Very Disappointing film by a supposed one of the best, if not the best director in Egypt at the moment.
The last film I saw that was directed by Marwan Hamed and also written by Ahmed Mourad was the "The Blue Elephant 2", and I said that it was a good cinema experience with at least a decent story that can make me watch it on TV when it's on. However, Kira and El-Gin even lacks the decent story.
I am not going to talk about the graphics, the cinematography or the music score. All these things are amazing and probably the best in Egyptian cinema history. But, even if these aspects are wonderful and the story is bad, the film will be bad.
The story of Kira and El-Gen is horribly written. There supposed to be some "bromance" between the two lead characters but no matter how hard they try to force it down my throat I still can not swallow it. They barely have scenes together in the film and suddenly I am supposed to just imagine that El-Gen is the only one who can help Kira mentally when things go wrong in his life.
Outside the false "Bromance" that was given to us. The story mainly talks about the resistance against the British Occupation of Egypt during and after 1919 revolution. But the resistance wasn't only seven people, the lead group of the film. Not every crime committed by the occupation was related to them or every act of resistance in Egypt was done by them.
There's no main plot in this film. If you think it was fighting the occupation it's not, there is no story there, just some action sequences of blowing up camps and car chases in the old streets of Cairo, but why is that happening or how will this help fighting the occupation, you don't get these points, just random acts of patriotism.
If I wanted to see explosions, good CGI and minimum effort in the stroy that is supposed be cool, I would probably go for a Zack Snyder film. Because that was what Kira and El-Gen aspires to be and fails. Nearly 3 hours of a plot-less film just some talking between action sequences.
This film is huge set back on Marwan Hamed's filmography and clear indication that Ahmed Mourad cannot be a film writer on his own.
I am not going to talk about the graphics, the cinematography or the music score. All these things are amazing and probably the best in Egyptian cinema history. But, even if these aspects are wonderful and the story is bad, the film will be bad.
The story of Kira and El-Gen is horribly written. There supposed to be some "bromance" between the two lead characters but no matter how hard they try to force it down my throat I still can not swallow it. They barely have scenes together in the film and suddenly I am supposed to just imagine that El-Gen is the only one who can help Kira mentally when things go wrong in his life.
Outside the false "Bromance" that was given to us. The story mainly talks about the resistance against the British Occupation of Egypt during and after 1919 revolution. But the resistance wasn't only seven people, the lead group of the film. Not every crime committed by the occupation was related to them or every act of resistance in Egypt was done by them.
There's no main plot in this film. If you think it was fighting the occupation it's not, there is no story there, just some action sequences of blowing up camps and car chases in the old streets of Cairo, but why is that happening or how will this help fighting the occupation, you don't get these points, just random acts of patriotism.
If I wanted to see explosions, good CGI and minimum effort in the stroy that is supposed be cool, I would probably go for a Zack Snyder film. Because that was what Kira and El-Gen aspires to be and fails. Nearly 3 hours of a plot-less film just some talking between action sequences.
This film is huge set back on Marwan Hamed's filmography and clear indication that Ahmed Mourad cannot be a film writer on his own.
- ahossam03
- Jun 26, 2023