13 Sins
You don't play the game. It plays you.
Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
- Year: 2014
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Horror, Thriller
- Studio: Dimension Films, IM Global, Automatik Entertainment, Little Magic Films, Sahamongkol Film International, Blumhouse Productions
- Keyword: hotel, hostage, blackmail, detective, new orleans, louisiana, coffee shop, arrest, game, unemployment, warehouse, dare, desperate, brother brother relationship, death game, violence, anonymous caller
- Director: Daniel Stamm
- Cast: Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Ron Perlman, Rutina Wesley, Pruitt Taylor Vince
**The quick money does not come from easy way!** It is a remake of the Thai film '13 Beloved'. Not seen the original film, but this is a very familiar theme. Some good films were already made out of it and this one is slightly different. It is about a man who is expecting a baby with his girlfriend who he is going marry very soon. But he gets fired from his job and clueless about raising a child and maintain the family. Then a strange phone call gives him a series of challenges to win with a greater reward. It all begins with a small easy task and then begin to complicate when he can't back off as per the rules he has agreed. Now how far he goes to finish it off what he had started was told in the rest of the film. Since this is not a fresh idea for a film, I expected the story to be very good, but a little disappointed. At least it opened well and overall first half was much better. Later the film did not stand up to what it was promised in the earlier. But kind of unpredictable way it was developed. Seeing how the film was received, those who liked the original version did not like this one. That happens all the time as expected. Even though if you haven't seen the Thai film, the chances are slim one to enjoy it, especially if you have seen and liked the films like '12 Rounds', 'The Game', including the recent 'Nerve'. Not bad for watching at once, but instead I would suggest other similar title if you ask me. _5/10_