Black Garden

4.5/10 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌌 This B&W independent film has a few key moments but they appear very lackluster due to the absence of any visual special effects and I mean any. No gun shots with exploding dye packs, No computer generated nuclear explosions, No car crashes or heavily choreographed fight scenes, They don't even go as far as someone being physically hit at all. They cut camera or it pans out to something far less interesting and once the altercations complete we get a gander of the aftermath. Outside of a muffled radio correspondence which makes no sense because it's being carried out by using a gigantic oldschool radio that's doubling as a walkie talkie. There's also a few scenes with billowing clouds of smoke in the background but that pretty much sums up the post production Sfx. My schedule was clear so I had an hour and half to burn but otherwise I wouldn't of made it through the entirety of this film. The acting is OK and the storyline of an apocalyptic era has been overly saturated to put it nicely but this scenario is still very interesting and appealing to our imagination when pondering on what if's. Ultimately I wouldn't recommend this feature but their still may be a small fraction of indie movie lovers who would enjoy "Black Garden"

Glad that I saw this movie but its a hard watch. It's bleak and slow but that's exactly what would happen after a nuclear war when no one is left. It reminded me a bit of On the Beach but less kitsch. Performances were good and cinematography was superb. Don't recommend this to anyone who wants an action movie. Its more film festival indie art film rather than a movie if that says anything. If that's what you want out of 90 mins then you'll rate it high but if you want a film that's pure veg out entertainment, don't watch it. I'd like to see it again because its been on my mind after I saw it the first time.

Please stop giving garbage like this high ratings. It's a ridiculous movie. There's no point to it. I got 45 minutes in and stopped with scene of the man talking nonsense to the woman. Silly stuff.

This is like many other bad movies, it has potential to be a good movie, but at no time do they seem to care about character or plot development.

It seems as if someone with a go pro just walked up to a complete stranger in a bar and asked them to write a movie, did everything in one take, and somehow got it in the system.

Furthermore, like many bad b movies, whoever did write it clearly had no ideas on how to end it. Nothing is worse than comming to the end of the movie and wonder what the heck was the writer thinking.

Unfortunately, If you think the movie might make a point or have a coherent end, or be cathartic in any way, you will be extremely disappointed.

Do yourself a HUGE favor and don't waste your time with this one.

Very bad filmboaring and just lose your time. Not recommend ed