Thursday, January 7, 2021

Ditch Party (2016)

 

A small group of teens get a message on their phone to come to a ditch party in the basement of the school. There they find snacks, weed and alcohol, but no one knows who sent the texts.  

When shots are heard outside, they lock themselves in the room and call the police. The cops tell them there’s an active shooter in the building and they should shelter in place. They also mention all the doors are booby trapped so it will take the police awhile to rescue them.

Some of the kids get into arguments, while others are more like, oh cool snacks.  When someone knocks on the door, they let them in.  At one point ,the girl in charge decides she’s going to leave because the police tell them the shooter is in another wing of the building.  She makes a run for it and passes a group of teens running in the opposite direction which should clue her in to change direction.  Also why is she trying to leave when the police previously told her all exits had booby traps?  Gah!

There are some ridiculous plot points in this film, such as when the police let a teenage pizza delivery person into the building.  Oh great, a hostage for our shooter.  Or when the shooter is banging on the door to the room the kids are in and the police say, let him in and then put him on the phone. Okay so maybe its just the police are idiots sinces both of these lapses in judgement are going to get teenagers killed.

Also the shooter ordered two large pizzas, but those boxes appeared to be different sizes. And if you’re hiding from a shooter and someone doesn’t want to call their dad, are you really going to ask this kid who you’re not friends with, “do you want to talk about it?”  Seriously?  

Most of the movie is just people making bad decisions.


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