Underground: Unravelling the Mystery of Lars Janssen’s Movie
Director: Lars Janssen
Writer: Lars Janssen, Charlotte Dawn Potter (Screenplay)
Cast
- Caitlyn Barber (Killers Anonymous)
- Nadia Dawber
- Maaike Tol
- Cameron Ashplant (Masters of the Air)
- James Swanton (To Fire You Come at Last)
- Sapphire Brewer-Marchant
- Bodo Friesecke (The 355)
- Charlotte Dawn Potter
Plot: After a wild bachelorette party a group of young women find themselves trapped in an underground bunker complex. A disturbing finding turns their night in an absolute nightmare. Will they be able to escape from this vast concrete maze?
Runtime: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Underground starts when friends Jessica (Barber), Ziggy (Brewer-Marchant), Claire (Dawber), Riley (Potter) and Ella (Tol) come together for a bachelorette weekend. The girls have a wild night out filming their adventure. However, their drinking adventure leaves them stranded on the way back to the hotel.
They decide to take a shortcut back to the hotel, which takes them past a wartime tunnel. Unfortunately, for the friends, one of the group falls into a tunnel and they must figure out what to do as they find themselves locked in the tunnel system. However, that is only the beginning of their nightmare, when they learn they are not alone.
Verdict on Underground
Underground is a horror thriller following a group of friends at a bachelorette party. However, their drunken night sees them getting trapped in a nightmarish underground system. They must figure out how to escape.
This is a movie that follows everything needed for a great claustrophobic horror. There are elements of other mysterious side effects to what is going on within the tunnels. However, the build doesn’t live up to the final product. There is a lack of conviction in everything that happens in the tunnel, and it will leave you feeling disappointed. Add in the fact the movie is designed as a found footage movie, it doesn’t get the deserved payoff for that concept.
Where to Watch
Underground is released On UK digital 26th February from Miracle Media
Watch If You Liked: Catacombs.
Final Thoughts – Underground is a found footage movie that lacks conviction in anything we see.
