Film Review – Evidence

The found footage subgenre doesn’t always explain itself in full. Rarely
is there a film that establishes why we’re watching the video
recordings of others, electing to use the screen chaos of hand-held
devices instead of motivating their presence. “Paranormal Activity”
selected a police evidence angle to ease audiences into a haunted
atmosphere, but “Chronicle” didn’t even bother to follow through on its
collection of security footage and home movies. “Evidence” is perhaps
the most securely reasoned found footage effort to date, creating a
story that logically requires cops to sift through hours of confessions
and interactions on the hunt for a killer. It’s a welcome respite from
careless storytelling, but this creative spark is smothered by an
exhaustively subpar picture.
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