I was planning on catching “Star Trek: Into Darkness” this weekend, till the mild sneezing and runny nose I was experiencing throughout last week bloomed to a full-on cold.  As a result, I have spent the entire weekend in my apartment, doing as little as I could till I get over this.

My condition seemed somehow in sync with the weather, with periods of rain and clarity all weekend.

For better or worse I can always tell when I am about to get sick.  I get headaches, which I never get otherwise; my nose aches and stings and I get congested when I try to sleep. My cold made landfall yesterday, and despite knowing what was coming, it still knocked me for a loop.

So I have been watching a lot of “Archer” on Netflix.  I have already seen all the episodes there, but it rewards repeat viewings.

I had seen most of the horror films on Netflix that I considered worth viewing, though there were a few that I haven’t yet seen.

“Truth Or Die” was one of them.

“Surprisingly Better Than The Cover Art Would Leave One To Believe.”

The cover art – as you can see – is particularly, and needlessly, garish.  Usually movies that do this do so to distract from their mediocrity.

Though I am glad that “Truth Or Die” bucks this trend.  It’s a taut thriller in the vein of “Saw” or “Hostel” except that it’s tighter – which isn’t hard to do in films like these. There are only four or five characters and the writers need only to invest them with a semblance of individuality.

In fact, the deaths on display are relatively bloodless, compared to its domestic brethren (“Truth Or Die” is a British film).

Now keep in mind that I am not saying that “Truth Or Die” is the next “Halloweeen.” Far from it, though at a little over an hour and a half it’s pretty taut and people don’t do too many things that are remarkably stupid.

The scenario isn’t that logical, but the way people respond to it strikes me as very human, and for the most part logical, so it works for me.  I can deal with all sorts of bizarre circumstances and characters, but they have to act in a manner that I at least think makes sense.

Then again, that could be the cold talking, though I doubt it.