Netflix's Choose Or Die Review – A Horror Thriller That's Better Than Expected
Netflix’s Choose or Die is a surprisingly well-made horror thriller. Modest in scope and budget, the film defies the expectations its premise affords; placing it in your queue would be akin to picking it up on a whim one night while perusing the aisles of a local video store. You weren’t expecting much after looking it over but still hoped that you paid for something decent. Thankfully, Choose or Die is more than just decent. It’s actually good.
Directed by Toby Meakins (Bite Size Horror), Choose or Die follows the story of Kayla (Iola Evans), a young woman struggling to support her ailing mother after dropping out of school. The difficulty of such an endeavor is readily apparent. Eviction notices and a dwindling supply of meds accompany Kayla during the day. At night, she works a low paying cleaning job in an effort to make ends meet. They never do, resulting in a tiresome cycle that merely prolongs the inevitable.
Kayla’s financial issues are vexing to say the least. Things become much more dire, however, when her friend Isaac (Asa Butterfield) gives her an old adventure/survival video game he found called CURS>R. Seen as a means to an end–the game boasts a $100,000 prize for whomever can complete it–Kayla decides to give it a try, totally unaware that what happens in-game also happens in real life.
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