The major problems in this movie are the cheesy ending and beginning and the characters. 3 annoying AF characters, 2 bland characters. All stereotypes: the fat loser, the glasses- wearing nerd, the artist, the hot bad boy, the guy who's got a crush on one of the girls but has no real personality and is somehow the lead. I was getting irritated fast.

The lack of imagination they put into the characters, they put into the creature lore. That was insanely well done. The way they defeated him was also well done. I loved that part.

This movie just had me irritated at times. Especially with the shoehorned obnoxious (and somehow humorous) bad guy who takes them hostage. There was a trap, leading them on a shortcut. They come across another trap. Why was there the need for the second trap/ bad guy?

Additionally, what trip were they taking?? Where were they going?? What did the eclipse have to do with it really? What class is just 5 people? And they are so diverse these kids would never get along in real life. Adults need to stop writing teens if they can't comprehend what they are like.

A school bus on a field trip must detour. They get taken hostage by an escaped prisoner (David Keyes ) and go down a restricted road less traveled. The bus stops and does not restart.It is dark out. Morlocks.

Not a very good story. Couldn't care less about kids who only live on their cell phone. Should have opened with some creature background scene.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

I saw "Shortcut", starring Jack Kane-Fast & Furious Presents:Hobbs & Shaw, The A List_tv; Zak Sutcliffe-No Offence_tv, The Brothers Grimsby; Terence Anderson-Kingsman:The Golden Circle, Captain Phillips and Sophie Jane Oliver-this is her first movie. This is a 2 year old, low budget Italian horror film-I read the end credits and this film was made in 2018. Jack, Zak & Sophie are 3 of the 5 teens on a bus trip-their destination is really not touched on-with Terence being their driver. After a mishap causes them to take a short cut through the woods, they encounter a mysterious creature that herds them into some subterranean tunnels. Inside the tunnels are clues about the creature and an earlier encounter with 2 children is shown but I'm still a little foggy on some of it and the ending was just awful. It's rated "R" for language and bloody images and has a running time of 1 hour & 20 minutes. I wouldn't buy this one on DVD. If you really want to see it, I'd wait until it comes to cable tv.