Beyond the Night

This movie is kind of weird but not in a good way. The story is perfectly fine and I actually was invested in it at certain points. It's not bad, which is always what a director loves to hear, but it did feel like sucking on a brown paper bag at points.

The competent actors are bland and it's partially from amateurish performances but also just poor writing. Everything looks really clean so you kind of forget you're watching this unknown film until you zone out and have to keep re-winding.

Azhy Robertson, the kid in this movie was probably someone who impressed me the most. That's more of a complaint than anything though.

You know what, it's fine, I didn't like it, maybe you will. I'm not going to try and peel apart this average film for 20 minutes. They wrote a story, executed it well and it just happens to be a pretty bland story. That really could have been the whole review. There's nothing that stood out to me from a writing, directorial or production standpoint so it is what it is.

I was totally engaged in this whole movie as I watched it from beginning to end. The characters were believable and the little boy was awesome. This story evolves from a missing teenage girl who disappeared several years earlier and the only one that can solve this mystery is the little boy. The boy didn't realize this until he and his father visited the town his father grew up in which the boy had never seen.

U. S. Marine Ray Marrow (Zane Holtz) returns home after the death of his wife in a car accident. His young son Lawrence has a facial disfigurement. He brings them back to their home town to bury his wife. His sister Caroline Marrow (Tammy Blanchard) is the local sheriff. For some reason, Lawrence seems to have knowledge of a local missing cold case.

I like the premise which holds some potential. The acting is fine for the most part. Mostly, the movie never gets to the level of my expectations. I do like the beginning and as it reveals the premise. Maybe I was hoping to be more invested in an investigation.

Although the story is predictable but it's still interesting , give it a shot...You will not be boring , acting is also good and very natural.

Beyond The Night isn't a masterpiece but it's worth a watch as there are tons of worse movies than this one. As for the mystery level I figured it out when the movie wasn't even halfway through, and that's a bit too soon in this genre. The evolution of the story isn't bad but it's not perfect at all. There are some scenes that could have been much better if they would have put a little more effort into it. The story isn't new so you could have a sensation of déjà-vu. The acting was okay, no Oscar winners here, with nobody standing out of the lot, but also nobody acting mediocrely. All in all it's good enough for me to entertain me for awhile.