A reminder of some great (and some very bad) movies of a decade ago, this one fails to meet any sort of expectations and adds poor Asa Butterfield in the mix for no good reason.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 19, 2024

Choose or Die has some interesting concepts about shifting realities and some 80s nostalgia, but it never succumbs to its true potential due to an unsightly approach by director Toby Meakins.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 24, 2024

Netflix’s Choose or Die is a solid thriller. It isn’t meant to be terribly scary--don’t expect a ton of jump scares or gory deaths--as the focus is aimed at presenting a bad and sometimes unsettling situation in an interesting way.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 19, 2023

This Netflix horror featuring a cursed video game has enough going for it to keep you playing on.

| Mar 30, 2023

An 85-minute flick that feels like a 150-minute smorgasbord of arty horror tropes...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 20, 2022

It's always annoying to have something with all the right building blocks fail to put them together right.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 15, 2022

“Choose or Die” is even surprising in how it plays with nostalgia—it’s not as sacred with earlier eras of entertainment as something like Netflix’s series “Stranger Things” or the horror trilogy “Fear Street.”

| Original Score: B | May 16, 2022

A British film nasty and supernatural horror thriller with some fresh aspects to it.

| Original Score: 2.4/4 | Apr 28, 2022

"Choose or Die" is a flawed film, but one not without merit...watchable, thanks to its brisk pace and intriguing central concept, but the uneven execution leaves you wondering if perhaps the filmmakers should have just pressed reset.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 28, 2022

This is the rare horror movie that proves that a basic and effective story can do more to scare and entertain than an overreliance on blood, guts, shrieky background music, and all the usual horror movie bag of clichéd tricks.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2022

If I had to choose a horror pic I enjoyed about video games it wouldn't be this one.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 25, 2022

Doesn't really offer anything new, and its plot sounds similar to a dozen other tech-related chillers, but its quiet, menacing atmosphere is enough to keep the attention and make it worth a late-night look.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 24, 2022

While not an instant horror classic, giving in to its at times predictable storyline and faults in believability, it definitely proves itself a worthy player.

| Apr 23, 2022

'Choose or Die' feels like an audacious horror hybrid. Retro tech and modern-day digital camera techniques merge to create something truly unique, as this indie horror takes on a sinister edge.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 22, 2022

A concept this goofy should be fun but... it just leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 21, 2022

British horror’s latest effort to bring back the 1980s is something of a mixed bag.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 21, 2022

You could choose a lot worse than Choose or Die, theres much more than meets the eye, but you certainly wont be watching the next masterpiece.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 21, 2022

Similar to the dust-coated game its based on, Choose or Die is likely to be forgotten amidst an endless wave of throwaway horror offerings.

| Apr 20, 2022

With an easy-in towards 80s nostalgia and the creativity to explore a techno-horror, it had such potential to unlock something exciting and fright-inducing. Instead it feels underdeveloped and like a mashup of other mediocre films that have come before.

| Apr 19, 2022

We are nearly four full decades removed from the era this film calls back to - at some point we have to move on, don't we?

| Original Score: C- | Apr 18, 2022