The Unhealer

REVIEW - THE UNHEALER

Films seem to follow trends, it is sometimes as if studios release similar stories or animations at the same time, now I can certainly appreciate this as they are after your money, so it's good to find a film that actually goes against all of the similar trends in cinema at the moment.

A con artists steals magic from an original Americans shrine and suddenly has the power to heal, or does he?

A boy who is being bullied because of an eating disorder falls I'll and the con artist is called in to heal him.

Naturally things go wrong and the boy ends up with the power but....... No spoilers, because this low budget film is actually quite enjoyable.

A healing power used for other purposes, nice story and nice acting.

Rating 6 out of 10.

Interesting storyline and good acting. Had the potential to be the next big movie, unfortunately it seem they had the budget for their vision... but this doesn't distract from the story and it's definitely worth the watch.

This statement is very true for this film. Truly, this is the most unique movie of its kind. I won't give away any of the plot but I will guarantee you that you will be glued to the screen start-to-finish.

Lance Henriksen who is such a legendary actor in his own right opens the movie. Elijah Nelson is the main character of the film. I barely recognized Natasha Henstridge who was considered among the most beautiful of actresses in her time.

The movie has elements of superstition and the gore genre. It is a thriller of the fast paced variety. I would not go as far to say that it is horror film. Though with all these variations, I found the movie entertaining enough to sit through it and my time was not wasted.

Worth a watch, it was a different twist on a heavily used genre. A lot of familiar faces everywhere throughout the entire movie. It almost felt like a homage to some of the top B-actors in the movie game (and I mean that in the best of ways, classics like Pumpkinhead and Species) and with a couple of A-list thrown in. The acting was good, the storyline kept my attention, the music and directing were good. Overall it was definitely worth a watch, like most movies in the horror/scifi genre I probably wouldn't watch it again for at least a decade or so but thats just kinda typical for me personally and not a reflection of the quality of the movie. These types of movies I watch for the suspense factor which is gone once you know what happens. I won't go into details about the plot itself as it would ruin that aspect for anyone looking to watch it. I will only say that I liked how it was handled. It kept a steady pace and had decent effects. I wouldn't mind sitting through it again if I were with someone else that wanted to see it.

There's a lot of things wrong with this movie. Some of them end up being unintentional comedy, even. The cast is a motley mash of awful, so-so, and good actors; the directing is uneven, and sometimes amateurish, and the same goes for the editing. But the premise and the story is simple and solid, and the way it plays out makes for a fun, interesting watch. I believed this is the kind of movie that would have been awesome if, all things being equal, it had had a great director or even a great producer that could have pushed for higher quality.

I'm giving it an inflated 7/10 to compensate for the bad reviews.