247 Degrees Fahrenheit Movie Review

247 Degrees Fahrenheit

                                                             

247 Degrees Fahrenheit is a suspense thriller drama movie released in 2011. This movie is written by  Lloyd S. Wagner, Levan Bakhia and Beqa Oniani and directed by Levan Bakhia and Beqa Jguburia. The very small set of characters in 247 Degrees Fahrenheit is played by Scout Taylor-Compton, Travis Van Winkle, Christina Ulloa, Michael Copon and Tyler Mane.

247 Degrees Fahrenheit is about a group of friends who gets trapped in a sauna, unable to control the high temperature in it. They must fight for their survival until any help from outside comes.

A Scene from the movie 247 Degrees Fahrenheit

Plot:

At the beginning of the movie 247 Degrees Fahrenheit, a couple is going somewhere in the car at night and they have an accident. The accident kills the boy, leaving the girl, named Jenna, injured but alive.

Three years later, Jenna, with her good friend Renee and her boyfriend Michael and Michael’s friend Ian, goes to a trip to spend their vacation. Renee and her boyfriend are trying to fix Jenna with Ian but Jenna is still trying to recover from her tragedy. The four of them goes to a lakeside cabin owned by Ian’s relative Wade. Wade welcomes them all to his beautiful cabin.

At that town, a special festival is going on and they have four passes for a special invite-only party. They all like the cabin very much. Renee and Michael start to make love as soon as they go to their room while Jenna and Ian start to arrange for dinner. Meanwhile, Jenna has refrained herself from taking her medicines, because she is trying to move on and live without her medicines.

They have dinner and then Wade leaves telling that he has some other things to take care of. But before going to the party, they find a beautifully decorated hot sauna in that cabin. Together they hit the sauna and enjoy there. But when they feel too hot, they goes out and together jumps in the lake. But the water of the lake was again too cold for them, so they again head to the sauna.

But before going to the sauna, the two boys have some drink and Michael becomes drunk. He tries to seduce Renee but she refuses. Michael becomes mad and leaves the sauna. He heads upstairs to go to the bathroom. Inside the sauna, Renee feels irritated. After finishing their sauna bath, when the three of them tries to go out, they find that the door is stuck by something from the outside and they are trapped.

They call Michael but the door is too thick to let out much of the sound. They find that, the temperature control system of the sauna is outside, so they can’t reduce the heat. There is a thermostat inside the room, but messing with it may even increase the heat. The system has a maximum heat to 250 degrees Fahrenheit, where they have previously set it at 185 degrees. Until any help from outside comes, they have to survive in this room with only a very small amount of water.

Renee become paranoid and starts to irritate Jenna and Ian. Several times she conducts personal attack on Jenna. Ian tries to find any possible way to get out of the sauna. After several of his attempts and bleeding from his hand, he manages to break a small glass window. It helps them to get some fresh air in the room, but with the risk of the temperature going higher.  He also tries to move that obstacle from the door, but fails.

One time, they hear the barking of Wade’s dog. They shout by the name of that dog and the dog understands their location. Then the dog runs to Wade to bring him for help, but Wade fails to understand the intention of the dog and goes somewhere else taking Michael.

Inside the sauna, Ian tries to blow the fuse by messing with the bulbs. His plan is to stop the heater by cutting the power. But instead of blowing the fuse, his attempts blow the lights and keep the heater running. He also gets a severe electric shock and passes out. He gains his consciousness and finally loses his mind.

Renee has already passed out. So now its all unto Jenna to save their lives.

But who has trapped them inside the sauna? Why there is no response from Michael? What is blocking the door? Why Wade is not returning to the cabin? Why is Michael not looking for them?  Let’s watch this movie till the end to find the answers.

My review about the movie 247 Degrees Fahrenheit:

First of all, 247 Degrees Fahrenheit was a good movie.

The plot is very simple, but interesting. It has kept me wondering throughout the movie about what is actually happening outside the sauna. The answers were hard to predict. At the end of 247 Degrees Fahrenheit, everything fits perfectly, answering all the questions that came in mind.

The acting of all the characters of 247 Degrees Fahrenheit was good and fluent. Although, several times it seemed a little weak on acting, but overall the performance was good. The dialogues were also good. Same goes for makeups.

The screenplay and direction of 247 Degrees Fahrenheit seemed very good. We must give credit to the director to manage to keep the suspense up throughout the movie with such a simple plot. The thrill grew up very slowly from the beginning and once it was up, it stayed till the end. Although the sound effects seemed irritating sometimes, but most of the times, it has helped the suspense. 247 Degrees Fahrenheit gives enough time to know the characters. The screentime was beautifully balanced between inside and outside of the sauna, so it didn’t seem boring at all. 

They way they were trapped was the result of an accident and at the end, we see what happened with Michael, so 247 Degrees Fahrenheit has no villain. The writers should also get some credit for creating such a good plot with no evil character.

I have a little complain about the name 247 Degrees Fahrenheit. Ian said, they have set the temperature at 185 degrees, where the maximum it can get was 250 degrees. So, i don't understand how the name fits.

247 Degrees Fahrenheit contains no nude or graphic scene, but has some small scenes with drugs. I think it can be watched with kids. But most part of this movie is inside a sauna and the artists are in their underwear. So considering the nature of this film, I think a little nudity could look good in it.

So, finally, 247 Degrees Fahrenheit seemed like a good movie. I think the IMDB users has done an injustice by rating it only 4.7/10 (while I’m writing this review), this movie deserves a little better. I’d recommend 247 Degrees Fahrenheit to all movie lovers.

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