Five troubled teenagers choose a bankrupt amusement park to pursue a dark fantasy. Fueled by booze, drugs and unspoken tensions between them, the friends wander aimlessly through the silent midway in search of a notorious teen-friendly security guard. The Guard reluctantly allows them to stay, but demands a very private fee from one of them. The angst-ridden youths take revenge on the guard and lock him in one of the rides. They turn on the power and the silent park soon comes to brilliant life with glaring lights, loud music and the furious motion of the attractions. Their gaiety and joy are short-lived, however. In their midst a darker purpose lurks: a suicide pact confronts them with a choice between death and their tortured lives. Each path holds its terrors. Whatever the choice, their lives will bear the mark forever.
A**N
Good movie but a little slow
I won't bore you with the plot as I am sure you can find that elsewhere. This movie about a few teenagers having a little fun and mischief becomes dark rather quickly. There is sexual assault, drug and alcohol use, and suicide. It is not a happy movie about kids messing around an empty amusement park for a day. When I remember being a teenager, I felt the same range of hormones that made most of us insane at that time in our lives. Roller-coaster takes a look at that and shows how far off the deep end this emotional roller-coaster can take us if we are unfortunate enough to be in such a situation. The acting was very good for what seems like a small budget movie. The story is sad, but did not really resonate deeply with this viewer. I thought the attitude at the end after the last traumatic event showing a little but not deep emotion was spot on though - teenagers do not yet have the emotional capacity to properly deal with these feelings and sometimes appear to society as sociopaths in that approach. It does not mean they do not feel for it, it is just how they react. The stand out actors are Kett Turton and Brendan Fletcher.
E**A
Five Stars
Pretty cool
R**N
More on aimless youth
Another entry in the aimless youth category, Rollercoaster is the story of five young teens, who break into a deserted amusement park. They walk around, drink booze, smoke pot, and are just generally upset with the world. However, two of these kids have an agenda. They plan to kill themselves at the end of the day, jumping from the top of a rollercoaster. What makes this movie so compelling to watch are the excellent performances from the entire cast, and the ending is quite startling. The actual DVD has no special features to speak of except being widescreen and you can watch the trailer. I would recommend this to anyone who likes (or is affected by) the films of Larry Clark (Kids or Bully). Watch out for the park security guard!
D**R
Wow..This is a dark movie...
There is some great acting & scenes in this movie but it is a very dark story!!!Brendon Fletcher really has a good part in this movie...!If you like dark storys it's a great movie..!
P**R
This Movie sucks
Now your problay wondering why i put 1 star on theirand the put "THIS MOVIE SUCKS".Well that's becauseit has only 1 good scene in their that's when that kidwith the spikey red hair gets his revenge on the pedofilesecurity guard.This movie really has no plot,no storythey really don't tell what are the story behind these5 troubled teenagers.And i think whoever made this movieneeds to go back to college because he has no idea how to makea film in my opinon.And i would only reccomend this movieto (...),lesbians,pedofiles,troubled teens,adultsor canadians
W**L
Five Stars
Excellent movie
C**Y
ROLLERCOASTER an awful terrible movie
ROLLERCOASTER is an awful movie its terrible i thought it would be good i was wrong about as entertaining as DAVID CAMERON and like him a load of old crap.
A**R
Love ths movie!!
Not for everyone but I'm a fan of B movies. This one used to play on T.V. but I was never able to find it in stores so I ordered it and it was just as good as I remember
D**Y
Bon film
Film assez glauque sur les bords, mais qui reflète bien les débordements d'adolescents. Très bons acteurs (en particulier Kett Turton)
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