The Pyramid 720p

The Pyramid 720p

An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.
The ancient wonders of the world have long cursed explorers who've dared to uncover their secrets. But a team of U.S. archaeologists gets more than they bargained for when they discover a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert. As they unlock the horrific secrets buried within, they realize they aren't just trapped; they are being hunted.
What a waste of my time. This is one of the most unrealistic films (and I say this because of the human characters). I hate the Nora&#39;s character from the beginning. Yelled a lot. Stupidly stubborn. The father was spineless. The best character was the camera guy.<br/><br/>SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU DON&#39;T WANT TO KNOW THE END.<br/><br/>This is the most stupid movie. A skinny archaeologist who does not seem to do any physical activity as part of her life beats the strong half jackal, half human Anubis and escapes from the inside of the pyramid. She just is convinced that everything she says is true. Her short scene talking with her mom in her computer shows what a bad actress she is.
At an archaeological dig in Egypt, a small team of American archaeologists, along with two media people recording the dig for posterity (whose footage is incorporated into the narrative in semi-found-footage fashion), discover a pyramid with an unusual three-sided design buried under the desert sands. However, after the initial thrill of discovery the team are told that they have to leave the site in two days due to the increasingly volatile political climate of the country. Hands tied, and despite not having all of the relevant information they were attempting to accumulate through technological equipment, the team decide to enter the pyramid themselves and promptly get lost in the pyramids labyrinthine chambers only to find that they are far from alone.<br/><br/>The set-up of the movie is fine. Ancient Egypt has always held a perennial fascination with its complicated myth structure and odd-looking gods, and the claustrophobia of the pyramid&#39;s interior (like &#39;As Above, So Below&#39; (2014) and &#39;The Descent&#39; (2005) before it) offers an immediate chill-factor. However, while the first third of the movie sets things up quite nicely, the second third is considerably worse. Films with this theme usually gain a lot from observing the change in personality in members of the group as each of them attempts to make sense of their plight and decide on the means of their salvation. And yet, when the same trope occurs here it feels flat and lifeless and the sense of foreboding from being unable to exit the way they entered is also weak. And then the final third of the movie is even worse than the second; when the monster is revealed it is, well…frankly, laughable and when the unfortunate members of the team die I didn&#39;t really care.<br/><br/>All in all, it feels like the team behind the movie thought the Egypt story, Descent-style conceit, and found footage camera (which they seem to just forget about whenever it is inconvenient for the narrative) would carry it. As a result, the movie coasts along on autopilot and consistently offers the minimum so that by the end it just came off as a silly waste of time and I felt cheated as a horror fan. If you like Egypt movies, there are much better Egypt movies. If you like claustrophobia movies, there are much better claustrophobia movies. And of you like found-footage movies, there are much better found-footage movies. Watch &#39;The Pyramid&#39; when you have exhausted all of them.
This enjoyable-despite-itself horror flick has precisely nothing new to offer - with the arguable exception of a monster in a miniskirt, which may be a first.
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