scarlettsdad
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I'm not going to write much about this since many have already done so and you have a synopsis available. But I noticed something that no one else was mentioning that was a major problem for me with this film, and if you're as touchy as I apparently am and are thinking of watching this with your kids because it's supposedly a "kid's movie," please consider this:
The characters are pre-teens and the film was done in 1987. And I was frankly really uncomfortable with the excessive profanity used by the kids. The adults didn't curse as much as they do. Okay I know not all kids watch their mouths like I did when I was their age (maybe that's why I curse like a trucker now), but these kids are overall reasonably decent-what are they doing even knowing some of those words in 1987?
I seem to recall that "Monster Squad" was a dud back then. Is it because parents who took their kids to the movie or rented it from Blockbuster for family fun night ended up squirming in embarrassment?
I was 27 years old when this was released and I'd have felt the same back then. So I'm really an old geezer now and feel this should be pointed out just in case it could be an issue for you or your kids.
As far as entertainment value, it was okay. 5/10.
The characters are pre-teens and the film was done in 1987. And I was frankly really uncomfortable with the excessive profanity used by the kids. The adults didn't curse as much as they do. Okay I know not all kids watch their mouths like I did when I was their age (maybe that's why I curse like a trucker now), but these kids are overall reasonably decent-what are they doing even knowing some of those words in 1987?
I seem to recall that "Monster Squad" was a dud back then. Is it because parents who took their kids to the movie or rented it from Blockbuster for family fun night ended up squirming in embarrassment?
I was 27 years old when this was released and I'd have felt the same back then. So I'm really an old geezer now and feel this should be pointed out just in case it could be an issue for you or your kids.
As far as entertainment value, it was okay. 5/10.
Went into this one cold with no information other than the title and the synopsis, and once I was pleased to find Prime let me change to the original South Korean with English subtitles instead of the dreadful dubbing I was on my way.
Thinking it was going to be a dumb supernatural thing, imagine my surprise when it turned out to be rather fascinating, pretty entertaining, albeit violent experience about a found young girl who ends up being a manufactured killing machine. It wasn't perfect, but at just over two hours long, some filler was expected that definitely could've been trimmed.
I'm not going to repeat what others have already explained and I'm frankly a little fuzzy about some of it anyway, but the acting was fine and production values were quite good. My primary issues were with annoying teenagers, gross eating habits and the aforementioned padding, which dragged the film down on occasion. But it kept my interest and-as it's the first in a trilogy- it made me want to see a continuation.
Sometimes I think it's a good thing to load up a movie with no expectations...that way you won't be disappointed. In this case, I definitely wasn't disappointed and because I end up watching so much crap, it was nice to actually be entertained.
An enthusiastic 7/10.
Thinking it was going to be a dumb supernatural thing, imagine my surprise when it turned out to be rather fascinating, pretty entertaining, albeit violent experience about a found young girl who ends up being a manufactured killing machine. It wasn't perfect, but at just over two hours long, some filler was expected that definitely could've been trimmed.
I'm not going to repeat what others have already explained and I'm frankly a little fuzzy about some of it anyway, but the acting was fine and production values were quite good. My primary issues were with annoying teenagers, gross eating habits and the aforementioned padding, which dragged the film down on occasion. But it kept my interest and-as it's the first in a trilogy- it made me want to see a continuation.
Sometimes I think it's a good thing to load up a movie with no expectations...that way you won't be disappointed. In this case, I definitely wasn't disappointed and because I end up watching so much crap, it was nice to actually be entertained.
An enthusiastic 7/10.
Boy did I hate this movie. I truly wanted to turn it off within the first 10 minutes, but since it was rated 5.3 with 0 reviews, I decided to bite the bullet and see if it would get better, make it to the end and write a review so the next person would have something to go on.
The first problem is the synopsis, which leads you to anticipate a home invasion horror/thriller. It is not.
It is the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two people who you cannot fathom why they would even be together in the same room are in an understandably failing relationship, so what better way to mend it than to stay in a cabin in the middle of nowhere where they are forced to be together in the same room?
I can't remember the characters names so we'll call them by their pronouns. He is a former soldier with obvious PTSD and anger issues and is a dangerous and terrible person to live with. She wants to get away from him and his beatings and is additionally worried about her sick father. They begin fighting in the apartment and never stop, although he does make a few attempts at being a good guy, but becomes angry immediately when she's not impressed. She starts seeing visions of a cloaked man which scares her, but he finds no proof of anyone but them...which of course makes him angry. EVERYTHING makes this guy angry. That's pretty much the whole movie in a nutshell. She's scared. He's angry. No one's breaking in.
There are two major reasons I hated this film: 1) An entire movie of two people fighting is not my idea of a good time. I SHOULD have felt concern, support and compassion for a battered woman. But I felt nothing for her. In fact, she got on my nerves frequently. That shouldn't happen, right? I felt the appropriate disgust for him, so that was a correct response but for her...she annoyed me. I think the actress does have some talent, but whose fault is it that she played a victim for whom I didn't care anything about? Normally I'd be emotionally invested in her situation, but she left me cold. And that bothered me.
2) The worst issue was the audio. Whoever was responsible for setting the levels ruined this movie. I literally had to hold the remote in my hand with my thumb on the volume control. Normal for my TV is 12, but during conversations I had to increase it to 65 to hear what they were saying, only to have to plunge it down to normal as soon as a noise would occur. Their last argument consisted of them whispering then yelling then whispering then yelling and I finally said screw it and left it at 12 because I just didn't care what they had to say anyway. I just wanted the movie to end so I could write this and hope the next one on my watchlist was better.
On the positive side, the female's performance was decent although the male's was a little too overdone. But the production values were pretty good considering this was obviously on a limited budget.
Overall, however, it was a frustrating and unpleasant experience for me and I really can't recommend it with any enthusiasm. Hopefully more people will start providing additional feedback since apparently I was far less impressed than others.
The first problem is the synopsis, which leads you to anticipate a home invasion horror/thriller. It is not.
It is the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two people who you cannot fathom why they would even be together in the same room are in an understandably failing relationship, so what better way to mend it than to stay in a cabin in the middle of nowhere where they are forced to be together in the same room?
I can't remember the characters names so we'll call them by their pronouns. He is a former soldier with obvious PTSD and anger issues and is a dangerous and terrible person to live with. She wants to get away from him and his beatings and is additionally worried about her sick father. They begin fighting in the apartment and never stop, although he does make a few attempts at being a good guy, but becomes angry immediately when she's not impressed. She starts seeing visions of a cloaked man which scares her, but he finds no proof of anyone but them...which of course makes him angry. EVERYTHING makes this guy angry. That's pretty much the whole movie in a nutshell. She's scared. He's angry. No one's breaking in.
There are two major reasons I hated this film: 1) An entire movie of two people fighting is not my idea of a good time. I SHOULD have felt concern, support and compassion for a battered woman. But I felt nothing for her. In fact, she got on my nerves frequently. That shouldn't happen, right? I felt the appropriate disgust for him, so that was a correct response but for her...she annoyed me. I think the actress does have some talent, but whose fault is it that she played a victim for whom I didn't care anything about? Normally I'd be emotionally invested in her situation, but she left me cold. And that bothered me.
2) The worst issue was the audio. Whoever was responsible for setting the levels ruined this movie. I literally had to hold the remote in my hand with my thumb on the volume control. Normal for my TV is 12, but during conversations I had to increase it to 65 to hear what they were saying, only to have to plunge it down to normal as soon as a noise would occur. Their last argument consisted of them whispering then yelling then whispering then yelling and I finally said screw it and left it at 12 because I just didn't care what they had to say anyway. I just wanted the movie to end so I could write this and hope the next one on my watchlist was better.
On the positive side, the female's performance was decent although the male's was a little too overdone. But the production values were pretty good considering this was obviously on a limited budget.
Overall, however, it was a frustrating and unpleasant experience for me and I really can't recommend it with any enthusiasm. Hopefully more people will start providing additional feedback since apparently I was far less impressed than others.