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The trailer made this look like it was a hardcore, disturbing horror film. It was not. It's all framed within a fake true crime episode and we truly don't get to see much of the action, more so we have it described to us. Color me disappointed, but not entirely.
I will give the film props. It does the true crime bit pretty well. The acting is mostly good, there's a certain authenticity that's upheld throughout. They did a fine job of making this fake mocumentary look as real as possible. I appreciated that.
On the flipside, the film delivers some great unintentional comedy along the way. Things definitely intended to be scary made my whole theater crack up at how silly it was and some of the dialog was outright bad. Not a deal breaker though.
The story also becomes a snoozer about two thirds of the way through. For a film that's only about 90 or so minutes long, that's not great. It felt like the story really goes nowhere at the end. I would elaborate but spoilers.
Overall, I couldn't recommend spending money on it, but it wasn't the worst thing I've seen and it was creative on a few fronts. With some tighter writing and editing, I'm positive they could come out with a sequel to this and it would be a good flick. As it stands though, the film was just ok for me.
2.5 sacrifices out of 5.
I will give the film props. It does the true crime bit pretty well. The acting is mostly good, there's a certain authenticity that's upheld throughout. They did a fine job of making this fake mocumentary look as real as possible. I appreciated that.
On the flipside, the film delivers some great unintentional comedy along the way. Things definitely intended to be scary made my whole theater crack up at how silly it was and some of the dialog was outright bad. Not a deal breaker though.
The story also becomes a snoozer about two thirds of the way through. For a film that's only about 90 or so minutes long, that's not great. It felt like the story really goes nowhere at the end. I would elaborate but spoilers.
Overall, I couldn't recommend spending money on it, but it wasn't the worst thing I've seen and it was creative on a few fronts. With some tighter writing and editing, I'm positive they could come out with a sequel to this and it would be a good flick. As it stands though, the film was just ok for me.
2.5 sacrifices out of 5.
It's difficult to review a film like this because it wants you to feel bad for it's characters but they're all kind of terrible people. Fantastic acting from all parties involved but I think a few of the scripts issues that makes this movie more trashy than it needed to be.
There is a very uncomfortable scene that happens towards the middle of the film that really did not need to be there. It's only glaced upon once more in the film and it did nothing for the story. If you've seen it, you know what I mean.
There's also a simplicity to this story that felt like it only got skin deep for me. The political climate in that part of the world is volatile to say the least, but the film doesn't really show enough of that to make us feel like real danger is looming. Just some couple who are loosing their farm to the native people of that land. Interesting, but not as deep or thoughtful as it could've been.
Overall, not a bad film, but not a particularly good one either. The film seems to wallow in this pit of a crappy childhood as opposed to the realism of the danger these people put themselves in and the lack of care for the native people of that land. Personally, for me, it dragged the film down and made what should've been a hard hitting story into something that was difficult to relate to.
2.5 dogs out of 5.
There is a very uncomfortable scene that happens towards the middle of the film that really did not need to be there. It's only glaced upon once more in the film and it did nothing for the story. If you've seen it, you know what I mean.
There's also a simplicity to this story that felt like it only got skin deep for me. The political climate in that part of the world is volatile to say the least, but the film doesn't really show enough of that to make us feel like real danger is looming. Just some couple who are loosing their farm to the native people of that land. Interesting, but not as deep or thoughtful as it could've been.
Overall, not a bad film, but not a particularly good one either. The film seems to wallow in this pit of a crappy childhood as opposed to the realism of the danger these people put themselves in and the lack of care for the native people of that land. Personally, for me, it dragged the film down and made what should've been a hard hitting story into something that was difficult to relate to.
2.5 dogs out of 5.
This could have been good. But too much nostalgia is a bad thing and this film proves it. What we have here is a remake/reboot/sequel that just doesn't work and is too afraid to push the boundries and try for something new.
Let me say, the acting is terrible. The new cast just sucked. Nothing iconic about them, nor the killer. Even worse than the 1997 original or it's 1998 sequel, neither of which were very good movies in their own rights. The 3 legacy cast members aren't even trying here either. Freddy Prince Jr being the worst offender to this. They were definitely there for the paycheck and that's it. And the "menacing" guy in a slicker just didn't cut it this time. I found myself rolling my eyes as opposed to gluing to the screen.
That brings me to another point to make. Not even the film's could kills make this better. Of which, there were too few and they were very unsatisfactory for the slasher genre these days. Not to mention, the logical leaps you have to take to make this storyline work were too much to handle. The incident that occured to start it off wasn't really their fault this time, so the entire thing felt unearned and cheap. The twist at the end, both of them, felt like someone had writer's block and just decided to jot down whatever they could to finish the story. Just awful writing throughout.
I wish I had better things to say about it, but there wasn't much positive to take away from the experience. They tried to revive this already defunct franchise, but the writers and the director should take note. In order to revive a film franchise that wasn't very good in the first place, you need to be able to breathe new life into it. This film does none of that. Instead, it robs itself of any creativity that could have been.
Overall, you're better off wasting your afternoon with something better than this cinematic abomination. This was a lazy, creatively bankrupt and, frankly, cheap knockoff of the original, which wasn't that good of a film either. I guess nostalgia really isn't what it's cracked up to be.
1 meat hook out of 5.
Let me say, the acting is terrible. The new cast just sucked. Nothing iconic about them, nor the killer. Even worse than the 1997 original or it's 1998 sequel, neither of which were very good movies in their own rights. The 3 legacy cast members aren't even trying here either. Freddy Prince Jr being the worst offender to this. They were definitely there for the paycheck and that's it. And the "menacing" guy in a slicker just didn't cut it this time. I found myself rolling my eyes as opposed to gluing to the screen.
That brings me to another point to make. Not even the film's could kills make this better. Of which, there were too few and they were very unsatisfactory for the slasher genre these days. Not to mention, the logical leaps you have to take to make this storyline work were too much to handle. The incident that occured to start it off wasn't really their fault this time, so the entire thing felt unearned and cheap. The twist at the end, both of them, felt like someone had writer's block and just decided to jot down whatever they could to finish the story. Just awful writing throughout.
I wish I had better things to say about it, but there wasn't much positive to take away from the experience. They tried to revive this already defunct franchise, but the writers and the director should take note. In order to revive a film franchise that wasn't very good in the first place, you need to be able to breathe new life into it. This film does none of that. Instead, it robs itself of any creativity that could have been.
Overall, you're better off wasting your afternoon with something better than this cinematic abomination. This was a lazy, creatively bankrupt and, frankly, cheap knockoff of the original, which wasn't that good of a film either. I guess nostalgia really isn't what it's cracked up to be.
1 meat hook out of 5.