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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
2014
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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Positive Reviews
18
Negative reviews
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2.3
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2.5
What a shame, as theres really nothing else distinguishing The Marked Ones from its junky January contemporaries; its a Paranormal Activity movie in n ..
Av Club
3.5
Youll jump, squirm, and scream bloody murder and have a blast doing so.
We Got This Covered
4.5
Lone Survivor is a somber celebration of courage and endurance that manages to steer clear of jingoism and moral judgments.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Yeah, this movies a dog, but you cant blame the producers for strip mining the same old fool proof formula to death and beyond.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Less a straight sequel and more a thematic companion piece (albeit one crammed with callbacks to the first four Paranormal flicks), The Marked Ones se ..
Time Out
2.3
What The Marked Ones delivers is ostensibly comfort chills and familiar shocks to unadventurous consumers who want to know precisely what type of terr ..
Paste Magazine
2.5
The only reason this banal footage has any entertainment value is because of the two actors.
Rogerebert
3.5
Overall though, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is a satisfying installment for this franchise.
IGN
1.0
The Marked Ones is supposed to represent a new direction for this franchise.Coming out in January and employing a fresh cast, its meant to suggest tha ..
Cinema Blend
1.0
The concept is the same, and just as tired as it was when the second, third and fourth sequels to Paranormal Activitys 2009 first installment.
Ny Daily News
3.0
Horror fans dont despair its not all character development and comedy, even if it there are more (intentional) laughs out of the first half than youd ..
JoBlo
2.5
Landon crams so much side story world building and superhuman action into the films brief 84 minute runtime that very few of the actual horror setups ..
Screen Rant
2.2
Subnormal horror fare...the combination of an unimaginative plot with whats by now a pedestrian technique makes for a pretty barren ninety minutes.
One Guys Opinion
2.5
A few jokes, a few jolts, a few stereotypes a much more conventional found footage film.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.8
Its a haunted house experience that once dominated the Halloween season.
Blu Ray
3.8
Horror movie fans will appreciate the nightmarish story arc and the unexpected conclusion in this fresh re vamping.
Usa Today
1.5
Targeting an underserved but apparently horror friendly demographic of Latino audiences, the film is a spin off meets sort of sequel hybrid.
Screen It
2.0
Paranormal Activity fans will certainly appreciate the effort that Landon (who has written every installment since the second one) makes to ground the ..
The Wrap
2.5
The Latino cast gives the movie a fresh, modern feel, but the underlying formula is becoming unacceptably stale.
News Day
2.8
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R runtime 84 minutes Wide Release Date 01/03/14 director Christopher Landon distributor Paramount Pictures ge ..
Ew
2.0
However with Paranormal Activity films all lapses in logic can be forgiven if it delivers the goods.So is The Marked Ones actually scary
Flim List
1.5
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, which ranks as No. 5 in a series that shows no signs of stopping, loses the essential mojo that made Paranormal ..
Boston Herald
1.3
That scene might not be as noticeable in a better movie, but you take what you can get when youre watching the fifth entry in a horror series that rea ..
Slant Magazine
1.9
Its a bit of horror film nonsense, but its more silly than spooky.
Washington Post
1.5
But theres no escaping that the found footage phenomenon has gone from fresh and original to just plain annoying.
The New York Times
3.2
The Marked Ones is still mostly an excuse for carnival funhouse antics, but its a solid addition to a floundering series and infuses horror routine wi ..
The Film Stage
3.0
As spin offs go, this is closer to Frasier than it is to Baywatch Nights.
The Irish Times
2.0
There are a handful of creepy moments throughout The Marked Ones, but the scares are mostly of the sudden loud noise variety.The story engages only su ..
Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
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Total Film
1.0
Landons screenplay displays a fresh, often amusing perspective, however, and this lighter touch serves both the material and the intended audience wel ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
What comes next remains to be seen, but Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones feels like a fresh start.
Los Angeles Times
3.5
While the film hardly plays it coy about where this is all heading, it doesnt seem to be in a rush to get there, and it springs a number of smart idea ..
Variety
3.5
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Hit Fix
2.5
(Its rather telling that the only wholeheartedly entertaining portion of Paranormal Activity 4 is its action packed and refreshingly over the top fina ..
Reel Film
1.9
The opportunity should have been taken to jettison the found footage idea, which makes absolutely no sense in this context.
The Star
2.0
This horror subgenre has numbed enough brains, with its limited format looking increasingly stale and the shaking camerawork threatening nothing more ..
Digital Spy
1.9
*1/2 (out of four) The 80s light up game Simon Says doesnt normally answer yes or no questions.Still, youre more likely to laugh than scream during Pa ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.1
Isnt quite on par with the first three movies, but certainly a step above the fourth in its creative willingness to think outside the box.
Dustin Put Man
1.0
Those with more discerning horror tastes will wonder how much longer this flimsy franchise will overstay its welcome.
Film Racket
3.0
Marked is the unnumbered fifth film in a pesky found footage franchise long on repetitive, uninventive scares and short on a sense of humor.
The Filmy Ap
2.5
As Landon puzzles out ways to connect The Marked Ones to the mothership, its a reminder that something new is really just more of the same.
The Dissolve
3.0
The Marked Ones is far from a franchise favorite, but it is an adequate installment.
Shockya
2.0
Its got good scares, a decent story, and more action than the first film.
Crave Online
3.5
Horror fans looking for some decent scares might be disappointed, as most of the main suspense sequences rely on very traditional thrills.
Movie Mezzanine
3.5
The Marked Ones demonstrates the continuing vitality of this bare bones series.
reason
1.0
Simply put, the camera movement is too much, overly dizzying and uncomfortable to watch.
Fat Guys At The Movies
2.5
PA:TMO provides the familiar cheap thrills but with a salsa tang.
Entertainment Time
3.0
Its not a great film by any means but its a fresh start, enlivening the concept that made this series stand out in the first place.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.5
On the positive side, the actors are fresh faces, they seem enthusiastic about the material and make the overall effort at least partially watchable.I ..
Movie Chambers
2.5
You expect better from a franchise built on powerful scare you shitless capabilities.
Ear Of Newt
2.0
Like all teen oriented chillers, the central selling point is suspense.
O Canada
1.0
Unfortunately this is not a 30 second Shake and Vac ad, but 84 minutes of visual hell for anyone wanting characters to care about, good stories and ex ..
Birmingham Mail
2.0
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Sfx
0.5
Somebody stick a fork in this franchise.Or at least drown it in mole sauce.
Movie Juice
4.0
Hands down, The Marked Ones is absolutely relentless, creepy as hell and a ton of fun on the big screen it totally surprised me and left me with my en ..
Daily Dead
2.5
And that overall level of groundedness that Branagh largely maintains makes the film work and maintains the franchises distinct flavor.
The Movie Report
1.9
Youll enjoy Jesses interactions with unseen figures and you may never look at the game Simon the same ever again, but those moments are few and far be ..
Dc5
2.5
Its more like a traditionally fun horror movie than the slowburn suspense of its fellow franchise entries.
Topless Robot
1.5
Can the fifth entry in a horror franchise thats not considered the fifth film actually be good
Chris Stuck Mann
2.5
I found myself entertained by the movie more for its ghetto fabulous slice of life moments early on rather than its convoluted and clumsy attempts to ..
Co Ed
2.5
Balancing the brisk comedy of Hectors constant stupidity with his and Jesses forays into gross, scary places, Landon manages to ratchet up suspense as ..
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