Paintball movie (2009) Action | Horror | Thriller

[obladeo]

Hummm just got this and had a quick flick through it.

It's more for senerio players as there your woodsball markers playing in woods. Basic horror as i looked at it nothing special. Also the masks there wearing are not for paintball

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205071/
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A movie about paintball for the big screen? It could work. Just probably not as a low-budget, B-level, Spanish-import, horror movie. Look forward to it sometime in 2009.


Rather than trying to create a story that deals with the sport of paintball, Daniel Benmayor (director) and Mario Schoendorff (writer) have created a horror movie that apparently deals with paintball. The basic plot is that a group of strangers come together for a weekend of paintball, but rather than playing with paint, someone is shooting real guns.

The whole idea of integrating the sport of paintball seems to just be an excuse to get a bunch of people out in the woods where they can't call for help. I can almost hear the Jaws theme now.
When you look at production pictures ("fotogramas" at the bottom of the page) you do see some interesting paintball gear setups, though they also only wear goggles over their eyes (obviously because of the difficulty in showing emotion through a real paintball mask). I'm hopeful that some positive aspects of the sport will be shown, but I have serious doubts. I don't know whether the movie will ever be widely released, but just the title does raise some interesting questions. What would it take to actually make an interesting movie about paintball that would accurately reflect the sport? Could such a movie ever be made and distributed by a major studio? What kind of a story would interest the non-paintball crowd? If you have any ideas, please share them. While the movie Paintball might be much better than it sounds, it's unlikely to become the new face of the sport in the mainstream media.

A truck rumbles down a potholed track. In the back sit a group of passengers, their eyes blindfolded. They don't know each other, but they have a lot in common: they're young, urban workaholics, with an appetite for extreme experiences. They've signed up for a weekend of adventure.
As they head out into the unknown, they hear the others breathing in the darkness, steadying their pulses in silence as the adrenaline begins to flow…
The blindfolds come off to reveal a dense forest. Each player is equipped with supplies to last the weekend, a powerful paintball gun, ammunition, maps and instructions. They have to complete an adventure trail that takes in ravines, caves and obstacle-ridden trekking paths. The group is split into two teams. The winners will be the team that wipes out their opponents and completes the circuit. They wanted adventure? They got it.
Deep in the woods, one group is ambushed. Invisible snipers pin them down in a hail of paint - then one of their number collapses, writhing in agony. Red blood mixes with the paint. Confusion reigns. Who is shooting at them? In the silence, they stare round at each other, and into the forest, looking for a traitor - or some kind of explanation. The rules of the game have changed. The only law is the law of the jungle, and nobody trusts anybody else. Hidden among the trees, camouflaged by leaves and branches, there are deadly traps. Hunted down like prey in a lethal game, the teams face a desperate struggle for survival. There's nothing like a brush with death to make you feel alive.

 

[Tony Harrison]

I have a paintball horror movie on DVD.

It's called "The Basics of Paintball - With Fred Schultz".

Fred's haircut is pretty scary.