DaDonatello

Decided to give this a shot since I really like NK, Zoe and James Jordan. Man, almost unwatchable. Nicole Kidman's acting is just horrendous. I could tolerate low the entire plot is just completely unrealistic, but she just made it so much more worse. The daughter's character was also just so contrived and typical. C'mon, man. Just a cardboard cutout of a typical troubled teen daughter added in for...reasons. I thought Zoe was great like usual. Needed more of James Jordan and a tighter plot, especially Cruz and how she got involved, her relationship with the target, and how she somehow developed superhuman strength (sarcasm).

I'm a big Vigo fan and read the book, so had to give this a shot. I just can't figure out why they went this way with the film. I was getting bored but then they played "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic and it got my attention again. The acting is good but characters are pretty dull. They could have done so much more with the time they used for mostly incoherent dialogue to learn about the characters. And the over acting by one of the cult members (won't spoil it) was just so over-the-top I rolled my eyes and laughed. Also, not sure how the parental guide got approved but the violence is definitely not that bad, and there's no nudity.

Apparently Native American's knew perfect English when this took place. If you can ignore that it's actually a really great prequel. The premise is great. Just wish it would have been more authentic.