The Similars is very much a Twilight Zone homage, from the opening narration to the one setting. A group of people are gathered in a bus station on a rainy night, waiting for a bus to Mexico City. One man needs to get there to see his children being born, one woman is pregnant and running from her lover, one woman is there with her sick son, one man is there to join some student protests in the capital, and the staff of the station is there as well. One by one, something happens to them which is kind of fantastically ridiculous. I won't spoil it by going into it here but it gives everyone a reason to turn on each other and be suspicious. The introduction of a shotgun heightens everything and nerves start fraying quickly. Who will survive the night and what will be left of them?
This was an interesting little concept for a movie. It plays out a little too long to be entirely captivating, thus making it a little flawed in my view. The washed out colors and the claustrophobic location help the style of the movie even when some of the dialogue gets a little too expositiony. The thing that is happening to everyone is pretty original, even if the cause is not. If it could have moved at a slightly faster clip, I would have enjoyed it much more. Also, the whole thing is a little more sci-fi than horror.
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