Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
When a couple of American young adults fly to Israel to visit the city of Jerusalem, a biblical nightmare falls upon the city.
Jeruzalem attempts to carve out a distinctive niche by setting its found-footage horror in Jerusalem and weaving in biblical mythology about one of the three entrances to hell, which gives it a genuinely interesting conceptual hook. The Google Glass POV gimmick adds a marginal layer of novelty but ultimately feels gimmicky rather than transformative. The plot is thin and predictable, following horror genre conventions without meaningful character development or escalating dread. The acting is serviceable at best, with performances that fail to elevate the weak script. Cinematography is constrained by the found-footage format and never uses its Jerusalem setting to full atmospheric effect. The ending is rushed and unsatisfying, failing to capitalize on the apocalyptic premise it sets up.