The Abandoned, a title like that lures me to watch it. I should have read some reviews before even though most of the time I don't agree with the ratings on IMDb. This time I do agree. The story is just not good enough to make it special. And the ending is completely ridiculous. I was going to give it a five star rating if it was not for the end. The acting isn't great either. The dialogues are pretty basic. Besides an odd strange appearance every now and then there is not much creepy about this horror movie. The only special effects, if you can call them like that, are things that are a bit shaking or moving by itself. You have to show more than that if you want to make a good horror movie. A waste of time and money if you ask me.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie; I personally enjoy making fun of low budget films. The script of this movie wasn't that good. It was very cliché and repetitive. The ending was very confusing, but emotional. What I am guessing is Clara is actually Streak. This all in Streak's mind since she has been in a coma for so long. Cooper is actually her father, who IS a night guard. She was in the institution because of her facial deformity, and she got out and into the coma because she drank the bad water, hence the young boy saying she was the only one to survive. In the scene with Streak hugging "Clara" and telling her it isn't her fault, it's about the water. She is saying to HERSELF that it isn't her fault she drank the water, that she had been neglected and she was desperate. That's why when Streak said she was going to leave, Clara died in the hospital. Clara was going to die. She was telling herself it wasn't her fault and it was okay to let go. Besides the script and the very common large fancy building cliché, it wasn't that bad.

This murky little horror film involves a woman who may or may not be going out of her mind who gets a job as a security guard at a run down old apartment complex which has been long since abandoned. Her only company on the job is a fellow guard, cynical and disabled. The woman becomes convinced that a sinister presence lurks within the confines of the building and takes it upon herself to investigate...As you'd guess from the premise, CONFINED is very much par for the course for this type of film-making. It feels a lot like GRAVE ENCOUNTERS and the like, albeit without the 'found footage' hook and shooting more traditionally instead. There's a lot of stuff with CCTV footage, which is quite neat, but more often than not the film descends into the usual wandering around in dimly lit corridor type scenarios.The film lacks decent cast members; those present are okay, but hardly electrifying. Jason Patric (THE LOST BOYS) looks so unrecognisable that it took me half the film to realise who I was watching. And despite repeated efforts on the part of the director, CONFINED doesn't manage to be scary for a moment.

I'll make it quick... The Abandoned has a rather boring story that has been told in many a suspense movies before. Although the end may explain the many questions and plot holes - it remains a highly unsatisfying movie.The acting is over the top. Instead of subtlety, the actors pretty much switch from one extreme to another.Also - even a Ninja Turtle animated episode is probably scarier than this movie.It is a very disappointing 2/10. It is not a 1 because it is not dreadful - just boring.