Movie review - "ATM" (2012) **

For a while I was willing to go with this. Late night ATMs are creepy places, these isolated islands of fluro at dark, and there are some effective bits here - freezing outside, deserted car park, a mysterious figure in a parker, figuring out what to do. Alice Eve's character seems like a nice person, and I guess the other guys are okay. But it's one of those movies full of irritating questions - why is the evil person doing this (it seems to be an awful lot of trouble to go to for a minimum reward); the plan is very dependent on someone not taking in their mobile phones, and parking the car a long way from the ATM; none of the characters seem to consider cuddling up for warmth. Also there isn't quite enough plot for a feature. Once you start picking at it you won't stop and the whole thing unravels. I should be fair, though - for extended bits I was into this.