NERVE  3.0***

       “Nerve”,  starring the very pretty Emma Roberts and handsome Dave Franco, is a new thriller about a high school senior named Venus (Emma) who joins an online community, called Nerve, of adrenaline-junkies where anonymous watchers can dare players to do, well, whatever they want to see someone do. It's a game of truth or dare, minus the truth. You have a choice to be either a watcher or a player. Over the brief period of 24 hours, a phone app puts teen players  in danger through dares that are played for cash payments. In the meantime, a fan base of watchers sends in money to watch certain players take on requested dares specific to information picked up from their social media profiles.  

 From start to finish, this film is a non-stop white-knuckle thrill ride that is exciting, intense, romantic, and most importantly, a lot of fun. You will have a smile on your face and also be on the edge of your seat.        

 One thing that was great about this movie was that the dares were realistic, and didn't feel ridiculous. All of the things that Emma is dared to do are things that you know actually could happen in real life. The dares range from her getting a tattoo, to having to go 60 miles per hour on a motorcycle while the driver and co-player, Ian (Dave Franco), is blindfolded. While the dares get more and more intense and dangerous as the film goes on, nothing felt overly unbelievable or too exaggerated..

"Nerve" is a fantastically fun and incredibly intense movie that has great chemistry between Roberts and Franco, great visuals to go with an awesome soundtrack, and cool action sequences in the form of the dares that the characters have to complete. This is a great movie for anyone who just wants to spend 90 minutes on a roller coaster ride of a film.

Rated PG-13 for material involving dangerous and risky behavior, some sexual content and nudity, language, drugs and drinking -all involving teens 

Clark