Gerald's Game

I didn't know Stephen King was into drama. It sure wasn't a thriller or horror. Basically the protagonist Jessie is handcuffed to a bed because her man died from a heart attack during a failed attempt at spicing up their sexlife. You can see this in the trailer.

What happens next, is that she begins to hallucinate: her dead man's spirit rises up from his body and constantly puts doubt in her mind. Then she herself appears too and she personifies the confident side of Jessie.

Through story-telling and Jessie's imagination we discover she was abused as a twelve year old by her dad. Hence her current troubled marriage with a older man. So far good old drama. Nothing else but talk and drama.

Then some tall malformed mysterious figure enters the house and leaves. She'll meet him later when she's unshackled and she gives him her ring as she thinks that's what he wants. Nobody knows what he wanted anyway. He's only here to add a little shock-effect story-wise at the end of the movie.

Let's avoid spoilers so I'll end here.

All in all a typical Netflix movie, boring with the usual touch of men-hate. Where the good reviews come from is beyond me. I think the movie is somewhat presented as a horror/thriller because of Stephen King's reputation. But the original book is equally boring.

All in all a movie full of emo drivel which I'm sure is loved by critics and the usual misandrist clique of Hollywood, New York and their reporters.

3.10 points because the two main actors did technically a good job.