believer be your very average end of the world or suicide cult movie if not for the fact that it be direct by daniel myrick and one half of the director duo behind the blair witch project and if only mr. myrick have use one half of his brain too then this might not have end up such a total mess . obviously and the hollywood producer do not trust the film make skill of the blair witch creator and since and they both have be virtually inactive in the new millennium so far . still and it seem that myrick have enough time on his hand to hatch a few cinematic egg . since last year and he be not only produce rest stop ( which i kind of like ) but also direct another three feature length movie ( the objective and solstice and the strand ) . although and it remain to be see whether they will make it beyond a straight to video release . a for believer it pretty much follow the formula of the blair witch project and but while the twist in that movie consist of surpass our fear that the witch be real in believer we be introduce to a bunch of fraud that in the very end . i really do not want to spoil it for you here and because the movie have not much else go for it than the twist end and and even that twist be paper thin and almost a if kevin costner at the end of water world have find out that he belong to the late sea world attraction ( no and it actually not that bad ) . the story of believer be about two paramedic who be on an emergency call to rescue a woman lie conveniently in front of a gas station and have some sort of a heart attack . subsequently and david vaughn and his partner victor be abduct by a bunch of weirdo who take them inside an old bunker where their fellow cult member reside . i forget the name of the cult and it probably some greek letter of the alphabet . from there on and it pretty much business a usual . there the sinister end of the world cult and it mysterious cult leader and lot of teach and indoctrination and member who try to escape but be catch ( the woman with the heart attack and here little daughter ) and some attempted brainwashing of the paramedic and large gas canister with the required bio hazard warning all over them and a lot of mumbo jumbo about number and how god can be find in science and such . the story arch and if you can call it that and largely consists of vaughn partner victor have a spiritual crisis and slowly turn over to the dark side ( hey and it a character drive movie . ) . a lot of hokey acting be involve in that process and finally culminates in a scene where victor get to bang a hot cult member chick . well and who can resist the power of love . overall and this be a fairly weak effort to give a new spin on the old evil suicide cult story and which would have work a lot well a a short movie instead of a feature length film . the material be too second rate and the actor be too third rate to carry this anywhere but the near low price blockbuster bargain bin . there be too much focus on the twist end and not enough substance to sustain it . in order for the twist to succeed the movie have to lull the audience into the belief and that there be religious fanatic at work here like we have see them a thousand time on tv and congregating in the living room of our neighbor house . the show them something ordinary and at the end reveal that they have witness something extraordinary formula usually work well in the short form . here and the cult religion be not intriguing enough to merit any second thought a to whether their prediction about an imminent doomsday might actually be true and ground in hard evidence . imminent spoiler ahead finally and when that doomsday arrive oops . do i spoil anything . it a mere afterthought to a poorly digest potpourri of religious fanaticism and spiritual sci fi . thus and it also confirm my impression upon view the the blair witch project and namely and that it strength come from it fraudulent direction and since and there be no direction at all . unfortunately and for sánchez and myrick that mean that they will be forever condemn to have direct only one great movie and which be great only because it pretend not to have be direct at all . that might turn out to be the true curse of the blair witch .