One Paragraph Review - Evidence (2013)

A found footage survival horror film, Evidence has a couple of interesting moments and a twist ending that is reasonably effective. The acting is okay, with True Blood's Vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Radha Mitchell (Pitch Black) as detectives investigating a mass killing in the Nevada desert. Bill and Radha spend much of the movie watching video from a couple of cameras and cell phones found at the crime scene, hence the found footage aspect. This is a nice framing device; however, the film has many problems. Some of them are: a slow pace; significant amounts of time spent on boring and useless "character development" footage; weak acting across the board; the usual issues with found footage movies, which I won't repeat, except to mention that the director loves Dutch angles, whether appropriate or not; and the lack of any real motivation for the killers. There is an explanation for why these people were killed; it just isn't well supported by the plot. Not the worst of its kind, Evidence has a few interesting moments and ideas, but is mostly a dull retread of better movies.