Fight The "Urge" To Watch This One

Urge (2016)  

Rated R

Starring Justin Chatwin, Danny Masterson, Ashley Greene, Nick Thune, Alexis Knapp, Chris Geere,

Directed by Aaron Kaufman

The Story:

A weekend getaway with a group of friends on an island paradise takes a disturbing turn after a visit to a nightclub run by The Man (Brosnan). He offers them a drug that has the effect of being next to God, but the catch: you can only use it once. Everyone has an amazing night except Jason (Chatwin) who is used to getting high, so barely feels any effects whatsoever. Everyone else decides that they have to do it again... and when they do, all of their inhibitions are stripped away, and things take a decidedly dark turn.

Meh.

There were flashes of interest here and there from this movie, but overall, it was a dud.

The Man, of course, is God.

I know, spoilers....sorry...

But it seems pretty obvious throughout the movie, and there is an end-credit scene that pretty much spells it out for those that didn't figure it out the first time.

Again, given the option of free will, man will always mess up their lives.

:)

So when presented with the ultimate drug that can only be used once, naturally, most people want to take it again to feel that amazing.

But the 2nd time...well, things go horribly wrong, and baser instincts take over and people give in to any and all urges and begin to kill one another, among other things.

Thanks, but I'll pass.

Final Grade: D+