Saturday, May 27, 2023

Hex(2022)

Oh no, not the cursed skydiving formation!  Well I guess we have to make sure we don’t do the formation. Oh wait, we’ve already done it?  Well that doesn’t mean we’re all going to die, does it? I mean it’s just a legend, right?  [clunk]

Sarah comes back to town after a long absence and heads to the local skydiving club.  Payson knows her father was a skydiver and asks her to join his group. Sarah always dives alone so she’s noncommittal, but ends up showing up the next day after her mother says maybe she should make some friends in town.  

When Lisa is put out by Sarah being there, Payson informs the others he invited her because he wants to the Hex which requires six people. The first try goes badly, but the second time they complete it and Payson disappears.  The others are unsure what happened since no one can disappear in thin air, but Payson is nowhere to be found once they are on the ground.

The next day another member of the group dies while diving.  Now accidents are starting to happen to those in the group, and Sarah finds out the Hex is supposedly cursed. Any team who does the Hex dies. Payson was aware of this, but kept the others in the dark. So the question we’re left with is, will Sarah or and the others survive now that they’ve done the Hex?

The skydiving footage looks nice, but I know nothing about skydiving. Is the Hex formation super difficult? If your altimeter sticks, should you still dive?  If the altimeter is a big deal, then why did they jump?  How does Sarah not know how her father died? She’s an experienced skydiver and her father was known, but she never heard rumors he died after doing the Hex?  Seems like word would get around and someone would ask about it.

Watch for the guy in the background in the bar scene who stands there as if he’s going to be in the scene but ends up having nothing to do with them.  Also when Payson stands on the table in the bar, it appeared that he was going to shout to get the attention of everyone in the bar. Nope, it’s just a jerk standing on a table.

This is a silly horror movie.  It’s pretty easy to avoid dying by just not doing the Hex. The skydiving scenes have generic rock music during most of them that sound like something in a video game.



Cliche dialogue

Just cause you’re the new girl doesn’t mean you can’t make friends.

What is she doing here? 





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