so while here in beautiful michigan, my austrian exchange student proudly shows me "In 3 Days You'll Be Dead." this is supposedly the top grossing movie in Austria that was made in Austria. the writer/director is a friend of Exchange student's family; close enough he refers to the guy as his "uncle."
so we watch the movie, subtitled, and the plot is this:
Promiscous teens begin receiving text messages teling them "in 3 days you'll be dead." then they die horribly.
spoiler- it turns out that, years ago, these teens let a younger boy they were watching drown, and now, the mother of the drowned child, whom everyone assumed had died, is back killing the teens for revenge.
the exchange student seemed very proud of his uncle's creativity. then I explained the basic plot line of Friday the 13th, Part 1, and Ringu.
wrecking a young man's familial pride is not something I set out to do, but leaving him under false impression would not be in keeping with the cultural sharing aims of the foreign exchange program.
now, "in 3 days you'll die part 2" is out. from the trailer, I can't tell for sure which stories the guy stole this time around, can you?
http://www.in3tagen.com/trailer.html
