Four friends are spending the night at Lake Bodom, where unsolved murders took place many years ago. The young men are determined to venture into the dense forest to solve the mystery.
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Nate H. reviewed Lake Bodom (2016)
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Whew! Talk about a tale of two movies! The first half of Lake Bodom is an absolute disaster. We follow the four main characters, four "teens", two male and two female as they journey to an isolated lake for different reasons. The girls Ida and Nora think they are going to a party. One of the guys Elias wants to hook up with Ida and the other Atte has a grand master plan to reconstruct a decades old unsolved murder near the lake in an effort to solve the mystery.
This sounds solid on paper, but the execution is abhorrent. There are so many holes in the way its laid out that throughout the first half, I felt this was nearing terrible territory.
But there is a moment in the middle somewhere that changes the rules and allows a reset button to be hit after which Lake Bodom becomes interesting. It doesn't mean the second half is stellar, it just means the film doesn't finish as a conversation placeholder in a worst ever discussion. So take that how you will.
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