I stumbled upon the 2020 drama "Sanzaru" here in 2021, by random chance. And with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I took the time to sit down and watch it. So I wasn't sure what I was in for here from writer and director Xia Magnus.
The storyline told in "Sanzaru" was odd. Definitely somewhat of a strange story told here, and I have to admit that I wasn't really sure that I fully grasped what was actually going on at all times throughout the course of the movie. So writer and director Xia Magnus wasn't really delivering something that just landed in my lap.
While the movie was watchable, I found the the narrative to be somewhat of a swing and a miss, as some things made little sense, and other things just had me baffled and not knowing what was going on at all. And the pacing of the movie is somewhat slow paced.
I will say, though, that the acting performances in the movie were good, especially Aina Dumlao, in the lead part, she really performed quite well.
"Sanzaru" is somewhat of an acquired taste, but I am sure that there is an audience out there for a movie such as what writer and director Xia Magnus delivered with "Sanzaru".
My rating of "Sanzaru" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. It is Aina Dumlao that lifts up the movie, because the storyline and the confusing narrative serves as an anchor around the movie.
