Girl from Nowhere

Looks like a movie school project and the most interesting part of this are the landscapes. There is a lack of production values here that could make any adult entertaining crew to blush.

Not a single shade of resemblance of a story here.

The cameraman seems more interested in chase those good looking girls taking shots at their legs and arse at any single chance but there isn't more here to see (like a failed attempt to do an actual piece of adult entertaining).

A lot of padding secuences, this could have been a 20 minutes short easily.

There are some TikTok and Youtube videos better than this that take only some minutes.

So many people gave this vanity project more than 5 of 10 stars, some even dare to say this deserve a ten and I don't know if it's because some kind of trolling, prank, or whoever made it asked his friends and family to do it.

But, hey, these actresses are very good looking.

A couple from Cape Town traveling to their desert getaway (Scot Cooper & Tamryn Speirs) picks up a beautiful girl curiously hitchhiking the remote highway (Christia Visser). They invite her to their hideaway, but might regret it.

"Girl from Nowhere" (2017) is an Indie psychological drama from South Africa costing $203,000 (converted). Aside from the mental dramatics, it proficiently focuses on the beauty of the South African desert wilderness and that of Liza (Christia Visser) mixed with quality eclectic folk/rock reminiscent of stuff by the likes of Orenda Fink and Ane Brun.

It explores the same theme addressed in "Afternoon Delight" (2013), the spellbinding power of a beautiful woman who might be a devil within. Liza has a body sculptured by God himself, and this is a highlight of the flick, but her attitude is a big red flag, not to mention a turn-off.

The acting isn't great, but it's serviceable for a low-budget Indy. The positives noted above made me appreciate the flick, but the last act is too freestyled, like director/writer Mark Jackson & the cast made a lot of it up as they were shooting. Nonetheless, the ending makes a powerful point that's true to reality.

The film runs 1 hour, 25 minutes, and was shot in Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa, about 2 hours' drive north of Cape Town.

GRADE: B-/C+

The story, pacing... everything except the cinematography is terrible. Nothing ever happens but the filming location is nice. So bad.

Found this movie this morning as I was unable to sleep and hopped on Tubi looking for a decent movie. The review score was not that high but I took a chance. This movie was good overall. I think the scenery was the best overall aspect of the film. The cast did as best as they could, and the end felt rushed and an almost "well, we are out of money" situation. The character of Liza did the best overall but the male actor did well if he was attempting to portray an idiot.

Overall, I would recommend to watch if you find yourself with nothing else left on your catch-up list or want to take a chance.

Visually breathtaking, displaying the rugged Cape in all its glory, but the story is pointless and boring. Why do South African movies tend to disappoint so often with painfully bad acting and ambiguous storylines when we have such terrific actors and directors in this country? Being proudly South African myself I always look forward to sitting down and watching a movie straight out of my home country with issues and places I can relate to, but then I end up disappointed. There are only rare exceptions to those experiences with movies such as Chappie and District 9 and even though my understanding of the Afrikaans language isn't great, Afrikaans movies tend to be much better as well as those acted by our black actors regarding issues relating to their experiences. Faith Like Potatoes was another rare exception - totally wonderful movie. Girl From Nowhere just lets one down with a dragged out plot and pointless ending. Maybe I should have smoked a joint while watching it so I could gain more clarity perhaps? What a waste of the last hour and a half.