ATM [2012]

If David Brooks' suspense/thriller ATM set out to frustrate then it succeeded with flying colors.
Screenwriter Chris Sparling did a great job at constantly raising the suspense in a single setting script with Buried, however this time around it just seems way too far-fetched and really just plain annoying with the spinelessness of the 3 main characters.  It might have worked had it been just a bit more crafty with the suspense and thrills but instead comes off as dull, vapid and contrived.

2 lipstick calls for help out of 5

THE HURT LOCKER [2008]

Point Break director, Kathryn Bigelow's intensely suspenseful Iraqi war film, The Hurt Locker is an adrenaline driven masterpiece that will leave you drained as the end credits begin rolling.
The beautifully detailed cinematography, hauntingly disturbing performances (particularly Jeremy Renner), well-timed action pieces and unsettling avant-garde score from Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders hypnotize you right up until the end.
It's angry, loud, desolate and so very, very foreign to the happy little lives we live behind our interwebs. Highly recommended.

5 easy choices made difficult and vise versas out of 5