for "FPS: First Person Shooter". Do yourself a favor and avoid this one.