Tecnically, it is in my opinion just an average 3D Movie. Nothing special about acting, nothing special about special-effects, nice but not overwhelming 3D-effects, pretty straight forward story-line. I still gave 7 out of of 10 points. Let me explain: Why not less? The movie thrilled me from time to time. That was exactly what i was expecting and what I wanted to see. No hardcore slasher, just a thrilling story of 4 teenagers in the forest. Why not more? In my opinion, neither acting, special effects, storyline or 3D-effects were that extraordinary that I would want to watch the movie again and again and again. I do not want to say that all of this was bad, please beware... It just didn't overwhelm me. But there is indeed one point that I really want to criticize badly. Before watching this movie I have never heard anything in my life about "geocaching". Didn't know that this exists. In my opinion the background of "geocaching" was not explained sufficiently at the beginning of that movie (only if you had watched the specials at the DVD or BluRay. I think it took me until the jump into the lake until I really understood what "geochaching" is all about.

3.5 / 10.

It's not overly interesting, but it's worth a look. I didn't like that it was illogical and that it wasn't explained. It's good if you have nothing else to look at and kill time.

"Lost Place" is a German German-language film from 2013, so this one will have its 5th anniversary next year. The writer and director is Thorsten Klein and this is actually his only filmmaking effort to this day. His co-writer is slightly more prolific. This is a horror movie that runs for 95 minutes plus another 5-6 minutes of credits. The most known players in here are easily the actors. Francois Goeske has played lead characters in several movies. Jennifer Ulrich was one of Germany's most known from her age group a while ago. Pit Bukowski appears in some solid films too, even if he is not as well-known as his male co-actors. Taubman has been in some pretty well-known Hollywood films. Böhrnsen I must admit I have not heard of I think, but I see she has been in some Til Schweiger films. And it is between her and Bukowski who gave the best performance in here. Both certainly elevated the material and the film for example got a lot worse when Bukowski's character died. Goeske is simply not good enough to carry the second half of this film mostly on his own. A bad casting decision. Böhrnsen is also incredibly easy on the eyes and it helps, but I also think her performance was fairly strong. As for Ulrich, she is entirely forgettable and her character is probably also the one who was written the worst in here. The suicide scene makes little to no sense. Goeske's character was written badly too, but there it is a mix of bad performance, casting and writing overall I guess and he is of course the central character in this film, it is a bit of a negative deal-breaker. What a shame.

The horror action does not really feel that convincing overall. Lets just say there are many magnetic and electric and acoustic irregularities causing havoc for the protagonists. And the question if Taubman's character (who appears surprisingly briefly only though) is a main antagonist, a smart helpful guy or something in-between. What I actually liked about the film was the simple premise. 4 young people out there for a geocaching event and also thanks to the different physical looks (hair colors for example),it is easy to keep in memory who is who and who stands for what. That's also why I believe this introduction part was done very well and the first 30 minutes or so were when the film was at its best. Unfortunately, when the focus is really on the horror element, it all gets worse really quickly. The metal bug scene at the very end also feels a bit desperate in terms of scare factor as it cannot make up for all the weaknesses before that. And the ending that implies some kind of police/political conspiracy is also not half as smart as it attempts to be. I really wanted to like this more than I did and it only worked out for me for one third of the movie. It's a thumbs-down overall. Not recommended and as a whole it did not get me curious about potential future projects by Klein if he returns to making films. Not recommended.